In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Donald Trump honed a message of "lower prices, bigger paychecks" ahead of next year's midterm elections. Some of his talking points on the economy missed the mark.

Nearly eight years ago, President Donald Trump denied using the word "shitholes" to describe African countries during an Oval Office meeting on immigration. But now he has fessed up. In a speech Tuesday night in Pennsylvania, Trump boasted about pausing migration from what he called "Third World" countries, when he was interrupted by an audience member who yelled out "shithole." That triggered Trump to recall a White House meeting during his first term that caused a stir over whether the president used a vulgar term to describe African countries.

The average rent in the United States now hovers around $2,000 a month, according to Zillow, a figure that's climbed 36% in just five years. According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a sharp rise in immigration during the Biden administration has played a measurable role in pushing housing demand, especially in the rental market, even higher.

The deadly attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has sent shockwaves through Jewish communities worldwide, and it comes amid a sharp global rise in antisemitic violence. Data show this was not an isolated incident, but part of a broader and accelerating trend that intensified after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel.

Toxic heavy metals in solar panels are locked in stable compounds and sealed behind tough glass, preventing escape into air, water, or soil at harmful levels. Most concern focuses on cadmium and lead. 40% of new U.S. panels use cadmium telluride, which does not dissolve in water, easily turn to gas, or approach the toxicity of pure cadmium.AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Skeptical Science.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are not present in all U.S. water sources at detectable levels under current testing. But PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are widespread. PFAS, a group of manufactured chemicals used in products since the 1940s, have been linked to decreased fertility, developmental delays, increased risk of cancer and more.AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Maine Trust for Local News.

At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration. Brooke Rollins, the domestic policy adviser, Larry Kudlow, Trump's top economic adviser, and Robert O'Brien, Trump's national security adviser, initially teamed up, sometimes working from white boards in the West Wing. They were joined at times by Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and Russ Vought, Trump's Office of Management and Budget director, along with various policy aides.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there will not be an amendment vote on extending expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies as part of a House Republican health care bill this week, in a move that is infuriating moderate Republicans who had been pushing to go on the record about the subsidies. Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday that about a dozen Republican members in competitive districts are "fighting hard to make sure that they reduce costs for all of their constituents." "Many of them did want to vote on this ObamaCare COVID-era subsidy the Democrats created," Johnson said. "We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be."

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