Government secrecy
The history of presidential health cover-ups
When the St. Petersburg Times first launched PolitiFact in 2007, its purpose was to assess the veracity of statements made by "members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, people who testify before…
Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ with victim
The case of Jeffrey Epstein just won't go away, much to President Donald Trump's chagrin. "For years, it's Epstein, over and over again," Trump complained in a July 2025 social media rant, calling the…
Florida scrubs arrests of U.S. citizens from immigration enforcement data
A Florida immigration enforcement dashboard was quietly edited to remove evidence of arrests of U.S. citizens after a local media outlet asked about the arrests. The Miami New Times reported on October 15 that data showing…
Trump’s Justice Department indicts John Bolton for leaking classified information
President Donald Trump really doesn't like former National Security Adviser John Bolton. At the beginning of his administration, Trump signed an executive order specifically banning Bolton from receiving a security…
Ron DeSantis used secrecy and emergency powers to build Alligator Alcatraz
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Florida—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sold the public on the detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz as an efficient and cost-effective way to deal with a major public disaster—illegal…
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