Malia Obama Arrested with “Gang of Thugs” in Chicago –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Obama’s daughter, Malia Obama, was arrested with a “gang of thugs” in Chicago in May 2017. The Truth: A self-described fake
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FactCheck.org→ Republican Health Care Spin
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and House Speaker Paul Ryan engaged in partisan spin in talking about the Republican health care bill. The American Health Care Act was passed by the House on May 4, and both Price and Ryan appeared on Sund
FactCheck.org→ Is Congress Exempt from GOP Health Bill?
Q: Does the new GOP health care bill apply to members of Congress and their families? A: For procedural reasons, the bill passed by House Republicans exempted lawmakers from some of its effects. But a stand-alone bill passed unanimously would do away
FactCheck.org→ Trump on the Paris Agreement
Trump made two claims about the Paris Agreement, a global accord aimed at addressing climate change, that require context: Trump said that the U.S. “pays billions of dollars” for the Paris Agreement, but China, Russia and India have pai
PolitiFact→ Paul Ryan – Did Paul Ryan flip-flop on how to pass a big health care bill?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Full Flop | Did Paul Ryan flip-flop on how to pass a big health care bill? As legislation to dramatically overhaul the Affordable Care Act neared a vote in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, critics sai
Truth or Fiction?→ Prayer Requests for Dakota, Boy Airlifted with Repeated Seizures -Unproven!
Prayer Requests for Dakota, Boy Airlifted with Repeated Seizures –Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Prayer requests for a boy named Dakota who was suffering from continuous seizures and was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas made the rounds on soci
FactCheck.org→ Clinton Wrong on Debate Claim
Hillary Clinton, who declared that she is “now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance,” falsely claimed that no debate moderator ever asked Donald Trump, “so exactly how are you going to create more jobs”?
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Pressures Argentine President to Cancel Jimmy Carter Award-Unproven!
Argentine President Cancels Humanitarian Award to Jimmy Carter at Trump’s Request-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Argentine President Mauricio Macri canceled a planned presentation of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín humanitarian awa
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s 100-Day Boasts
Summary President Donald Trump did a flurry of TV interviews and held a campaign-style rally to mark his first 100 days, and he left a trail of false, misleading and sometimes puzzling statements in his wake: Trump, who is seeking to renegotiate the N
Truth or Fiction?→ After Hit-and-Run, Sarah Palin Emerges from Coma, Identifies Attackers-Fiction!
After Hit-and-Run, Sarah Palin Emerges from Coma, Identifies Attackers-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was in a coma after a hit-and-run, and she later emerged from the coma to identify her attackers. The Truth: False repor
FactCheck.org→ 100 Days of Whoppers
Summary Donald Trump — whom we crowned the “King of Whoppers” when he was a long-shot candidate in 2015 — has held true to form during his first 100 days as president of the United States. In his first hour as president, he pain
Truth or Fiction?→ Wild Boars Kill Three ISIS Terrorists in Iraq-Truth! & Fiction!
Wild Boars Kill Three ISIS Terrorists in Iraq-Truth! & Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Wild boars killed three ISIS terrorists who were hiding in heavy vegetation before a planned ambush outside the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. The Truth: Three ISIS fighte
FactCheck.org→ The U.S.-Canada Dairy Dispute
President Donald Trump has said that what Canada has “done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace” and that “dairy farmers in Wisconsin and upstate New York … are getting killed by NAFTA.” But that trade agreement isnR
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Chlorpyrifos
Summary When the Environmental Protection Agency decided to not ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide widely used in agriculture, both the EPA and its critics claimed “sound” or “solid” science supported their positions. Research does suggest chlorp
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Has Donald Trump overseen a gain of 500,000 jobs so far?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Has Donald Trump overseen a gain of 500,000 jobs so far? On April 25, the White House launched a web page to promote President Donald Trump’s achievements in his first 100 days. Featured prominently near th
PolitiFact→ #PolitiFact100: How we’re covering Trump’s 100 days
President Donald Trump both played down and played up the importance of his 100th day in office, dismissing it as an arbitrary media creation while also taking a victory lap for what he described as his accomplishments. PolitiFact is dedicating 100 non
FactCheck.org→ Trump Spins His First 100 Days
Summary In an interview with the Associated Press, President Donald Trump put some spin on what he has done — and hasn’t done — as he nears the completion of his first 100 days in office: Trump said he has not labeled China a curren
PolitiFact→ #PolitiFact100: Tracking Trump's promises in the first 100 days
Donald Trump is learning what most presidents do: It’s a lot easier to make campaign promises than to deliver on them. At PolitiFact, we’re tracking 103 promises Trump made during the campaign on our Trump-O-Meter. As Trump nears his 100th
Truth or Fiction?→ Prayer Request for Greg Comer’s Battle Against Cancer-Outdated!
Prayer Request for Greg Comer’s Battle Against Cancer-Outdated! Summary of eRumor: A prayer request has been issued from the son of Greg Comer, a 41-year-old New Jersey man who has been battling cancer for seven years, has gone viral on Facebook
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – How do Donald Trump's first 100 days rate historically?
