Q: Did Reddit postings show the shooter in Jacksonville, Florida, was part of the “anti-Trump resistance”? A: No. The Reddit account in question did not belong to the shooter, David Katz, despite what viral stories said. FULL ANSWER It
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FactCheck.org→ Cohen Plea Deal Exposes Repeated False Claims
For many months, President Donald Trump, his White House staff and his personal attorneys, Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani, repeatedly made false, misleading and contradictory statements about illegal payments that were made during the 2016 campaign to
FactCheck.org→ VA Could Fire Workers Before Trump Signed Law
As President Donald Trump often tells it, the Department of Veterans Affairs could not fire unruly or underperforming employees before he signed a bill overhauling the agency’s procedures in 2017. He’s wrong about that. Going back to 2006, the VA f
FactCheck.org→ Sen. Harris Didn’t ‘Lie’ About Integration
Q: Was Sen. Kamala Harris “lying” when she tweeted about integration in the Berkeley public schools? A: No. The school district fully integrated in 1968, and Harris began attending school in 1969. FULL ANSWER Politicians on the left ha
FactCheck.org→ Trump Overstates West Virginia Gains
Speaking to a crowd in West Virginia, President Donald Trump oversold the economic progress in the Mountain State on two fronts: Trump said West Virginia “is second in the nation in the percentage increase of GDP.” That was true at one tim
FactCheck.org→ Calls to Abolish ICE Not ‘Open Borders’
Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims, Democrats are not advocating open borders, not even the ones who are calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The small minority of Democrats in Congress calling for the end of ICE
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Administration Holding Immigrant Children in Cages-Mostly Fiction!
Trump Administration Holding Immigrant Children in Cages-Mostly Truth! & Misleading! Summary of eRumor: As part of its “zero tolerance” policy on illegal immigration, the Trump administration holds immigrant children in cages after
FactCheck.org→ A Lobbyist in Congress? Not Exactly.
Has someone “been a lobbyist” if the person was registered as such but never had any clients? What if that registration was later retroactively deactivated? Those are the questions in a dispute in the Ohio Senate race. Democratic Sen. Sherr
FactCheck.org→ Sessions Not ‘Caught Colluding’ With Obama
Q: Was Attorney General Jeff Sessions “caught colluding” with Barack Obama on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election? A: No. That’s the headline on a story critical of Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia prob
FactCheck.org→ Restoration PAC
Political leanings: Conservative Spending target: Unknown Restoration PAC was founded in January 2015 as the super PAC of Restoration Action, a social welfare organization offering “an aspirational conservative agenda and educational platform t
Snopes→ George H.W. Bush Hospitalized with Blood Infection
Jim McGrath said on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is "responding to treatments and appears to be recovering."
Snopes→ World’s Oldest Person Dies in Japan at Age of 117
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital in the town of Kikai in southern Japan.
FactCheck.org→ Muddying a Trump Loyalty Test
In Republican primaries where loyalty to President Donald Trump’s agenda is a litmus test for many voters, the approval of a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill has become a political weapon — no matter how lawmakers voted. Indiana Republic
FactCheck.org→ There Are No “M.A.G.A. Checks”
Q: Can U.S. residents collect “M.A.G.A. Checks”? A: No. A “M.A.G.A. Check” is the invention of a publisher selling an investment guide that makes promises of easy money. FULL ANSWER There is no evidence of any public or private program offe
FactCheck.org→ Has the Border Wall Begun?
Q: Has President Donald Trump started building the wall between United States and Mexico? A: Congress approved $1.6 billion to replace existing barriers and add some fencing in new areas. The new barriers are not concrete and not like any of Trump̵
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Story on Cohen Raid
Q: Did a federal judge rule that evidence collected from Michael Cohen’s office is inadmissible? A: No. That claim was invented by a website that labels its content as satire. FULL ANSWER The FBI seized records from Michael Cohen, one of Preside
FactCheck.org→ Emma Stone Didn’t Commend Trump
Q: Did Emma Stone say, “America made a great choice with Donald Trump”? A: No. There is no record of the actress ever making that comment, or others attributed to her in the same story. FULL ANSWER In the days following the 2016 election, the actr
FactCheck.org→ No Raid on Obama Home
Q: Did the FBI raid Barack Obama’s Washington D.C. home? A: No. That claim originated in a story on a self-described satirical website. FULL ANSWER Barack and Michelle Obama bought their house in the tony Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Kaloram
FactCheck.org→ Oh, SNAP! Misleading Claims on Benefit Enrollment
Q: Did “two million people leave the food stamp rolls in Trump’s first year”? A: No. That’s the decline in average monthly enrollment in fiscal year 2017, including almost four months when Trump wasn’t president. FULL QUE
FactCheck.org→ Keanu Reeves Didn’t Praise Trump
Q: Did Keanu Reeves say that President Donald Trump is a role model? A: No. That’s a made-up quote that has been attributed to at least two other actors. FULL ANSWER Keanu Reeves doesn’t say much publicly about politics. He has long had a
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Gun Rhetoric
In a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress, President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims about his predecessors’ actions on gun control legislation and shootings in “gun-free zones.” Trump criticized past presidents
FactCheck.org→ Freeman Didn’t Say ‘Lock Her Up’
Q: Did actor Morgan Freeman say that Hillary Clinton should be jailed? A: No. He has donated to Democrats and endorsed Clinton for president in 2016. FULL ANSWER Morgan Freeman endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. But, in October, a websi
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claims Don’t Add Up
Summary In touting Republican tax bills, President Donald Trump made several claims that don’t add up. The nation’s real gross domestic product grew 4.6 percent and 5.2 percent in the third and fourth quarters of 2014, respectively. But T
Truth or Fiction?→ Sylvia Thompson on NFL: Enough With the Victimhood Millionaire Athletes-Commentary!
