Author: Sarah Bedford

Former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper made misleading claims in an op-ed on Wednesday defending their role at the beginning of the collusion investigation into President Donald Trump in 2016. Writing for the New York Times, Brennan and Clapper pushed back on evidence released over the past several…

Former President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election on July 21, 2024, sending shockwaves through a race already upended by the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in, only to be beaten by Trump. As Democrats try to recover, Biden, suffering from cancer, aims to protect what remains of…

It was November 2024, and Democrats had just suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of President Donald Trump.  Democratic lawmakers and strategists quickly acknowledged that their party had drifted far afield from the working-class voters who once made up their base, and they began to discuss the need to pivot away from some of…

President Donald Trump is no stranger to taking on the so-called fake news directly on social media. But senior officials in his second administration are increasingly adopting their boss’s robust real-time fact-checking tactics. When Politico reported last week that the White House was considering lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets as part of its talks…

Opponents of legislation requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote have used misleading arguments to warn that the bill would somehow infringe on voting rights.  Only four Democrats joined with Republicans in the House last week to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act, which would also require states to remove noncitizens from their…

President Donald Trump’s strike last week against a Democratic-linked law firm came years after it faced allegations of aiding unethical and, in some cases, illegal efforts to weaponize the Justice Department against Trump. Trump’s order, which stripped Perkins Coie of its staff’s security clearances and demanded an end to any federal contracts it has with…

Former President Joe Biden’s massive expansion of the federal workforce and flurry of administrative moves on his way out the door have already created roadblocks for President Donald Trump as he seeks to deliver on the sweeping reforms he promised. From greenlighting new union protections for federal workers to approving last-minute energy rules, Biden administration…

Vice President Kamala Harris’s first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee featured vague answers about policy and a number of misleading statements about her record. Harris sought to thread a needle on the economy, distancing herself from the economic realities causing voters’ anxiety while embracing the Biden administration’s initiatives that have been popular, such…

Special counsel Robert Hur’s conclusion this week that President Joe Biden should not face charges for “willfully” retaining classified documents in his home because a jury would likely consider him “elderly” and spare him from conviction sparked a political firestorm that could burn well into the heat of the campaign season.  Biden’s significant memory lapses…