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Correction to: Should the Senate Judiciary Committee Subpoena Donald Trump Jr. Over His Kremlev-Funded Wedding Celebration?

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[ProPublica first reported](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin) that Kremlev helped pay to rent a private island and stage a fireworks display after Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson married in West Palm Beach, Florida in May 2026.

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[ProPublica first reported](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin) that Kremlev helped pay to rent a private island and stage a fireworks display following Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson's May 2026 wedding ceremony in the Bahamas. The couple had already legally married in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to a marriage document [obtained by PEOPLE](https://people.com/donald-trump-jr-celebrates-marriage-to-bettina-anderson-with-bahamas-ceremony-11954082).

Clarification: The previous context mentioned a West Palm Beach marriage without distinguishing it from the Bahamas ceremony. We have clarified the sequence and added sourcing for the earlier legal marriage.

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Correction to: Statement by Jason Hunyar

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McKayla Hunyar, a Dunwoody, Georgia resident and privacy advocate, told 404 Media... Hunyar and her husband have previously testified before the Dunwoody City Council about the city's Flock Safety contract.

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Jason Hunyar, a Dunwoody, Georgia resident and privacy researcher, told 404 Media... Hunyar and his wife, McKayla Hunyar, have separately spoken before the Dunwoody City Council about the city's Flock Safety contract.

This statement was originally attributed to McKayla Hunyar. The cited 404 Media article ("'Flock City PD:' The Fake Flock-Owned 'Police Department' That Searched Real Cameras for Real People," Sept. 17, 2026) identifies the source of this quotation as Jason Hunyar, the Dunwoody resident who originally documented Flock's camera access and writes the newsletter "FOIA Around And Find Out." McKayla Hunyar is Jason Hunyar's wife and a distinct, real person who has separately spoken to the Dunwoody City Council against the Flock contract, but she is not the speaker quoted in this source. The record has been corrected to attribute the statement to Jason Hunyar.

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Correction to: /cases/macklemore-free-palestine-ed-sheeran-metlife

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The case overview said Macklemore's account of broader venue-owner coordination "remains attributed to him," with no independent confirmation.

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On September 17, the Wall Street Journal (via TMZ) reported that Robert Kraft told Ed Sheeran in a 40-minute call that three other owners — David Tepper, Arthur Blank and Jeffrey Lurie — would not allow Macklemore at their venues either. Kraft is the only one of the four who has confirmed this in his own words; the coordination is no longer attributed to Macklemore alone.

The overview was written before the Wall Street Journal's September 17 report and was not updated when the timeline event (TL 314) was added. It left the impression that Macklemore's claim of coordinated venue-owner pressure was still unconfirmed, when it has since been independently reported with three owners named.

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Correction to: Statement by Sophie Cunningham

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Position Event #1080 classifies Sophie Cunningham’s remarks as “minimizes,” says the primary episode had not been reviewed, and dates the statement September 18, 2026.

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Review of the original September 17 episode shows that Cunningham both criticized the advertisement—calling it inauthentic, saying she did not like it, and calling it morally odd—and questioned the backlash, saying it was not directed at women’s sports. Her classification should be “mixed or conditional.” Supporting copy should identify September 17 as the episode’s release date and distinguish Cunningham’s remarks from Drew Hanlen’s later comments.

The published record relied on a reported excerpt. The full episode at 44:47–46:46 provides broader context and resolves the earlier source-status and date statement. This correction preserves the historical record rather than silently revising it.

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Correction to: /cases/king-charles-earl-spencer-diana-forgotten-soon-enough

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The published timeline title states that "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister" “publishes” on September 22, 2026.

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The timeline will describe September 22, 2026 as the book’s scheduled U.S. publication date until the release is independently verified as having occurred.

The published timeline used completed-event language before the announced publication date. Penguin Random House describes the U.S. release as slated for September 22, 2026.

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Correction to: Should Congress Enact Bernie Sanders’s 32-Hour Workweek Bill?