Sylvia Thompson on NFL: Enough With the Victimhood Millionaire Athletes-Commentary! Summary of eRumor: Conservative commentator Sylvia Thompson penned a column on NFL protests titled, “Enough With the Victimhood: Millionaire Athletes and Their Lo
FactCheck.org→ GOP, Democrats Spin Tax Plan
Summary House Republicans on Nov. 2 introduced a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax code, and almost immediately both parties distorted the facts about the plan to advance their partisan agendas: The tax plan isn’t the “biggest tax cut in
Truth or Fiction?→ “Do Black Lives Matter?” Commentary by L. Todd Wood-Incorrect Attribution!
“Do Black Lives Matter” Commentary by L. Todd Wood-Incorrect Attribution! Summary of eRumor: Conservative commentator L. Todd Wood wrote a commentary titled “Do Black Lives Matter?” that cites statistics about what happen if bla
Truth or Fiction?→ “Do Black Lives Matter?” Commentary by L. Todd Wood-Incorrect Attribution!
“Do Black Lives Matter” Commentary by L. Todd Wood-Incorrect Attribution! Summary of eRumor: Conservative commentator L. Todd Wood wrote a commentary titled “Do Black Lives Matter?” that cites statistics about what happen if bla
FactCheck.org→ Video Backs Wilson, Not Kelly
Rep. Frederica Wilson said that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly got the facts wrong when he said that Wilson took credit for getting the funding for an FBI office in Miramar, Florida. The evidence supports Wilson. South Florida’s Sun-Senti
PolitiFact→ Counting up how much the NRA spends on campaigns and lobbying
Since the mass shooting in Las Vegas, there has been much discussion about the National Rifle Association’s influence on gun policy. In late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about Las Vegas and the influence of the gun industry, he charg
FactCheck.org→ Trump Nixed Gun-Control Rule
Q: Did President Donald Trump repeal a rule that aims to block some people with mental disorders from buying guns? A: Yes. The Social Security Administration is no longer required to submit the names of certain mentally disabled beneficiaries to a fed
FactCheck.org→ Obama’s Record on Toxic Cleanups
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt criticized former President Barack Obama for leaving “us with more Superfund sites than when he came in.” This is misleading for multiple reasons: While Pruitt is right, his agency doesn
FactCheck.org→ Tackling Fake Football Stories
Q: Did the NFL fine players who protested during the national anthem? Was a player fired for it? Are some players asking the league to host a month of anti-police activism? Will Fox Sports stop airing NFL games? A: No. Three of those stories were made
FactCheck.org→ Obama’s Final Numbers
Summary The numbers are nearly all in now. What they show about what really happened during the eight years that Barack Obama was president is sometimes different from what politicians claimed. The economy gained a net 11.5 million jobs. The unemploym
ABC News→ AP FACT CHECK: Kimmel’s take on health care harder to refute
AP FACT CHECK: Considering all the arguments, TV host Jimmy Kimmel's take on the Republican health care bill is harder to refute
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Live: Parsing the Kimmel-Cassidy health care feud
PolitiFact editors explain President Donald Trump's misleading tweet about gas lines forming in North Korea as well as the exaggerations in Jimmy Kimmel's monologue about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill. Tune in live Thursdays on Facebook a
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Phoenix Fiction
Summary President Donald Trump delivered a raucous, error-filled speech in Arizona on Aug. 22, just days after he was uniformly criticized for blaming “both sides” for the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Vir
Truth or Fiction?→ “Poor” Maxine Waters’ $4.5 Million Los Angeles Mansion Raises Questions-Truth! & Fiction!
“Poor” Maxine Waters’ $4.5 Million Los Angeles Mansion Raises Questions-Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) owns a $4.5 million Los Angeles mansion despite being an advocate for the poor and representing
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Rally in Ohio
President Donald Trump’s latest campaign-style rally was in Youngstown, Ohio, where the president made some false and misleading claims about military spending, immigrants and job creation: Trump claimed to have “achieved a historic increa
Snopes→ 16-year-old from Minnesota Finally Identified as Victim of John Wayne Gacy
Jimmy Haakenson is one of eight previously unidentified victims found under the serial killer's Chicago-area home in 1978.
Truth or Fiction?→ Feds Arrest James Comey From His Home at 3 AM-Fiction!
Feds Arrest James Comey From His Home at 3 AM-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Federal agents took James Comey from his home at 3 am and suspect him in engaging in a revenge plot against President Donald Trump. The Truth: A self-described fake news webs