TruthTent takes a smaller number of stories and works through the record behind them. These articles use official statistics, company filings, agency reports, and direct documents. We explain where the evidence supports President Trump’s case and where the claim needs more care.
Latest reporting
- Fed Holds Rates as Trump’s Cut Case Hits Inflation
The 9-3 vote, stubborn inflation, the case for cheaper borrowing, and why a rate cut would not instantly fix mortgages. - Trump’s Smithsonian Order Has Real Limits
What the order requires, how the Board of Regents limits presidential control, and where funding gives Washington influence. - Trump Shrinks Utah Monuments. What Actually Changes
The new boundaries, multiple-use rules, mineral access, tribal concerns, and the unsettled Antiquities Act fight. - Trump Gives Chemical Plants Two More Years
The domestic supply-chain case, the pollution tradeoff, and the milestones a credible extension should require. - Trump’s NATO Pressure Is Turning Into Orders
Higher allied spending, more than $50 billion in Ankara procurement, American jobs, and the delivery test. - Crime Fell Again in 2026. Here’s What the Data Say
A 36-city study, the broad decline in serious offenses, the categories that rose, and the limit on assigning credit. - Trump’s Michigan Auto Push Gets Real Factory Money
Company-confirmed GM and Ford investments, jobs, tariffs, and the numbers that will show whether the plans stick. - Trump’s AI Power Pledge Puts Ratepayers First
How the pledge is supposed to keep data-center power costs off household electric bills. - Trump’s Jordan Trade Deal Goes Beyond Tariffs
Market access, digital trade, forced labor, security alignment, and the agreement’s timetable. - Trump’s Canada Tariffs Target Three Trade Fights
The vehicle, alcohol, and dairy disputes behind the new 50 percent duties. - Trump Tightens Defense Supply Rules on China
Waiver limits, hidden suppliers, critical-mineral dependence, and the 2027 deadline.
Economy and household costs
- June CPI Fell, but Inflation Was Still 3.5%
Monthly relief, the annual inflation rate, energy prices, and the difference between slower inflation and lower prices. - June Added 57,000 Jobs. The Details Matter
Payrolls, unemployment, wages, industry hiring, and the downward revisions to April and May.
Energy and trade
- U.S. Oil Output Set Another Record in 2025
The EIA production record, the Permian Basin, drilling productivity, and what policy can reasonably claim. - China Trade Deficit Fell 32%. What Changed?
The 2025 trade figure, Trump’s tariff argument, import shifting, and the test for real reshoring.
Our standard
Each article links to the central public document and identifies the period covered by the numbers. We distinguish a monthly change from an annual one, a forecast from an observed result, and an administration claim from an independent fact.
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