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No numbered 119th-Congress Senate companion has been verified. Sanders’s September 8 release links an unnumbered Senate legislative draft; the prior S. 3947 belonged to the 118th Congress and is not the current bill.

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A numbered Senate companion now exists: Sanders introduced S. 5384, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, on September 14, 2026, and it was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Neither S. 5384 nor H.R. 10323 has been enacted. Sanders’s September 8 release had linked an unnumbered Senate legislative draft; the earlier S. 3947 belonged to the 118th Congress and is not the current bill.

The prior context incorrectly said that no numbered current-Congress Senate companion had been verified. Official GovInfo records show Sanders introduced S. 5384 on September 14 and it was referred to Senate HELP. Neither bill has been enacted.

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Correction to: Statement by Pete Hegseth

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Position Event #659 classifies Hegseth’s March 26, 2025 Signal comment as “Defends or excuses” in the case “Should Pete Hegseth be impeached?”

Corrected classification

The comment is contextual only and does not state a position on whether the House should impeach Hegseth. It should not be presented as a public case position.

The record’s own neutral summary and classification rationale state that the comment predates the impeachment proposals and “cannot support a public case position.” The published Defends or excuses label conflicts with that conclusion. This correction flags the classification inconsistency without changing the published entry.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Mehdi Hasan

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Condemns — "The post expressly criticizes the reported removal. It does not independently assess the merits of Macklemore's speech or dispute a hate-speech characterization."

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Defends or excuses — Relative to this case's reference point, Macklemore's MetLife message and conduct, Hasan calls the removal "insane" and inconsistent with a country that calls itself free. Treating the punishment as indefensible treats the conduct that drew it as acceptable.

The original rationale itself established the mismatch: it recorded that the post criticises the removal and does "not independently assess the merits of Macklemore's speech". Under this taxonomy "Condemns" requires rejecting the conduct or claim being addressed, which here is Macklemore's message, so a criticism aimed at the removal cannot carry that label. Statements of the same kind in this case are labelled "Defends or excuses", and this speaker's own earlier statement in the same case, of 7 September, already carries that label. Applying the case's reference point consistently resolves the two records to the same position. The classification records a response to the case question; it is not a judgement of the speaker.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Colin Kaepernick

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Condemns — "Kaepernick directly accuses Kraft and NFL stadium owners of colluding to silence Macklemore, drawing an explicit parallel to his own NFL blackballing -- a direct condemnation of Kraft's conduct."

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Defends or excuses — Relative to this case's reference point, Macklemore's MetLife message and conduct, Kaepernick argues the artist should not have been denied the stage for it and warns that the precedent threatens anyone who takes an action the owners dislike. That treats the conduct under scrutiny as acceptable rather than rejecting it.

The original label recorded the target of Kaepernick's criticism, Robert Kraft and the stadium owners, rather than his position on the conduct this case examines; its own rationale called it "a direct condemnation of Kraft's conduct". Materially identical statements in this case are already labelled "Defends or excuses", including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ben Rhodes, both criticising the silencing without separately praising the speech. TheWrap, which reports the fuller remarks, describes Kaepernick as echoing Ocasio-Cortez's concerns. Applying the case's reference point consistently, this is a defence of the conduct under scrutiny. The classification records a response to the case question; it is not a judgement of the speaker.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Bernie Sanders

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Condemns — "Sanders directly condemns Kraft's role in Macklemore's removal, framing it as billionaire censorship of political speech."

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Defends or excuses — Relative to this case's reference point, Macklemore's MetLife message and conduct, Sanders argues that speaking out should not have cost the artist his place on the tour and adopts Macklemore's own characterization of Gaza as a genocide. That treats the conduct under scrutiny as acceptable rather than rejecting it.