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | How do Donald Trump's first 100 days rate historically? As he neared the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump touted his first three months as a rousing success. "No administration has acc
Washington Post→ The facile claim that Obama’s Iran negotiator was ‘the architect of the North Korean nuclear deal’
“There is a moment in the life of nearly every problem like this when there is an opportunity for it to be seen and clearly understood and still time to deal with it effectively. That moment happened back when Wendy Sherman was ne
Truth or Fiction?→ WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Found Dead in London-Fiction!
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Found Dead in London-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been found dead in a London alley. The Truth: False reports that Julian Assange has been found dead in London started with a fake n
FactCheck.org→ SCOTUS Didn’t Ban Teaching About Islam
Q: Did the Supreme Court rule that public schools cannot teach students about Islam? A: No. That false claim was spread by a network of fake news websites. FULL QUESTION Did the Supreme Court just shut down the teaching of Islam in our schools? Did J
FactCheck.org→ Spinning Georgia’s Election Results
No candidate received 50 percent of the vote in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election on April 18, so the top two vote-getters now face off in a June 20 runoff. Nevertheless, both parties claimed a moral victory — spinning t
FactCheck.org→ Carson Didn’t Find HUD Errors
Q: Did Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson find over $500 billion in accounting errors while auditing HUD’s financial statements? A: No. The errors were discovered and published by HUD’s independent inspector general bef
FactCheck.org→ Sanders Wrong on Voter Turnout
Sen. Bernie Sanders wrongly claimed that voter turnout in 2016 was “the lowest … in 20 years.” In fact, turnout was higher than it was in 2012. The overall turnout was 60.2 percent in 2016, up from 58.6 percent four years earlier. In
Truth or Fiction?→ In 1998, Kodak Had 170,000 Employees, Sold 85% of Photo Paper World Wide-Fiction!
In 1998, Kodak Had 170,000 Employees, Sold 85% of Photo Paper –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A commentary on the power of innovation and digital disruption of long-standing markets tells the story of Kodak’s decline from having 170,000 employ
FactCheck.org→ Hitler and Chemical Weapons
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has apologized profusely for his much-criticized comparison of Syria’s Bashar Assad to Adolf Hitler, but his clarification that he meant Hitler did not drop chemical bombs from airplanes requires some histo
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Organization Wins Contract to Rebuild Syrian Airport Destroyed by U.S.-Fiction!
Trump Organization Wins Contract to Rebuild Syrian Airport Destroyed by U.S.-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Trump Organization will cash in on President Trump’s bombing of a Syrian airport because the Syrian government has awarded the Trump Orga
PolitiFact→ Trump's Syria airstrikes: constitutional or not?
Some Democrat and Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump for carrying out airstrikes in Syria without getting Congress’ approval first. The United States launched nearly 60 cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield April 6, reacti
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Fracking Chemical Disclosure
Q: Are the chemicals in fracking solution protected from being made public by a law passed while Dick Cheney was vice president? A: Yes. A 2005 law bans the federal government from requiring companies to disclose fracking chemicals. But 28 states do r
FactCheck.org→ Gorsuch’s ‘Mainstream’ Measurement
Supporters of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination describe him as a “mainstream judge.” Their evidence: He has voted nearly 99 percent of the time with the majority on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and 97 percent o
FactCheck.org→ Steve King on ‘Criminal Aliens’
Rep. Steve King wrongly suggested that “28 percent of the inmates in our federal penitentiaries” are immigrants in the country illegally. About 21 percent of federal inmates are non-U.S. citizens, but that includes immigrants who came to th
Truth or Fiction?→ Body of Missing White House Intern Margaret Sanguay Found-Fiction!
Body of Missing White House Intern Margaret Sanguay Found-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The body of missing Margaret Sanguay, a White House intern who has been missing since 1994, was found hidden in the same burial plot as former White House counsel V
Truth or Fiction?→ Top Clinton Aide Turns Up Dead Before Testifying on Private Email Server-Reported as Fiction!
Top Clinton Aide Turns Up Dead Before Congressional Testimony on Private Email Server-Reported as Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Top Clinton aide Johnston Wilson McGill, 34, was found dead of an apparent heart attack just one day before he was summoned
PolitiFact→ John Conyers, Jr. – Mostly True: Rep. Conyers' claim about border apprehensions down since 1980s
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Mostly True: Rep. Conyers' claim about border apprehensions down since 1980s Democratic congressman John Conyers Jr. urged his colleagues during a recent hearing on immigration to examine measures rooted i
FactCheck.org→ Sessions’ Dubious Drug Claims
In an address to law enforcement, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made two dubious claims about marijuana and opioids: Sessions said marijuana is “only slightly less awful” than heroin, an illicit opioid. Experts says heroin is thre
Snopes→ Human Waste Reportedly Found in Coke Cans in Northern Ireland Bottling Plant
A police investigation is underway to determine how empty cans allegedly contaminated with human feces wound up at a bottling facility near Belfast.
FactCheck.org→ Medicaid’s Doctor Participation Rates
In seeking to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has said “one out of every three physicians in this nation aren’t seeing Medicaid patients.” House Speaker Paul Ryan said “m
FactCheck.org→ Pruitt on the Paris Accord
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt made two false claims about the Paris Accord, a global agreement aimed at addressing climate change: He claimed China and India are “the