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Snopes→ Is a Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor About to Fall Into the Ocean?
On 3 February 2017, the disreputable web site YourNewsWire posted a story with the alarming but false claim that one of the reactors damaged in the 2011 disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was on the verge of falling into th
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong that media is not reporting on terrorism any more
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Donald Trump wrong that media is not reporting on terrorism any more During a visit to U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, President Donald Trump took a shot at one of his favorite targets -- the med
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Donald Trump – President Trump says 109 people were affected by travel ban. It's at least 60,000
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | President Trump says 109 people were affected by travel ban. It's at least 60,000 President Donald Trump defended the rollout of his executive order restricting immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries in an i
TruthOrFiction→ Homeless Vet Forced From Shelter, Freezes to Death-Reported as Fiction!
Homeless Vet Forced From Shelter, Freezes to Death-Reported as Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A homeless veteran was forced from a shelter and froze to death while refugees were given free food and shelter across town. The Truth: This tale of a homeles
Snopes→ Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Lady Gaga at Super Bowl LI?
According to rumors, the animated series made several predictions that came true during the 2017 Super Bowl game.
Snopes→ Did Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow Launch a ‘Fire the Fool’ Anti-Trump Rally?
A 'Fire the Fool' rally against President Trump was announced in February 2017, but the event wasn't planned by Stephen Colbert or Rachel Maddow.
FactCheck.org→ Sanders on SCOTUS Filibuster
Asked if he would support a filibuster of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Barack “Obama’s nominations required 60 votes.” It’s true that Obama’s Supreme Court nomin
WaPo Fact Checker→ Was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ‘waterboarded’ 183 times?
“That’s not true. In fact, one detainee alone was subjected to waterboarding 183 times.” —Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), remarks concerning attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, Jan 31 A reader asked about this comment
Politifact National→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Super Bowl interview
President Donald Trump said in a taped interview ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl that he had respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin despite Putin being described as a killer. "We have a lot of killers, got a lot of killers," Trump told
fact check : NPR→ Fact Checking This Week In The Trump Administration
fact check : NPR→ Fact Checking This Week In The Trump Administration
FactCheck.org→ White House Not Selling Jewelry
Q: Did the White House website feature a “QVC ad” for jewelry sold by Melania Trump? A: No. The first lady’s biography page initially said that her jewelry line was sold on QVC. However, that reference has since been removed. FULL Q
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Kellyanne Conway – Fact-checking Kellyanne Conway on the 'Bowling Green massacre'
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Fact-checking Kellyanne Conway on the 'Bowling Green massacre' When White House counselor Kellyanne Conway appeared at a town hall event with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, she mentioned "the Bowling Green massac
TruthOrFiction→ New Guinea Flatworm Invading Florida, United States-Truth! & Unproven!
New Guinea Flatworm Invading Florida, United States-Truth! & Unproven! Summary of eRumor: New Guinea Flatworm invading Florida, other parts of the United States, pose a major public safety threat. The Truth: Credible New Guinea Flatworm public he
TruthOrFiction→ Trump Executive Order Leads to Capture of ISIS Leader at JFK Airport-Fiction!
Trump Executive Order Leads to Capture of ISIS Leader at JFK Airport-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration resulted in the capture of ISIS leader Rasheed Muhammad at JFK International Airport in New
Politifact National→ 6 questions answered about ‘the nuclear option,’ the filibuster, and Supreme Court nominations
Now that President Donald Trump has tapped Neil Gorsuch to fill an open seat on the Supreme Court, the Senate is once again careening toward a showdown over "the nuclear option," an obscure but important rule that governs how the chamber cond
WaPo Fact Checker→ Kellyanne Conway’s claim of a ‘Bowling Green massacre’
“Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. Most people didn’t know that because it didn’t get covered.” — White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway,
WaPo Fact Checker→ What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#4)
Welcome to the fourth installment of Fact Checker’s series highlighting what President Trump got wrong on Twitter in a given week. Last week, we fact-checked Trump’s tweets as a part of a larger round-up of inaccurate and exagge
FactCheck.org→ Groundhog Day
It’s Groundhog Day all right. But instead of seeing our shadows, we noticed politicians making some of the same false and misleading claims that we have written about several times before. We’re not sure if that means six more weeks of wint
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Kellyanne Conway – Kellyanne Conway wrongly says this is longest the U.S. has gone without a Treasury secretary
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Kellyanne Conway wrongly says this is longest the U.S. has gone without a Treasury secretary White House counselor Kellyanne Conway blasted Senate Democrats for holding up Cabinet nominee appointments and said their
TruthOrFiction→ 800,000 Illegals Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016-Disputed!