The original label recorded the target of Sanders's criticism, Robert Kraft, rather than his position on the conduct this case examines. Its own rationale said so: it described a condemnation of "Kraft's role in Macklemore's removal", not of Macklemore's speech. Materially identical statements in this case are already labelled "Defends or excuses", including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the same day and the same subject. Applying the case's reference point consistently, this is a defence of the conduct under scrutiny. The classification records a response to the case question; it is not a judgement of the speaker.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Earl Spencer's memoir claims about King Charles's reaction to Diana's death

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The source excerpt shown with the timeline entry rendered the Palace statement with American spellings, “color memory in ways others do not recognize”, while the response record on the same page rendered the Palace's own spellings, “colour memory in ways others do not recognise”. The case also described the statement as rare without giving the basis for it.

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The statement is now sourced to a report that preserves the Palace's own spelling, so one wording appears throughout the case. The case context now records why the statement is unusual: the Palace did not respond to Spare and declined to comment on Rebel Prince and Endgame, and the statement asserts the no-comment principle before commenting.

The statement was first sourced to a U.S. report that Americanised two words, so the same sentence appeared two different ways on one page. The wording is unchanged in substance; the spelling now matches the Palace's. Separately, the word “rare” was carried over from reporting without supporting evidence on the page. A reader raised the underlying question on Bluesky on September 17, 2026.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Did Larry Krasner Pressure Staff to Mislead a Federal Judge About a Murder-Conviction Appeal?

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Case summary, as published: "A federal judge found Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and a top aide may have pressured staff to mislead the court over a 2022 murder-case concession, referring both to federal prosecutors. Krasner disputes the findings and plans to appeal." Timeline entry, as published: "Judge Diamond disqualifies Krasner and Stiegler, refers DAO to DOJ" Source excerpt, as published: "I have thus reluctantly concluded that Philadelphia's highest law enforcement official and one of his top assistants may have violated the law... I am compelled, with the issuance of this Memorandum, to refer the DAO, Mr. Krasner, and Stiegler to this District's United States Attorney's Office for investigation and other appropriate action."

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The case summary now states that the judge disqualified Krasner and a top aide, declined to disqualify the District Attorney's Office, and referred all three to federal prosecutors. The timeline entry now names the United States Attorney's Office and records that the office was not disqualified. The source excerpt is now a single contiguous passage from page 39.

Three imprecisions, found on reading the memorandum itself. The case summary said the judge referred "both" Krasner and a top aide, when the memorandum refers Krasner, Matthew Stiegler, and the District Attorney's Office, and it omitted that the judge expressly declined to disqualify the office. The timeline entry said the referral went to "DOJ" and named only the office. The source excerpt joined the conclusion at page 39 to a fragment of the opening summary at page 1 with an ellipsis, presenting non-contiguous text in reverse document order. No finding of the court is changed.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Statement by Macklemore

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Quotation as published: “Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protection. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any life on this earth.” Context before, as published: “In an Instagram post two days after being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour, Macklemore said he wanted to "bring the conversation back where it belongs."”

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Quotation, corrected to the wording in Macklemore’s own post: “Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.” The recorded quotation now also carries the two preceding paragraphs of the statement. Context before, corrected: the statement appears on slide 1 of an Instagram carousel, and Macklemore said he wanted to “bring the conversation back to where it belongs.”

The quotation was taken from a wire report rather than from Macklemore’s own post, and differed from his wording in two places: “worth protection” for “worth protecting,” and “no less valuable than any life” for “no less valuable than any other life.” A paraphrase in the surrounding context also dropped the word “to.” Macklemore’s Instagram post has been added as the primary source and the quotation now matches it. The substance of the pledge is unchanged.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour

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Timeline entry, September 16, 2026: “Macklemore, Kraft, and Sheeran pledge a combined $5M to Palestinian relief ($1M + $2M + $2M).” Summary: “he pledged $1M in tour earnings to Palestinian relief and invited Robert Kraft to match it; Kraft agreed to a $2M match coordinated with Ed Sheeran, who also committed $2M, for a combined $5M pledge.”

