15,050 source-backed politics facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 85 of 151.
“A May meeting of the Pima County Board of Supervisors ultimately did not advance a motion to vacate the sheriff’s office”
“Our membership of the ECHR is costing the country a fortune.”
“President Donald Trump has set September 1 as the start date for renovations at East Potomac Golf Links”
“Campaigners raise £200k to fight Wimbledon plans”
“Trump has announced he's nominating Lance Schroyer as the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
“more than 33,000 people signed a petition to rename the street”
“China’s 15th Five-Year Plan—adopted in early 2026—ranked quantum as its top future industry, ahead of both AI and semiconductors, backed by an estimated $17.5 billion National Guidance Venture Fund.”
“President Donald Trump appears on stage during a Freedom 250 event kicking off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on, June 24, 2026.”
“Through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026 — including Meghan LeFevers, principal of Warlick Academy, …”
“the rise receiving a 91.87% vote in favour in the recent ballot.”
“Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom, a roughly 90,000-square-foot development”
“It said the authority was analysing the costs of changes as part of an action plan, which would be discussed when the economy and environment overview and scrutiny committee met on Thursday.”
“His nomination comes after months of scrutiny regarding the agency's aggressive immigration tactics and follows the resignation of Todd Lyons as acting ICE director at the end of May.”
“However more than 33,000 people signed a petition to rename the street, as a tribute to a figure ‘who stands for hope and change’.”
“This Saturday, on America’s 250th birthday, the U.S. government will host two marquee events on opposite coasts.”
“Featured at the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream (MCAAD), this series is part of the Center’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.”
“Since the guarantee was announced in April 2025”
“the National Capital Planning Commission, chaired by a Trump ally, voted 8-1 to give final approval to the ballroom's design.”
“He described the Westminster system as 'broken' and called for 'radical' change.”
“He wrote on his Truth Social platform: ‘Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!’”
“Congress began planning for the country’s 250th Anniversary back in 2016, when it created America250”
“Two of her documentaries — “Miss Representation” and “The Great American Lie” — feature the governor providing political commentary.”
“June 29”
“Trump has touted the new monument as a feature of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations”
“He said this would include taking power away from devolved parliaments and empowering communities.”
“London mayor Sadiq Khan revealed the city’s first heat emergency plan last week, inspired by the US desert city, Phoenix, and how it is coping with extreme heat.”
“On January 29, 2025, he signed an executive order creating Freedom 250, a separate group tasked with taking over the programming in D.C.”
“Last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers completed their $1.1 million donation to aid immigrant families affected by recent federal immigration enforcement actions in Southern California”
“Reform UK has unveiled its candidate to be the next Greater Manchester Mayor. Nigel Farage's party has announced that businesswoman and councillor Sian Astley will run in the contest on July 30.”
“Trump's renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool included more than $14 million in work aimed at repainting the basin a darker blue and improving water quality ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.”
“He said: 'The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from Holyrood and the Senedd as they do from Westminster.'”
“These were some of the events originally outlined in a September 2024 playbook created by America250 and obtained by TIME.”
“One of my first acts as Mayor will be to open up the books on contracts Andy Burnham awarded during his time as Labour’s Mayor, at least one of which was to a company which made substantial donations to his Mayoral campaign.”
“Trump announced plans for a new promenade near the Lincoln Memorial in June.”
“He suggested that employment support, for example, could be reformed to give more control to local grassroots organisations.”
“At least nine states declined to directly participate in it.”
“Ms Astley is a Reform councillor for Baguley, Wythenshawe, and the party's leader on Manchester City Council.”
“federal government data shows that Trump is spending about $5 million to have the statues re-coated in gold leaf.”
“The SNP has been calling for meaningful devolution for years but there is nothing of substance for Scotland in these proposals - and nothing that will fundamentally improve people's lives.”
“The race comes after Labour's Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election and is expected to enter 10 Downing Street within weeks.”
“Trump announced a two-year closure of the Kennedy Center for construction and renovation.”
“He added: 'Scots will be instinctively alarmed at the SNP government being handed even more control, given their astonishing record of failure.'”
“She will go up against Labour’s Bev Craig, the leader of Manchester City Council, Tory Trafford councillor Phil Eckersley, and the Green Party’s Geraldine Coggins, who is also a Trafford councillor.”
“the Trump administration paved over the grass of the White House Rose Garden, a $1.9 million renovation paid for by private donations.”
“This speech was big on rhetoric but short on policy, leaving people in Scotland with more questions than answers.”
