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Snopes→ Trump: Raid on His Lawyer Abuses Attorney-Client Privilege
Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records.
Snopes→ Did Joy Behar Publish a Crude Tweet About a Fire at Trump Tower?
Shortly after a fatal fire at Trump Tower, a fake tweet attributed to Joy Behar of 'The View' began circulating on social media.
Washington Post→ Two Trump speeches, two dozen dubious claims
President Trump made a host of dubious claims during two recent public appearances, jumping from taxes to trade, from Iraqi oil to Canadian immigration laws, from promoting voter-fraud conspiracy theories to suggesting a California
Truth or Fiction?→ President Trump: Community College is 13th Grade, Not Real College -Fiction!
President Trump: Community College is 13th Grade, Not Real College –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A tweet from President Trump calls community college 13th grade and asserts it’s not real college and is for dummies. The Truth: President Trump
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Say Community College Is ’13th Grade’ for ‘Dummys’?
An image suggesting that the president called community college "13th grade ... for dummies" is fabricated.
Washington Post→ White House report uses fuzzy logic to tout ‘insurer profitability’ in Obamacare
“Health insurer profitability in the individual market has risen due to substantial premium increases, government premium tax credits that pay for those premium increases, and the large, government-funded, Medicaid expansion. Sinc
Snopes→ Does a Newspaper Ad for the Ku Klux Klan Praise Donald Trump?
A KKK recruitment flyer found in Alabama did praise President Trump, but it was not run in a newspaper.
Washington Post→ President Trump says his ‘beautiful wall’ is being built. Nope.
“We’ve started building the wall.” — Donald Trump, remarks with Baltic leaders, April 3 When President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill in March, he was especially grumpy about the fact that it
Snopes→ Is Amazon Bankrupting the United States Postal Service?
President Donald Trump has claimed the giant online retailing company is jeopardizing USPS's financial health.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Scare a Group of Schoolchildren?
A video showing terrified reactions of a group of children as the president enters a classroom is actually two different clips that were edited together.
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that Democrats created ‘catch and release’ policies
“Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Opt
Snopes→ Trump Wants Military to Secure Border with Mexico
President Donald Trump said he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built.
Washington Post→ A guide to President Trump’s latest round of fact-challenged tweets
President Trump’s tweetstorms generally require context. He often appears to be reacting in the moment to something he watched on television. If you are not a cable junkie, some of the president’s Twitter comments may appear obscure or puzzling. Mo
Snopes→ Trump Defends Sinclair Broadcasting After Critical Video
There has been no immediate comment from Sinclair.
Washington Post→ Trump’s bundle of faulty claims about Amazon’s cost to taxpayers
“I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and a
Snopes→ Trump Calls Roseanne Barr After Debut of Show
President Donald Trump called Barr after an estimated 18.4 million viewers tuned in for the reboot of "Roseanne."
Washington Post→ Fact-checking claims about Trump’s citizenship question in the Census
The Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census has itself raised all sorts of questions about the rights of voters, minorities and immigrants. The Justice Department says it requested the change because it needs more
Washington Post→ Trump administration botches basic civics while calling for line-item veto
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: “I think they should give the president a line-item veto.” Chris Wallace: “But that’s been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, sir.” Mnuchin: “Well, again, Congress could pass a ru
Snopes→ White House: Trump Thinks Stormy Daniels Lied About Threat
The White House said President Donald Trump has consistently denied the allegations leveled by porn star Stormy Daniel and said Trump does not believe her claim that she was threatened to stay quiet over their alleged affair.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Slap the Mayor of Mexico City?
A video of Trump slapping World Wrestling Entertainment executive director Vince McMahon at an event was later repurposed with an inaccurate caption.
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that China caused 60,000 U.S. factories to close
“We’ve lost, over a fairly short period of time, 60,000 factories in our country — closed, shuttered, gone. Six million jobs, at least, gone.” — President Trump, in remarks at the White House announcing tariffs on Chinese impo
Snopes→ Porn Actress Stormy Daniels Describes Threat Over Alleged Trump Encounter
Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006.
Snopes→ Trump Is Staffing — or Casting — From Fox News
President Donald Trump's favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as the president reshapes his administration with camera-ready personalities.
Truth or Fiction?→ Joe Biden’s Son, Hunter Biden, Kicked Discharged from Navy Over Drug Test-Truth! & Outdated!
Joe Biden’s Son, Hunter Biden, Kicked Out of Navy for Failed Drug Test-Truth! & Outdated! Summary of eRumor: Former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was kicked out of the Navy for a failed drug test. The Truth: Hunter Biden
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that drug dealers who kill ‘thousands’ just get 30 days in jail
“Some of these drug dealers will kill thousands of people during their lifetime — thousands of people — and destroy many more lives than that. But they will kill thousands of people during their lifetime, and they’ll get cau
Snopes→ Did the Obama Campaign Employ the Same Tactics as Cambridge Analytica?
Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to acknowledge that Cambridge Analytica obtained data by misleading people.
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that California has the ‘highest taxes in the United States’
“I think Governor [Jerry] Brown’s done a very poor job running California. They have the highest taxes in the United States. … Hey, I have property in California, I will say. I don’t think too much about my property any
Snopes→ Did People Start Licking Toilets as a Protest Against Donald Trump?
A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet users.
Snopes→ Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Stormy Daniels?
An image purportedly showing the United States president with his wife and alleged mistress has been digitally manipulated.
Snopes→ Did Charles Krauthammer Write an ‘Interesting Take on Trump?’
An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or a Democrat was written by Mychal Massie, not Charles Krauthammer.
Truth or Fiction?→ Charles Krauthammer’s Interesting Take on President Trump: He’s a Pragmatist -Incorrect Attribution!
Charles Krauthammer’s Interesting Take on President Trump: He’s a Pragmatist –Incorrect Attribution! Summary of eRumor: Charles Krauthammer wrote an interesting take on President Trump in which Krauthammer argues the president isnR
Snopes→ Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers Part of Trump Opioid Plan
President Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where it's appropriate under current law.
Snopes→ A Frustrated Trump Lashes Out at Special Counsel Mueller
Trump criticized the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and raised fresh concerns about the objectivity and political leanings of the members of Mueller's team.
Washington Post→ Fact-checking Trump’s error-filled tweetstorm about the Mueller probe
In a series of tweets March 17 and 18, President Trump made a number of inaccurate or misleading statements about the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. As a reader service, here’s a quick guide to his
Washington Post→ President Trump’s false claim that Clinton wouldn’t have sent humans to Mars
“Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn’t have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn’t even be thinking about it.” — President Trump, in remarks at the Marine Corps Air Station,
Snopes→ Fired McCabe Kept Personal Memos Regarding Trump
Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos describing interactions with the president that are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief James Comey.
Washington Post→ Does President Trump’s border wall pay for itself?
“According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole.” — President Trump, in a tweet, March 13, 2018 Presid
Snopes→ Is Matt Damon Moving to Australia to Escape the Trump Administration?
A series of unconfirmed and anonymous reports about Matt Damon moving to Australia were almost immediately debunked by the actor's representative.
Washington Post→ Here’s why Trump keeps saying — wrongly — the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada
“We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive). P.M. Justin Trudeau of Canada, a very good guy, doesn’t like saying that Canada has a Surplus vs. the U.S.(negotiating), but they doR