PolitiFact: Drug seizures at the southwest border

The Republican National Committee blamed what it called President Joe Biden’s “open border” for a rise in illicit drugs being smuggled into the United States through the southern border. … Read the full article at PolitiFact.

Gillibrand’s claim on transaction taxes not whole story

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand supports taxing certain securities trades to pay for some of her proposed initiatives, such as job training programs. The Democratic senator from New York is a co-sponsor of one bill that calls for a tax of .1 percent and another one with...

Donald Trump wrongly claims border wall is under construction

President Donald Trump claimed his administration has kicked off one of his landmark campaign promises: the construction of a border wall with Mexico. “We have to have strong borders. We need the wall. We’ve started building the wall, as you know, we have a $1.6...

No solid evidence that tax cuts created jobs

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith sent out a tweet last month paralleling job growth with tax cuts, citing the George W.Bush, Reagan and Kennedy administrations. The tweet, sent Nov. 13, championed the House’sTax Cut and Jobs Act: “America needs the #TaxCutsAndJobsAct....