
Jake Horton
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Reporter at BBC Verify @BBCNews. Previously @BBCRealityCheck & @NBCNews.
London, England
Joined September 2017
We reviewed footage from the Columbia Heights neighbourhood and spoke to people who live there to assess the impact of Trump's DC crackdown in the area with one of the city's largest Latino populations.
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Residents in Washington's Columbia Heights neighbourhood say there has been a surge in immigration arrests since President Trump's crime crackdown started.
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The White House has listed the "wars" President Trump has supposedly ended and says a Nobel Peace Prize is "well past time" for the "peacemaker-in-chief". Trump says he's ended seven without even mentioning the word 'ceasefire' - is that true? 👇.
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US President Donald Trump claims to have ended seven wars - is that true?
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I spoke to people caught up in Trump's Washington DC homeless crackdown - including Bill Theodie. The president posted a photo of him sitting by his tent the day before announcing his administration would remove such encampments. "That is insane," he says:.
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DC's largest homeless encampment was destroyed after the president called for a crackdown. What happened to its residents?
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President Trump announced his administration will remove homeless people from the streets of Washington - a day after he posted photos of tents by the roadside on the way to his golf course. We've tracked how the golf trip shaped his homeless crackdown.👇.
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What the president sees on his journey out of Washington DC helps explain this week's push to clean up the capital.
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President Trump says he will deploy hundreds of troops to Washington DC to tackle “rising violence in the capital”. But DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city has "seen a huge decrease in crime". So who’s right?👇.
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President Trump says he will deploy hundreds of troops to Washington DC to address crime there.
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An interview with an AI clone of Joaquin Oliver - who was killed during a school shooting in 2018 - has prompted criticism. We've been speaking to his father who set up the interview, and looking at the ethical concerns it raises.
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An interview between a US journalist and an AI clone of a teenager who was killed during shooting at his school has prompted criticism online.
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President Trump has said the latest figures were "rigged" to make his administration "look bad". Although the revisions were bigger than usual, it’s normal for the initial monthly number to be changed and it’s happened under presidents from both parties.
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President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which he said were "rigged".
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We visited Kerr County in Texas to investigate what happened at Camp Mystic and why it was so badly hit by the recent floods:.
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The recent floods in Kerr County, Texas killed 135 people, including many young children.
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RT @BBCMarcoSilva: Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy? We've been examining a series of claims circulating online: http….
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Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.
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We looked into claims made about the possible impact of President Trump’s bill on the US national finances, medical cover, and taxes 🇺🇸👇.
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Trump insists that the new bill will save the US billions, but it has been criticised by his old ally Elon Musk.
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A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry into the US after immigration agents took issue with a meme of JD Vance on his phone. US officials deny this and say he was turned away for admitting drug use. I spoke to Mads Mikkelsen about his experience 👇.
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US officials have denied claims that a Norwegian man was sent home because of a meme - but the case has raised international questions.
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Since President Trump ordered the strikes on Iran, lawmakers have questioned his legal authority to do so. We asked legal experts whether his actions were in line with the US Constitution or whether he should have consulted Congress first:.
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Some lawmakers have called Trump's strikes on Iran "unconstitutional" - so did he have the authority to order them?
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An 18-hour flight each way, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys - this is how the US mission to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities played out, according to the four-star general who helped plan it:.
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A timeline of how the complex mission unfolded was laid out in a Pentagon briefing.
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RT @soutikBBC: AI 171’s fatal plunge seconds after take-off raises questions: double engine failure, bird strike, fuel congestion, mainten….
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Experts told the BBC that a flap issue, engine failure or a bird strike are among the possible causes of the crash.
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RT @JohnSimpsonNews: Just in case you wondered whether President Trump was right about the ‘genocide’ of white farmers in South Africa…. BB….
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President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
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President Trump confronted the leader of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, during a tense exchange in the White House on Wednesday - making a series of contested claims about killings of white farmers in his country. Here's the facts 👇🇺🇸🇿🇦👇.
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President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
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