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Timeline entry retitled: “Macklemore pledges $1M to six Palestinian relief groups; Kraft and Sheeran each commit $2M ‘to aid in the region’.” The summary now states that Macklemore named six recipient organizations; that Kraft’s statement, posted by the Gillette Stadium X account, says Sheeran asked him “to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis”; that Kraft’s statement names no recipient organization; and that Sheeran’s $2 million is known through Kraft’s account, with reporting noting neither had specified where the money would go.

The entry described all three pledges as going to Palestinian relief. Only Macklemore’s statement names Palestinian relief organizations. Kraft’s own words describe aid “in the region” to fight a humanitarian crisis, without naming a recipient, and Sheeran’s pledge is known only through Kraft’s statement. The combined $5 million figure is unchanged; the description of where each pledge is directed is corrected. A reader raised the distinction on Threads on September 17, 2026.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Statement by Richard Blumenthal

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I don't know that we can't legally do it.... dissatisfied that you are unable to give us an unequivocal, clear, unambiguous commitment that the FBI will be kept out of election interference.

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Well, I'm dissatisfied that you are unable to give us an unequivocal, clear, unambiguous commitment that the FBI will be kept out of election interference.

The recorded quotation attributed two sentences to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, but the first was spoken by FBI Director Kash Patel. At the September 15, 2026 Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Blumenthal asked whether deploying FBI agents to the polls on Election Day would be contrary to law, and Patel answered “I don’t know that we can’t legally do it.” Only the second sentence is Blumenthal’s, and its opening words were also dropped. The record’s neutral summary already attributed the line correctly to Patel; the quotation field did not, so the page read as though Blumenthal had said both. Checked against the committee’s own recording of the hearing and corroborated by ABC News, Democracy Docket and Government Executive, which all attribute the sentence to Patel.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Should Trump’s new mail-in voting restrictions apply to the 2026 midterms?

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Case context summary: “The September 14 Supreme Court decision denied emergency relief from the preliminary injunction; the broader legal challenge remains distinct from this election’s rollout.” Case neutral summary: “On September 14, the Supreme Court left a temporary block in place for the 2026 election.”

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The rule is blocked by two separate preliminary injunctions issued in different district courts, and the case text should not refer to a single injunction. Context summary, corrected: “The September 14 Supreme Court decision denied emergency relief from the injunction issued in the District of Massachusetts. A second preliminary injunction, issued on September 13 by Judge Carl J. Nichols in the District of Columbia, blocks the rule independently and was not before the Supreme Court. The broader legal challenge remains distinct from this election’s rollout.” Neutral summary, corrected: “On September 14, the Supreme Court left a temporary block in place for the 2026 election, one of two separate injunctions against the rule.”

The case text describes a single preliminary injunction. On September 13, 2026, a day before the Supreme Court acted, Judge Carl J. Nichols granted preliminary injunctions against the same rule in the District of Columbia, in the consolidated actions DSCC v. Trump (26-cv-01114) and League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President (26-cv-01132), with NAACP plaintiffs also joined. That ruling is independent of the Massachusetts injunction and was not before the Supreme Court. Readers of the current text would reasonably infer that the Supreme Court’s denial governed the only order blocking the rule, and that a reversal there would have cleared the way for enforcement. Both inferences are wrong while the second injunction stands. The court granted the LULAC and NAACP motions in full and the DSCC motion in part.

Correction to: Should Pete Hegseth be impeached?

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The case describes the Massie proposal by a single allegation: “Hostilities in Iran exceeding 90 days without congressional authorization.”

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The resolution Massie offered on September 15, 2026 sets out eight articles. Three concern the War Powers Resolution and the Iran conflict. The remaining five allege ignoring laws that minimise civilian casualties, extrajudicial killings in strikes on suspected drug vessels, suppressing free speech by retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly, the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, and an unlawful war in Yemen. The articles state allegations and are not findings of fact.

