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** Trump’s Numbers, Second Term
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On Jan. 20 -- the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's return to office -- we published ([link removed]) our first “Trump’s Numbers” article of his second term. These reports, which provide various statistical measures of how the country has changed under the president, are a regular feature we first launched back in 2012.

The report was written by three staffers and our two former directors, who still occasionally write for us. For our "numbers" series, we wait a year when a new president is inaugurated to allow for the accumulation of some data. Going forward, we'll provide quarterly updates.

Over Trump's (second) first year:
* Job growth slowed, and the unemployment rate crept upward. Job-seekers now outnumber job openings.
* Price increases slowed according to the most commonly watched number. But they worsened according to the measure preferred by the Federal Reserve.
* Paychecks grew faster than inflation. Real weekly earnings of private-sector workers rose 1.4%.
* Economists estimate the economy grew 1.8%.
* Consumer sentiment declined.
* The number of apprehensions at the U.S. border with Mexico decreased 91.4%, while refugee admissions declined 98%.
* The international trade deficit decreased only slightly, by 0.9%.
* The stock market continued to set new records.

That's just some of the information in our article, which aims to simply provide the numbers -- not to fact-check specific claims. The figures may be expected or surprising, good or bad, depending on one’s point of view. We leave those opinions to readers, and we make no judgments as to how much credit or blame a president deserves for these measures.

Read the full story: "Trump’s Numbers, Second Term ([link removed]) ."
IN THE NEWS
On Jan. 22, the U.S. formally exited ([link removed]) the World Health Organization -- one year after Trump signed an executive order to set the withdrawal in motion. The U.S. leaves without paying its required dues ([link removed]) for 2024 or 2025. While experts ([link removed]) say ([link removed]) the departure is unlawful due to the unpaid bills and lack of congressional involvement, in practice, Congress is the only group that could enforce existing law and prevent withdrawal. Last year, experts criticized the U.S. withdrawal, calling it “cataclysmic” and “an enormous mistake.” Read more: "Q&A on Trump’s Impending Exit from the World Health Organization
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FEATURED FACTS
The U.S. has an agreement with Denmark that grants access to Greenland for military purposes. The Defense of Greenland agreement was signed in 1951 ([link removed]) and updated in 2004 ([link removed]) . The U.S. now maintains one base in Greenland, the former Thule Air Base that was renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2023. It conducts space surveillance and provides missile warning and defense, and it's manned by about 130 active-duty servicemembers, as of September. We explain this history and more in fact-checking claims Trump has made in his initial pursuit of U.S. ownership of the island. Read more: "Trump’s Claims About Greenland ([link removed]) ."
SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF THE WEEK
Trump has said that revenue from his new tariffs could pay for about a half dozen different initiatives, but as Staff Writer Saranac Hale Spencer writes ([link removed]) this week, the revenue raised so far can’t pay for all of them. And it would take several years for the estimated revenue to cover the cost of a couple of Trump's proposals, if the tariff rates remain in effect.

The president recently proposed using the tariff revenue for a $500 billion increase to next year's military budget, to pay down the national debt and to send checks to "moderate income Patriots," an initiative that could cost $450 billion, according to a Yale estimate.

Meanwhile, revenues from the new tariffs would average about $230 billion annually over the next decade, according to Congressional Budget Office and Tax Policy Center projections.

In this video ([link removed]) , Social Media Manager Josh Diehl breaks down the numbers. For more, read our full story: "Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Come Close to Funding Everything He’s Proposed ([link removed]) ."

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** Wrapping Up
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Y lo que publicamos en español ([link removed]) (English versions are accessible in each story):
* Los números de Trump, segundo mandato ([link removed])
Al cumplirse un año del segundo mandato de Trump, lanzamos nuestra serie de “números”, que ofrece diversas medidas estadísticas de su presidencia hasta el momento.

* Los hechos sobre las vacunas que los CDC ya no recomiendan para todos los niños ([link removed])
Tras cambios radicales en el calendario de vacunación infantil, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) ya no recomiendan la vacunación universal contra seis enfermedades. Para justificar la medida, las autoridades sanitarias hicieron afirmaciones engañosas sobre la seguridad de las vacunas, minimizando u omitiendo sus beneficios.

* La amenaza de la Ley de Insurrección en Minnesota ([link removed])
El presidente Donald Trump ha amenazado con invocar la Ley de Insurrección para enviar fuerzas militares federales a Minneapolis en respuesta a las protestas contra las acciones del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) en la ciudad. Explicaremos qué dice la ley sobre la autoridad del presidente para hacerlo.

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