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Protests broke out in Los Angeles on June 6 after ICE raided workplaces in the city and arrested 44 people for alleged immigration violations. Days of demonstrations resulted in President Trump deploying about 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city, and a widespread circulation of falsehoods and misleading claims on social media. Here are the facts.
When California’s rampaging wildfires strike, we are all vulnerable. But marginalized communities, including the elderly and people with disabilities, are especially affected. Climate change—namely, global warming—is only exacerbating these wildfires, making them more intense and frequent in recent years. As a result, advocates and caregivers for people with disabilities emphasize that prompt action is key.
Claim: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the government agency that provides immediate life-saving assistance to survivors of a disaster, failed to answer thousands of calls following deadly flash floods in Texas.
Rating: This claim is TRUE.
On July 3, House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, a multi-trillion dollar spending package that extends the tax cuts he enacted during his first term and puts billions of dollars toward national security and deportations. These plans are largely funded by a $1.2 trillion cutback to Medicaid and food aid benefits, and a major rollback of clean energy tax credits. Here are some of the major changes to come.
Since the launch of the Asian American Disinformation Table (AADT) in 2022, there have been significant developments in technology; dismantling of guardrails on social media platforms; and a fundamental shift in rhetoric targeting diverse communities. In response, Viet Fact Check adapted our approach. The results have been published in the new 2025 AADT landscape report, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Asian Americans, Diaspora, & Disinformation”.
Shortly after returning to office in January, President Donald Trump made major cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the 63-year-old government agency that oversees worldwide efforts to improve health, education, poverty, and hunger. Trump’s cuts have already affected at least 50 countries, and halted life-saving services and medications for millions of people worldwide. Trump called the impact of his own cuts “devastating.”