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”?
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s TV Campaign Ad
A TV ad from the Donald J. Trump for President campaign committee praises Trump’s first 100 days, but it stretches the facts on some of his accomplishments. The ad exaggerates the president’s record on job growth, giving Trump credit for jo
Snopes→ Clouds Over Mount Fuji
A spectacular video purportedly showing clouds rolling over Japan's Mount Fuji was digitally created from a still photograph.
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
FactCheck.org→ ‘100-Day Action Plan’ Scorecard
Summary As a candidate, Donald Trump issued a “100-day action plan to Make America Great Again.” It contained 28 promises, and Trump says he is “mostly there on most items.” But is he? Our review of his action plan found he has kept som
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
Snopes→ Did Bill Nye Say Gender is Determined ‘by Your Chromosomes?’
An image purportedly showing a still from an old episode of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" bears a completely invented caption.
Truth or Fiction?→ Jimmy Johns Owner Jimmy John Liautaud Hunts African Wildlife on Safari-Unproven!
Jimmy Johns Owner Jimmy John Liautaud Hunts African Wildlife on Safari-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Photos that appear to show Jimmy John Liautuad, owner of Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches, posing with two African elephants and a delta leopard that he
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Clinton Suffers Health Crisis, Family Rushes to Arkansas-Fiction!
Bill Clinton Suffers Health Crisis, Family Rushes to Arkansas-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Bill Clinton has suffered a health crisis that could claim his life, and Clinton family members have rushed to the former president’s side in Arka
FactCheck.org→ Did Democrats Once Support Border Wall?
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney made an apples-to-oranges comparison when he said he couldn’t understand why Democrats opposed supplemental funding for a border wall since many of them were for it back in 2006. Mulv
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Did terrorism not exist before NATO was created, as Donald Trump said?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Did terrorism not exist before NATO was created, as Donald Trump said? President Donald Trump has needled NATO, the 68-year-old military alliance, as an anachronistic vestige of the Cold War with a low-energy
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
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
Snopes→ Can You Use Peanut Butter to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?
This claim is based on an incomplete reading of an area of research that is still in its infancy.
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Rep. Jason Chaffetz Won’t Seek Reelection over Russian Blackmail Threat-Unproven!
Rep. Jason Chaffetz Won’t Seek Reelection over Russian Blackmail Threat-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A surprise announcement from U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah that he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2018 sparked rumors that Russians have bl
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s MS-13 Miss
President Donald Trump blamed the Obama administration for allowing “bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S.” due to “weak illegal immigration policies.” The MS-13 gang was formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s and had spread
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→ Beer, a Cure for Gin Addiction?
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said William Wilberforce, a late 18th century British politician, “pushed the sale of beer” to successfully combat “drunkenness related to gin” in England. But Wilberforce wasn’t even born un
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Fiction!
Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Reported as Fiction! The Truth: Hillary Clinton supplied chemical weapons to Syria during her time as secretary of state, and those chemical weapons were either used by Syrian President Bashar al-Ass
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Ben Carson Audit Reveals $500 Billion in HUD Bookkeeping Errors-Mostly Fiction!
Ben Carson Audit Reveals $500 Billion in HUD Bookkeeping Errors-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson audited HUD and found a half trillion in bookkeeping errors under the Oba
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump's environmental awards: A closer look
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Trump's environmental awards: A closer look At a town hall with CEOs, President Donald Trump said his administration will be able to get rid of 90 to 95 percent of regulations "and still have the same kind o
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts Stimulus
While calling for new infrastructure investments, President Donald Trump distorted the facts about President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill. Trump described it as an “infrastructure bill” but “[n]obody ever saw anything being
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Rule: The Congressional Reform Act of 2017 to Fix Congress
Trump Rule: The Congressional Reform Act of 2017 to Fix Congress-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Donald Trump has proposed the “Trump Rule” to fix Congress for good, and he has proposed the Congressional Reform Act of 2017 to accomp
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
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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ April 7th iPhones Will Be At Mercy of Turkish Crime Family-Undetermined!
April 7th iPhones Will Be At Mercy of Turkish Crime Family-Undetermined! Summary of eRumor: A syndicate of hackers called “Turkish Crime Family” has threatened to remotely wipe the data from hundreds of millions of iPhones on April 7th un
Snopes→ Did 14 Washington, D.C., Girls Go Missing Within a 24-Hour Period?
Although there are still a number of missing teenagers in the D.C. area, local police refuted claims of a mass disappearance of girls there.
FactCheck.org→ GOP’s Obamacare Obituary: Premature
Republicans repeatedly claim that Obamacare is in a “death spiral,” collapsing of its own weight. This is wishful thinking on their part, with little evidence to support it. Examples of the GOP line: “[T]he law is collapsing,”
Snopes→ Could Cipro and Other Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Cause Irreversible Tendon Damage?
Though still rare, the potential risks are significant enough for the Food and Drug Administration to suggest limiting these drugs’ use to cases of absolute necessity.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Hollow Keystone Threat
President Donald Trump boasted that TransCanada Corp. “dropped” a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the U.S. after he threatened to “terminate” the company’s Keystone XL pipeline. That’s false. TransCanada merely
Truth or Fiction?→ Fake Xanax Pill Kills Nine in Florida; 50 Times Stronger than Heroin-Truth! & Outdated!
Fake Xanax Pill Kills Nine in Florida; 50 Times Stronger than Heroin-Truth! & Outdated! Summary of eRumor: Authorities have warned that fake Xanax pills have killed nine people in Florida and contain Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger
FactCheck.org→ Spinning the Intel Hearing
Summary The White House made a series of misleading statements in an effort to put its best spin on a House intelligence committee hearing into Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential campaign: During the hearing, the official White
Snopes→ Do “Naked” Juices and Smoothies Contain Formaldehyde?
Claims regarding the presence of formaldehyde in “Naked” products rely on the assumption that chemicals modified through reactions with other chemicals are still, somehow, the same chemical.
FactCheck.org→ Land Loss in Louisiana
Q: Is Louisiana losing a football field of land to the ocean every hour? A: Yes. Both natural processes and human activities contribute to the land loss, though humans are primarily to blame. FULL QUESTION Is Louisiana losing a football field of
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Tennessee Tale
In making his case to replace the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that in Tennessee “half of the state has no insurance company” on the ACA marketplace. In fact, all eight of the state’s rating areas have a