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Facts Matter
"Facts Matter" investigates complex issues based on the principles of traditional journalism: no spin, no favorites. We give you the facts—you decide the rest.
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Facts MatterApps Marketed to US Veterans Are Coming Equipped With Chinese and Russian Code
A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from…
Facts MatterInternal Docs Discovered in Lawsuit Exposed Anthropic’s Mass Book Shredding Project
It turns out that Anthropic—the giant AI company behind the Claude chatbot—has been secretly destroying millions of books in the process of feeding them into…
Facts MatterFuture of War: China's SAR Satellite in GEO Orbit Versus Air Force Space Robots
China launched the world’s first geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar satellite in 2023, giving it continuous all-weather surveillance over roughly…
Facts MatterFormer CIA Director Dies, Wife Says They Spent His Last Years Looking for Cure to Havana Syndrome
Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence…
Facts MatterUS Praises Venezuela for Initiating Withdrawal From ICC
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has formally begun withdrawing the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, which…
Facts MatterMultiple US Embassies Issue Warnings to Americans
Let's go through the most recent spate of warnings, arising primarily from the Iran war, issued by the U.S. State Department and the embassies of several…
Facts MatterTexas Woman Arrested Over Facebook Post, Goes on Legal Offensive
A woman in Texas was shocked when she opened her front door and found the local police standing there, ready to arrest her over a Facebook post.And the reason…
Facts MatterFederal Judge Issues Ruling on Trump IRS Lawsuit
A federal judge on July 13 found that President Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS to extract personal benefits from…
Facts MatterCause of Gravity Hole Underneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet Gets Mapped Out in New Study
The story I’m bringing you today is one that you’ve probably never heard of before. Because, for one, it involves a continent that very few people have been…
Facts MatterThe Imported Asian Disease That Wiped Out 95 Percent of Florida’s Orange Industry in One Generation
In 2003, Florida harvested 242 million boxes of oranges. This season, they’re expecting 12 million.That’s a 95 percent drop in just over 20 years—in a single…
Facts MatterJournals Retract Papers Cited by CDC in Its Updated Vaccine Guidelines; RFK Responds
Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention softened its…
Facts MatterCatholic Nuns Sue NY Over State's LGBT Mandate on Pronouns, Bathrooms, and Extramarital Affairs
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne say they have run Rosary Hill Home for 125 years, providing free palliative care to thousands of poor, terminally ill cancer…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Reverses 91-Year-Old Precedent, Allows President to Fire the Heads of 'Independent Agencies'
Aside from the significant losses that were handed to him in a series of Supreme Court decisions, President Donald Trump did score one significant victory.The…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Strikes Down State's Gun Restrictions in Major 2nd Amendment Case
In what amounts to a major win for Second Amendment advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down one of the most restrictive state-level gun laws—a law…
Facts MatterNursing School Owner Pleads Guilty After Issuing Nearly 3,000 Fake Diplomas
A woman named Carleen Noreus ran a massive diploma mill in South Florida, selling nearly 3,000 fake nursing diplomas for around $25 million over seven years to…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Sides With Criminal Defendant in 8–1 Ruling
The US Supreme Court just ruled in favor of a criminal defendant in a case that was rather interesting. It presented a simple question: Are prosecutors allowed…
Facts MatterIn-Car Surveillance Tech That Can Auto-Kill Your Engine Will be Mandatory Starting in 2027 Under Current Policy
A 2021 federal law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 24220) mandates that all new U.S. passenger vehicles starting in 2027 must include…
Facts MatterWhy a Star Pitcher Turned Down $7 Million to Stay Out of California
So many corporations, wealthy individuals, and middle-class people are leaving California that it’s beginning to affect their tax base in a real way. Let’s go…
Facts MatterScientists Discover 3rd Circulation System in Humans That Could Bridge Eastern, Western Medicines
Scientists have made a new scientific breakthrough in the study of the human body.Researchers in the United States have discovered something amazing: a third…
Facts MatterChinese Researcher Who Smuggled E. Coli Into US Gets 4 Months in Prison
Youhuang Xiang, a biology researcher at Indiana University, was arrested for smuggling plasmid DNA derived from E. coli bacteria from China. He concealed the…
