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Photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of a screen showing stocks and the Boeing logo on a phone.

Trump bought Boeing stock on same day Navy gave company $880M contract. Here's proof

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Rae Deng
Aug. 27, 2026 Trump's financial disclosures indicate that he has traded millions of dollars worth of shares th ...
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Did Trump say his children benefit from 'inside information' when they invest in stocks, crypto?

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Joey Esposito
July 10, 2026 Trump was not admitting his kids definitively reaped rewards from inside information, as some po ...
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Did Mike Johnson say members of Congress should be able to 'engage in some stock trading'? Here's context

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Joey Esposito
May 19, 2026 Johnson cited inflation as a reason Congress members traded on the stock market, but voiced supp ...
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Is the New York Stock Exchange moving to Texas because of Mamdani's win?

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Nur Ibrahim
Nov. 12, 2025 The rumor spread after self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the 2025 New York ...
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Did Disney lose $4B in market cap after suspending Jimmy Kimmel's show? What we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 23, 2025 The stock did not drop this much overnight, but it did fall this much, and more, over several da ...
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Disproving claim Florida Sen. Rick Scott disclosed $26M in stock trades 'over a year late'

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Jack Izzo
Sept. 4, 2025 Scott filed amendments to four transaction reports, but the amendments did not add new transacti ...
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Yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir shares days before ICE granted tech giant $30M contract

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 6, 2025 This fueled speculation of insider trading because Greene is on the House Committee on Homeland ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir shares days before ICE awarded the company a $30M contract

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 2, 2025 Greene sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security, the department that oversees U.S. Immig ...
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Photos depicting 1987 'Black Monday' stock market crash are authentic

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Joey Esposito
April 20, 2025 The images are authentic, although one photo in the post was actually from a preceding market dr ...
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Martha Stewart quote comparing her crimes to allegations of Trump's insider trading is not real

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Jordan Liles
April 16, 2025 The quote compared Stewart's criminal convictions to allegations of President Donald Trump's adm ...
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No, RFK Jr. didn't claim cod liver oil could reverse stock market crash

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Amelia Clarke
April 9, 2025 Kennedy was claimed to have said the market was plummeting because investors were in a "bad mood ...
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No proof Trump sold $2.3B in Truth Social stock before April 2 tariffs announcement

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Laerke Christensen
April 8, 2025 Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social's parent company, called the rumor of a sale a "fak ...
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Fox News didn't show live stocks ticker after Trump's tariffs announcement — markets were closed

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 4, 2025 Also, the right-leaning cable news channel has never had a continuous live stocks ticker.
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Trump tweet from 2012 demanding impeachment if Dow drops 1,000 points isn't real

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Jordan Liles
April 3, 2025 The purported screenshot circulated in early April 2025, following the imposition of U.S. Presid ...
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Don't fall for fake Trump post mocking people 'crying about the stock market'

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Caroline Wazer
March 12, 2025 The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok caused confusion when it erroneously told X users the p ...
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Trump post saying US president should be impeached if Dow drops 1,000 points in 2 days isn't real

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Jordan Liles
March 5, 2025 The tweet screenshot read, "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be im ...
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Target didn't lose $15.7B after rolling back DEI policies in January 2025

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Laerke Christensen
Feb. 25, 2025 The retailer said the claim, which featured figures reported in 2023 and 2024, was "inaccurate."
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Nasdaq and Dow Jones Hit All-Time Lows in August 2024?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 7, 2024 An X user asked if the U.S. was headed toward "The Great Depression 2.0."
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Biden's Senior Economic Adviser Gene Sperling Resigned After Stocks Tumbled?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 6, 2024 "Like a rat fleeing the sinking ship," said one X user.
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'Something's Up' With US Economy Due to High-Profile Stock Sales?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 8, 2024 Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and other magnates dumped billions in stocks between late 2023 and e ...
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