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Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
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True92% confidence5 sourcesOct 28, 2026The GOP-led government of Alaska is pushing back against the Justice Department regarding the state's election process.Said by 3CAs of 2026-10-28, Alaska's GOP-led government was formally pushing back against the Justice Department's lawsuit over the Senate race certification, filing a motion to dismiss on Oct 27 that argued the federal government lacks authority to intervene in state elections. The claim drops the post's 'sabotage' characterization, but the core assertion is accurately reported; the later November 1 dismissal of the suit does not change the state of affairs on the claim date.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 28, 2026Grand jurors have rejected attempts to indict Cassidy Hutchinson.Said by 3CMultiple tier-1 and tier-2 outlets (AP, Reuters, NYT, NBC, CNN) report that a Washington federal grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson on October 27, 2026, before the post. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post's statement that grand jurors rejected attempts to indict her; the post's qualifiers ('continue', 'politicized, meritless') are dropped but do not change the core assertion.True60% confidence7 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump referred to military veterans as 'suckers and losers'.Said by AFormer chief of staff John Kelly reportedly confirmed Trump called fallen troops 'suckers' and 'losers', and multiple outlets reported the Atlantic account, though Trump denies it and Snopes says no recording or transcript independently confirms the remarks. The sources describe the remarks as aimed at war dead buried in France rather than veterans generally, and the claim departs from the passage only in that minor wording.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump signed the legislation establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).Said by 2CMultiple independent sources confirm that Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 on November 16, 2018, which established CISA. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which describes the signing during the first Trump administration.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump claims to have solved eight wars during his presidency.The claim describes Trump's act of claiming eight settled wars, and multiple tier1 sources document him making that claim repeatedly, including in the passage itself ('I settled, like, eight wars'). The sources also widely find the eight-war figure exaggerated, but that goes to the truth of the claim's content, not to whether he made it.True92% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026John Solomon stated there is no evidence that a foreign power flipped votes in 2024, 2022, or 2020.Said by AMultiple reliable sources, including AP and FactCheck.org, confirm Solomon said the intelligence community has "zero evidence" that a foreign power flipped a vote in 2020, '22, or '24, which matches the claim. Solomon also said he was "still researching" and "not through all the documents," but that qualifier does not change the statement itself.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026The United States Constitution gives authority over elections to the states, overseen by Congress.Said by BMultiple tier1 and primary sources (AP, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Congress.gov CRS and Constitution Annotated) confirm the Constitution gives states the primary authority to run elections, with Congress holding override authority under the Elections Clause. The claim's wording matches the post's own sentence, and the sources directly support it.True88% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026A California judge blocked the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out most operations in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.Said by AA federal judge in California (Araceli Martínez-Olguín) blocked most DHS election-related field operations in the nine listed states, as several tier-1 outlets report. The ruling covers election-related field operations and interviews rather than all DHS operations, and it was put on hold until Friday to allow an appeal, which the claim does not mention.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence8 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump claimed in a July speech that foreign powers are interfering in the U.S. election.Said by BThe claim that Trump claimed in a July speech that foreign powers are interfering in U.S. elections is supported by multiple tier-1 sources reporting his July 16, 2026 primetime address. Those sources also find that the evidence he offered did not back the claims, but the claim concerns what he said, not whether it was accurate.Disputed in the post.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 22, 2026Attorney General Todd Blanch stated that he would not rule out DOJ interference in the election or state certification process.Multiple reports of Blanche's October 22, 2026 remarks confirm he declined to rule out DOJ action that could block state certification in a hypothetical 'doomsday scenario', saying 'of course I'm not going to say that.' The claim's core matches the record, though he paired this with a stated intention not to improperly interfere, and the claim's 'Blanch' spelling is a variant of 'Blanche'.True80% confidence7 sourcesOct 22, 2026President Barack Obama stated in 2016 that Russia sought to interfere in United States elections but no voting machines were hacked.Said by AObama's December 16, 2016 press conference supports the claim: he said Russia was behind the DNC hack and that there was no evidence of voting machines being tampered with, and CNN reported he saw no further tampering of the election process. The claim matches the post's wording and the record, with the EAC briefing consistent with no voting-machine hacking found.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True70% confidence3 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump is two years into his second term as President.Said by ATrump's second term began January 20, 2025, and sources published before and around 2026-10-22 confirm he was serving it then. On that date he was about 21 months in, so 'two years' is a casual rounding of 'nearly two years,' which the White House's October 1, 2026 release uses; this imprecision does not change the verdict.