The case summary captures only the Iran timeline allegation, which is the subject of Articles I to III. Readers cannot see from the case that five further articles cover conduct outside the Iran war. The filed text and the sponsor’s release both set out all eight articles.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Statement by Brett Kavanaugh

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The published position event listed no source in its Sources field.

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The event should link to Source #721, the Supreme Court’s USPS v. California order and opinions (PDF p. 1 for Kavanaugh’s concurrence).

The event’s quotation is supported by the existing primary source attached to its related claim, but the event itself omits that source from its Sources field. This correction adds the source citation only; the quotation, classification, and summary are unchanged.

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Correction to: How much credit should James Talarico receive for Texas’s $25 insulin copay cap?

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PDF p. 29 (printed p. 3793), lines 1175–1187

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PDF p. 30 (printed p. 3794), S.B. 827 — Remarks

The source locator for Talarico’s May 24, 2021 team-effort remarks was one page early. The remarks appear on PDF page 30, printed page 3794. The quotation and event date are unchanged.

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Correction to: Statement by Philip DeFranco

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated DeFranco’s criticism of political leaders rather than his position on the case proposition. DeFranco supports legislative intervention for stronger AI safeguards.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Dario Amodei

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Mixed or conditional

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label treated Amodei’s rejection of a complete AI ban as conflicting with the case proposition. The proposition calls for safeguards, not a complete ban, and Amodei supports testing and oversight.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Sam Altman

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated Altman’s criticism of reckless development rather than his position on the case proposition. Altman supports federal frontier-AI safety requirements.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Bernie Sanders

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated Sanders’s criticism of continued advanced-AI development rather than his position on the case proposition. Sanders supports stronger federal intervention.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Hakeem Jeffries

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated Jeffries’s criticism of Republican leadership rather than his position on the case proposition. Jeffries supports stronger federal frontier-AI safeguards.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Mike Johnson

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Mixed or conditional

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label treated Johnson’s opposition to a moratorium as conflicting with the case proposition. The proposition calls for safeguards, not a moratorium, and Johnson supports guardrails and safety measures.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Should Pete Hegseth be impeached?

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The case describes the Massie proposal by a single allegation: “Hostilities in Iran exceeding 90 days without congressional authorization.”

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The resolution Massie offered on September 15, 2026 sets out eight articles. Three concern the War Powers Resolution and the Iran conflict. The remaining five allege ignoring laws that minimise civilian casualties, extrajudicial killings in strikes on suspected drug vessels, suppressing free speech by retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly, the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, and an unlawful war in Yemen. The articles state allegations and are not findings of fact.

The case summary captures only the Iran timeline allegation, which is the subject of Articles I to III. Readers cannot see from the case that five further articles cover conduct outside the Iran war. The filed text and the sponsor’s release both set out all eight articles.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Statement by Brett Kavanaugh

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The published position event listed no source in its Sources field.

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The event should link to Source #721, the Supreme Court’s USPS v. California order and opinions (PDF p. 1 for Kavanaugh’s concurrence).

The event’s quotation is supported by the existing primary source attached to its related claim, but the event itself omits that source from its Sources field. This correction adds the source citation only; the quotation, classification, and summary are unchanged.

This corrects our account of what happened.

Correction to: Statement by Chuck Schumer

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated Schumer’s criticism of the administration rather than his position on the case proposition. Schumer supports stronger federal frontier-AI safeguards.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Donald Trump

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Defends or excuses

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Condemns

The earlier label treated Trump’s defense of existing authority as the reference point. Relative to the case proposition, Trump rejects stronger federal frontier-AI safeguards.

This corrects an editorial classification.

Correction to: Statement by Jon Ossoff

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Condemns

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Defends or excuses

The earlier label evaluated Ossoff’s criticism of Trump rather than his position on the case proposition. Ossoff supports stronger federal frontier-AI safeguards.

This corrects an editorial classification.