Donald Trump's rhetoric escalates Iran tensions while PolitiFact rates his remarks and E. Jean Carroll secures a $5.8 million judgment.

The entities involved

• Donald Trump →

  American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)

  • Healey's administration confronts Donald Trump amid the Massachusetts gubernatorial race involving Mike Minogue.22:53
  • Iranian missile and drone attacks in the region forced Donald Trump to publicly defend his foreign policy.22:40
• E. Jean Carroll →

  American journalist (born 1943)

  • Donald Trump pardoned Julio Herrera Velutini, while E. Jean Carroll filed a defamation suit and Alina Habba secured a contract.Fri 21:25
  • Trump was found liable and convicted in New York for abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, while Vance dismissed critics of the Acton ad.Fri 08:03
• PolitiFact →

  American nonprofit fact-checking website

  Nothing else this week.

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