Facts MatterGoogle to Release 32 Million Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes in Florida and California
Google's Debug program is releasing 64 million Wolbachia-infected sterile male mosquitoes into parts of Florida and California over four years to combat…
Facts MatterParents Get Prison Terms After Isolating Their 3 Kids for 4 Years Over COVID Fears
A German-American couple, Christian and Melissa Steffen, kept their three young children—a 10-year-old and 8-year-old twins—locked inside their villa in Spain…
Facts MatterNorway Discovers Largest Viking-Era Treasure, With Over 4,000 Silver Coins Unearthed
Every so often, an archeological discovery is made that helps give us a clearer picture of our timeline of human history. In Norway, a still-expanding treasure…
Facts Matter$1 Billion Industrial-Scale Medicare Fraud Scam Shut Down by FBI
The Department of Justice released a statement, announcing the conviction of a man at the center of a billion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme.Brett Blackman, the…
Facts MatterIRS Launches Pilot Program With Palantir AI Tools to Find People Needing Audits
It's been a long time coming: the IRS recently launched a pilot program using Palantir AI-technology to help it figure out who most needs to be audited.This…
Facts Matter'Thank You Leader': California Mayor Pleads Guilty to Working as CCP Agent
Just earlier this week, the mayor of Arcadia (in Northeast Los Angeles) agreed to plead guilty to illegally acting as an agent of China.She was the mayor of an…
Facts Matter115 People Get Sick Aboard Cruise Ship in Norovirus Outbreak: CDC
Just as the hantavirus situation was resolved aboard the MV Hondius, another cruise liner was hit with a massive viral outbreak. The silver lining here…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Bans Racial Gerrymandering; Districts to Be Remade Colorblind
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais could be one of—if not the—deciding factor in who controls the House moving forward.The ruling is…
Facts MatterChinese Man Arrested, Sentenced to Prison for Trying to Smuggle 2,200 Ants Out of Kenya
In several previous episodes we exposed cases of Chinese nationals being apprehended at U.S. airports trying to smuggle in a variety of suspicious biological…
Facts MatterNew Bill Would Create 'Dark Skies' Rules in NY, Force State to Go Dark After 11PM
A new piece of legislation working its way through the New York State Assembly is called the "Dark Skies Protection Act."For many years, the people of New York…
Facts MatterFederal Judge Strips Chinese Couple of US Citizenship for Stealing Sensitive Secrets
In a rare case of denaturalization, a federal judge has stripped the U.S. citizenship of a Chinese couple living here in America. Let’s go through what this…
Facts Matter2 Middle School Brothers' 'Let's Go Brandon' Hoodie Case Goes to Supreme Court
A few years ago, two brothers who went to middle school together came to class wearing hooded sweatshirts that said “Let’s Go Brandon” on them.Now, most people…
Facts MatterAfter Virginia Bill Passes, Compact to Eliminate Electoral College is Now 82 Percent Complete
Last week, Virginia became the 18th state to pass a bill that will effectively eliminate the Electoral College.Unbeknownst to most people, there is a serious…
Facts MatterATF’s 'Inconclusive' Ballistics Report Being Used by Defense; Court Docs Reveal Alleged Hand-Written Confession by Robinson
Some recent reporting has stirred a lot of online controversy, including when it was publicized that the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Rules for Christian Counselor: Finds Bans on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a new landmark ruling. Specifically, in an 8-to-1 decision, the Supreme Court found that Colorado’s ban on “conversion…
Facts MatterCity Ordered to Pay $800,000 to Christian Photographer for Unconstitutional Ordinance
A Christian photographer in Kentucky was awarded $800,000 (in a case that lasted six years) because of unconstitutional demands placed on her by the city of…
Facts MatterCalifornia Sheriff Seized 650,000 Ballots for Hand-Recount, but Forced to Pause After AG Legal Challenges
A sheriff in Riverside County, California, seized over 600,000 ballots that were cast in a 2025 special election, after ballot irregularities were reported to…
Facts MatterNew COVID Variant Emerges in 25 States; FDA Launches New Side-Effect Reporting System
The Food and Drug Administration is combining seven of its side-effect reporting systems into one to save money and provide transparency to the public…
Facts MatterAfter Supreme Court Ruling, School Board Ordered to Pay $1.5M to Parents Over LGBT Storytime
In another win for parental rights, a school district over in Maryland was ordered to pay $1.5 million dollars to parents who weren’t allowed to pull their…
Facts MatterAI Models Deployed Nuclear Weapons 95 Percent of Time in Simulated War Games: Study
AI Chatbots appear to really be keen on using nuclear weapons in war game simulations—something like 95 percent of the time, according to a report published in…
