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OUTLET
REPORTER
CLAIM
Nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump administration
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Corinne Hess claimed the Trump administration was “no longer considering nursing a professional degree.”
THE TRUTH
Nursing was never considered a “professional degree.” The Department of Education utilizes the term “professional degree” as an internal classification to distinguish among programs that qualify for higher loan limits, not a judgement about the intrinsic value of the profession. Misinformation on TikTok caused confusion about the Trump Administration’s ongoing actions to implement student loan caps for graduate students.
KEY POINTS
• Nursing was never considered a “professional degree” under the Department of Education’s internal definition, which has nothing to do with the value it ascribes to a particular field of study.
SOURCES
• WPR: Nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump administration
• U.S. Department of Education Press Release
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OUTLET
REPORTER
CLAIM
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Margherita Stancati and Gavin Bade, reporters for the Wall Street Journal, published an article and claimed Italian pasta would “disappear” from American grocery stores.
THE TRUTH
This is an exaggerated lie. These potential anti-dumping tariffs would only affect 16% percent of Italian pasta imports, so it’s ludicrous to assert that Italian pasta is “poised to disappear.” Even then, Italian pasta makers have weeks to comply with a simple data request and have their anti-dumping tariff rate adjusted before it’s finalized in January.
KEY POINTS
• The Wall Street Journal’s Gavin Bade and Margherita Stancati lied in an effort to fearmonger against President Trump’s successful tariff policies.
SOURCES
• Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
• Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai's Statement