800,000 Illegals Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016-Disputed! Summary of eRumor: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and right-leaning news sites have said research shows that more than 800,000 non-citizens voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 ele
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Keith Ellison – Most Syrian refugees are women and children, as Keith Ellison said
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Most Syrian refugees are women and children, as Keith Ellison said Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., pushed back on an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to indefinitely suspend admission of Syrian refugees,
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Donald Trump – Trump claims Obama made deal to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Trump claims Obama made deal to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia Did Donald Trump really hang up on the Australian prime minister? That’s what a Washington Post report based on anonymous
TruthOrFiction→ 5-year-old Child Handcuffed at Dulles Airport Over Immigration Ban-Fiction!
5-year-old Child Handcuffed at Dulles Airport Over Immigration Ban-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Viral social media posts depicting a small child handcuffed have fueled rumors that a small child was handcuffed at Dulles Airport because of Pre
FactCheck.org→ Planned Parenthood and the Democrats
The president of Planned Parenthood says the group is willing to talk to Republicans about threats to its federal funding “because [at] Planned Parenthood, we’re nonpartisan.” In fact, the group’s political action committee gave
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Nancy Pelosi – Does Neil Gorsuch side with 'felons over gun safety,' as Pelosi says?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Does Neil Gorsuch side with 'felons over gun safety,' as Pelosi says? President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee favors felons over gun safety, says House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Pelos
FactCheck.org→ Ted Cruz on SCOTUS Vacancies
Sen. Ted Cruz said that “it has been 80 years since the Senate confirmed any judicial vacancy for the Supreme Court that occurred during a presidential election.” He’s (almost) right, but his claim lacks context. It’s actually
WaPo Fact Checker→ Alabama congressman’s unsupported claim that Democrats rigged voting machines in his election
“In my first election in 1982, Democrats rigged about 25 percent of the voting machines to vote for everyone on the ballot but me. That’s 11 of 45 machines. The whole state was Democrat. Nothing was done to fix it.” –Rep
WaPo Fact Checker→ Senate Democrats’ misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees
Justice Neil Gorsuch “should have a hearing and he should meet the voting standard that Supreme Court nominees are held to of 60 votes, a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s choices.”
FactCheck.org→ Facts on Trump’s Immigration Order
President Donald Trump’s executive order — Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States – imposes a 90-day travel ban, with some exceptions, on the citizens of seven predominately Muslim countries: Iraq, Syria,
Snopes→ President Trump Filed for Re-Election Early to Stop Political Speech of Nonprofits?
On 29 January 2017, a community member at the Daily Kos posted in a string of tweets by “The Resisterhood” account, which claimed that because President Donald Trump had filed early for re-election, it means that nonprofit organizations can
Snopes→ Was Neil Gorsuch Unanimously Confirmed in 2006?
According to rumors, the Supreme Court pick was unanimously confirmed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2006 — by some of the very people criticizing his nomination to the Supreme Court in 2017.
Politifact National→ PolitiFact Sheet: The National Security Council ‘shakeup’
When President Donald Trump decided to add chief strategist Steve Bannon to the National Security Council, Republicans and Democrats alike expressed alarm. The GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, called it a "radical departure
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Nancy Pelosi – Nancy Pelosi overstates Wall Street refusal to support Democrats
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Nancy Pelosi overstates Wall Street refusal to support Democrats During a town hall televised on CNN, an audience member said to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., that Wall Street tends to support
Snopes→ Was a Small Child Handcuffed at Dulles Airport Due to Entry Restrictions?
A photograph from a separate viral outrage was recaptioned with the false claim it depicted a small child in handcuffs at Dulles Airport in January 2017.
TruthOrFiction→ President Obama Banned Refugees from Iraq in 2011-Mostly Fiction!
President Obama Banned Refugees from Iraq in 2011-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Obama banned refugees from Iraq from entering the country for six months in 2011 and there was no public backlash like that seen in response to President Tru
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s claim that he did ‘substantially’ better with blacks than other GOP presidential candidates
“If you remember, I wasn’t going to do well with the African American community, and after they heard me speaking and talking about the inner city and a lots of other things, we ended up getting — I won’t go into details —
Snopes→ Top Ten Barack Obama Fact Checks
Here are the top ten most popular snopes.com fact checks about Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States (2009 to 2017).
Snopes→ Top Ten Barack Obama Fact Checks
Here are the top ten most popular snopes.com fact checks about Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States (2009 to 2017).