Facts MatterCommunity in Shock After Serial Child Rapist Given Early Release by California Parole Board
In the 90s, in California, David Allen Funston would drive around suburban neighborhoods looking for children. He would then use candy, toys, and little gifts…
Facts MatterCOVID-Style Lockdowns Making a Comeback Amid Energy Shortages From Iran War
COVID-style lockdowns are slowly making a comeback. This time, though, it’s not because of some virus—but rather, it’s due to the Iran War. Or more…
Facts MatterGeoengineering Experiment Pours 65,000 Liters of Red Chemicals Into Ocean
Researchers in the Northeast have poured 65,000 liters of red-dyed sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine in order to conduct a geoengineering project which…
Facts MatterMan Accidentally Hacks an Army of 7,000 Robot Vacuums, Able to Access Video Feeds Within People’s Homes
A man over in Spain tried to hack into his own vacuum cleaner robot, but instead, he accidentally hacked into 7,000 different vacuum robots—giving him direct…
Facts MatterElite Former US Air Force Pilot Arrested for Training Chinese Military Pilots
An elite U.S. Air Force pilot was just arrested because he allegedly did the one thing that you shouldn’t do after leaving service ... train your Chinese…
Facts MatterFootage Appears to Show ‘Iron Beam’ Laser System Use 100 kW Beams to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles
Amidst the Iran-Israel-U.S. war in the Middle East, footage has emerged allegedly showing a new type of weapon being used in battle for the first time. Called…
Facts MatterUS Imports From Taiwan Top Those From China for First Time in Decades
Taiwanese exports to the United States surpassed those from China in December, according to the Commerce Department. It's the first time in decades that this…
Facts MatterTrump’s Hidden Plan Behind Tariffs and Why He Can’t Let SCOTUS Stop It
The U.S. Supreme Court just threw a wrench into the broader, global economic plan that President Donald Trump was working to realize. In a 6–3 decision, the…
Facts Matter250 Million Gallons of Sewage Spills Into Washington DC River
In what is likely to be the largest sewage spill in American history, roughly 300 million gallons of raw, untreated sewage were dumped into the Potomac River…
Facts MatterJudge Orders US Government to Pay for Deportees' Flights Back to US; Trump Voter Roll Request Gets Blocked
A D.C. judge has just ordered the Trump administration to pay for the return flights of deported illegal immigrants so they can stand trial in the United…
Facts MatterPresident Trump Sues IRS For $10 Billion in Tax Return Leak Case
Let’s go through the details of President Donald Trump’s latest lawsuit against the IRS wherein he is seeking $10 Billion dollars in damages... from an agency…
Facts Matter9,500 Truckers Booted for Not Speaking English; $30M Awarded to Estate of Teen Killed in Seattle CHOP Zone
Today, let’s discuss several stories happening in the United States: 9,500 truckers get booted from service over English language requirements, and a jury…
Facts Matter3 Years After East Palestine Train Derailment, NIH Gives $10 Million to Study Health Effects
It’s been three full years since the Ohio state government decided to detonate derailed train cars containing vinyl chloride in the village of East…
Facts MatterReport Finds Arsenic in 28 Popular Candy Brands
Florida Department of Health officials put out a new report revealing that their independent investigation found arsenic in 28 of 46 candy brands tested. Let’s…
Facts MatterIs China’s Bio-Weapon Program Developing DNA Weapons to Target Specific Ethnic Markers?
Today, let’s examine the Chinese Communist Party’s biowarfare program, specifically Chinese officials’ interest in making a bioweapon capable of targeting the…
Facts MatterTrump Issues Warning to Canada; Child Abuser Has US Citizenship Revoked
Today, let’s go through a few recent developments with the Trump administration: the escalating war of words with Canada, the citizenship verification order by…
Facts MatterTwo Pathogenic Fungi Crossed the Species Barrier—Can Now Infect Humans
The premise for “The Last of Us,” both the video game and the HBO hit series, centers around the survival of two people navigating a post-apocalyptic wasteland…
Facts MatterIllegal Made-in-China Airbags Have Killed 8 Americans: How to Check Your Car
In one of the worst “Made in China” product disasters in recent memory, 10 people in the United States have recently either died or been seriously wounded when…
Facts MatterSupreme Court Rules in Favor of GOP Congressman in Election Law Case, Gives Candidates Standing to Sue
In a new decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a Republican congressman to challenge a state election law. The decision is highly consequential in the…
Facts Matter9 Eye-Opening Examples of ‘Waste Spending’ From Rand Paul's $1.6 Trillion ‘Festivus’ Report
For the past 11 years, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has released his annual “Festivus Report” to air grievances. While the name is a reference to a Seinfeld episode…