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Of the 597 claims in Politics with evidence either way, 85% held up.
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Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats
List of cuts was shared with relevant congressional committees on Monday
Venezuela’s national electoral council announced fraudulent results showing a narrow victory for the president in the hours following the closing of the polls
Maria Corina Machado has gone into hiding in Venezuela
The CNE never followed up by publishing the precinct-level voter data to support its claim violating its own rules
The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela rallied around Maduro ignoring international condemnations of the election as did the Chavista-controlled military with government security forces and paramilitaries violently repressing attempts to protest the electoral fraud
Maduro was installed as the reelected president in a brief 30-minute ceremony in early January 2025
Waves of detentions and threats have decimated the opposition’s political organization in the country
Venezuela’s citizens have gone back to their lives with a level of disillusionment about whether and how change may be possible
Gonzalez was forced to flee the country to Spain where he remains in exile in the months that followed
Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won a landslide victory in Venezuela’s presidential election one year ago
Gonzalez took a majority of votes in every state in the country and in neighborhoods that had long been ruling party strongholds
Venezuela’s population turned out in force to demonstrate its disappointment with the ruling Chavista party and express its anger over corruption mismanagement and economic ruin
Maduro remains the de facto president of the country despite overwhelming electoral defeat
Starmer said thing that makes him most angry is undermining belief that politics can be force for good and can change lives in speech to staff at 10 Downing Street
Starmer added he regrets decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and apologized to victims
Starmer vowed to continue working to carry out agenda of Labour Party which won overwhelming parliamentary majority 18 months ago ending more than 14 years of government by Conservative Party
Starmer expressed his fury at former ambassador addressing staff on Monday morning
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