“effective from 2027 to 2029”
“total number of Japanese entities placed on either China's dual-use blacklist or its 'watch list' since February to 80”
“Trump has defended his $400m (£300m) efforts to demolish parts of the East Wing and build the new facility”
“Among the 20 additions to this is Mitsui E&S Co.”
“The US president also spent $14.7m to re-colour and restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.”
“four rounds of export controls imposed since January”
“But Biden's 10-minute remarks at Saturday's event in Hanover, Maryland, amounted to one of his bluntest critiques yet.”
“under the 10-day rule as long as Congress remains in session”
“Biden’s remarks came exactly two years after a disastrous debate performance against Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election”
“52 percent to 44 percent among women”
“He also applied his 'sleepy Joe Biden' nickname to his rival in a post about an unrelated topic on Monday.”
“ahead by just two points”
“a government announcement earlier this month on plans to restrict social media for under-16s by spring 2027.”
“Roughly three-quarters of likely voters said they had heard “a lot” about issues”
“on Thursday the government said it wanted to extend the use of the site beyond 2027.”
“28 percent said they could not support him as a result”
“increase the number of people accommodated there from about 800 to 1,220”
“another 24 percent said the issues made them question their support”
“extend the use of the site beyond 2027”
“39 percent—said the controversies had not affected their view of his candidacy one way or the other”
“were being provided with a shuttle bus three times a day to Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford”
“93 percent of Platner backers say their support is driven primarily by where he stands on the issues”
“he had been campaigning for five years to "get the airbase back into community hands"”
“Cook is a Federal Reserve governor appointed by former President Joe Biden and confirmed to a full term that runs through 2038.”
“now the government is looking to press ahead with plans to increase the number of people accommodated there from about 800 to 1,220.”
“To show the importance of the Slaughter Case, 90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED, greatly increasing Presidential Power at a time when it is most needed!”
“the government said it wanted to extend the use of the site beyond 2027.”
“The 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overturned the Supreme Court's landmark 1935 decision”
“migrants at MDP Wethersfield were being provided with a shuttle bus three times a day to Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford.”
“To show the importance of the Slaughter Case, 90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED”
“The former Wethersfield airbase has housed asylum seekers since July 2023.”
“She was first appointed in 2018”
“We were hoping the airbase would be turned to the community post‑April 2027 when the special development order ran out”
“and was confirmed for a second term in 2024”
“He said he had been campaigning for five years to "get the airbase back into community hands"”
“Trump removed Slaughter from the FTC in March 2025”
“MDP Wethersfield, near Halstead, has been used to house single male migrants since 2023”
“90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED”
“The site had been earmarked to shut next year, but on Thursday the government said it wanted to extend the use of the site beyond 2027”
“Our Great National Security Facility and Ballroom is moving along on schedule,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “When completed, there will be nothing like it anywhere in the World!”
“The former Wethersfield airbase has housed asylum seekers since July 2023”
“He also said the ballroom would use bulletproof glass and hardened materials.”
“Somerset West and Taunton Council announced in 2023 that up to £1m would be set aside to design and deliver a scheme which could stabilise the cliffs for the next five decades.”
“He also described hardened construction materials, including “impenetrable” steel and thick protective glass.”
“According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the funding was signed off by the council in March as part of its annual budget setting.”
“On June 28, White House officials and Trump refer to the project as the 'Great National Security Facility and Ballroom' for the first time.”
“The hill was transferred to Somerset Council in April 2023.”
“By adjusting the rate to 2 percent and doing this retroactively, we’re giving borrowers the flexibility they need to pay off their debt without unnecessary obstacles, like the outrageous additional cost post-graduation that is now synonymo…”
“A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to cap federal student loan interest rates at just 2 percent, which could significantly reduce the long-term cost of higher education for millions of Americans.”
“The proposal under House Resolution 1386 would overhaul how student loan interest is calculated, replacing the current system with a flat, fixed rate.”
“The proposal tied to H.Res. 1386 is still in early stages and has been referred to the House Rules Committee.”
“Abbott ordered state agencies and public universities to pause new H‑1B petitions through May 31, 2027.”
“a September 2025 presidential proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on many new H‑1B petitions filed for workers outside the United States”
“USCIS said in May that properly submitted H‑1B registrations for fiscal year 2027 fell to 211,600 from 343,981 the previous year, a decline of almost 39 percent.”
“Between fiscal years 2021 and 2026, Texas-based employers filed H‑1B petitions through more than 16,000 petitioning employers, with roughly 260,937 approved beneficiaries and almost 267,949 total recipients, according to USCIS's H‑1B Emplo…”
