A growing number of Republicans are uncomfortable with the toll the partial shutdown is taking, and President Trump's response to it.
PolitiFact→ Elizabeth Warren – Warren overstates share of tax cuts for the rich
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Warren overstates share of tax cuts for the rich In her first extended interview after saying she’d run for president, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took on the Republicans’ 2017 tax
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump gets facts wrong on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Trump gets facts wrong on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan President Donald Trump attempted to rewrite history by claiming that the reason for the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was to defeat terrorists e
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Vice President Pence NOT Kicked Out Of Iceland
Was Vice President Mike Pence refused entry to Iceland on January 7, 2019 because that country has a White Southern Baptist travel ban in force? No, that's not true: the story originated from a satire blog but looked real enough to many peopl
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Cut Off His Penis To Show His Faithfulness To Estranged Girlfriend
Did a man named Marcus Jones from Trenton, Ohio (or anywhere else) cut off his penis to shiw his faithfulness to his estranged girlfriend? No, that's not true: a known fake news site that is part of a larger network of such sites simply copied
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Immigration Address
In a national address, President Donald Trump called on Congress to provide $5.7 billion for a border wall to address what he called a “crisis” on the border. The president made some false and misleading claims, and provided some facts with
Washington Post→ Fact-checking President Trump’s Oval Office address on immigration
Over the course of his nine-minute speech, Trump painted a misleading and bleak picture of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Hoax-Slayer→ Picture of Little Girl Ghost Caught on Deer Cam?
Widely circulated image purportedly shows the ghost of a little girl in a gingham dress captured by a hidden deer cam. The post Picture of Little Girl Ghost Caught on Deer Cam? appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Networks Fact-Check Trump Speech
elevision pundits moved swiftly to correct or challenge President Donald Trump following his Oval Office speech on the proposed border wall.
Snopes→ Does Lack of Affordable Healthcare Kill More People in America Than Terrorism and Illegal Immigration?
A widely-shared Facebook meme challenged readers to reevaluate their political priorities about immigration and health care.
Internet Archive→ President Trump’s Address to the Nation on Border Security : CSPAN : January 8, 2019 11:04pm-11:15pm EST
President Trump addressed the nation on what the administration argues is a humanitarian and national security crisis on the southern border. This was his first address to the nation from the Oval Office....This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This it
Truth or Fiction?→ United States President Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech
On the evening of January 8, 2019, United States President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the topic of immigration and what he calls a humanitarian and national security crisis on the country’s southern border as a shut
Snopes→ Did Ted Nugent Announce a ‘Build the Wall’ Benefit Concert?
Apparently someone forgot to tell the rock star that Mexico is paying for the wall.
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall
President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats' opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.(Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall
President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats' opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.(Image credit: Saul Loeb)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall
President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats' opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.(Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
PolitiFact→ Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address
This story will be updated. President Donald Trump made a televised plea for a border wall with Mexico, claiming that the southern border is a route for drugs and criminals and has led to a national crisis. "Over the years, thousands of Americans
Snopes→ Did Sharifa Alkhateeb Talk About Using Public Schools to Convert America to Islam?
"Our final objective is to create our own Islamic systems."
Snopes→ Were 17,000 “Criminal Aliens” and 6,000 MS-13 Gang Members Arrested in 2018?
This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, muddied several numbers to make a misleading argument.
Snopes→ Did Schumer and Pelosi Help Obama Hand $150 Billion to an ‘Enemy of the US’?
Two prominent Democratic members of Congress didn't "help" bring about something that never happened.
Snopes→ NC Election Fraud Probed Long Before 2018 Race
A North Carolina elections investigator spent weeks in 2010 probing whether Dowless, the man at the center of a current scandal, was among a group of local political operatives allegedly buying votes.
Snopes→ Did Illegal Border Traffic Drop by 90% in Areas Where Physical Barriers Were Expanded?
This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, is problematic and largely meaningless in terms of demonstrating the efficacy of a border wall.
Hoax-Slayer→ Fake-News Report Claims That Body Of Homeless Man Was Bob Marley
Circulating report claims that when Jamaican authorities conducted DNA tests on the body of a homeless man found behind a fast food restaurant, they discovered that the man was actually reggae star Bob Marley. The post Fake-News Report Claims That Body
Snopes→ Oklahoma Game Warden Catches Poacher Via Dating App
She talked about using a spotlight to shoot the deer at night, outside the rifle season.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: MSNBC NOT To Air Obama’s 2004 Convention Speech During Trump’s Address to Nation
Is MSNBC planning to air an old Obama speech during President Trump's immigration speech scheduled for tonight? No, that's not true: the story was just a bit of satire from the Borowitz report mocking the recent controversy over if the major
Snopes→ Was Senator Chuck Schumer Caught Taking $1 Million in ‘Excessive Contributions’?
Trump supporters raised the issue of past campaign finance violations to question Schumer's fitness to hold office in December 2018.
Snopes→ Filing: Manafort Accused of Lying About Sharing Poll Data
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, is suffering from depression and anxiety and is at times confined to a wheelchair because of gout. That’s according to a court filing from defense lawyers.
Climate Feedback→ Is President Trump right that polar ice caps are setting records for growth, instead of melting?
In a January 2018 interview with ITV, President Trump claimed that the ice caps are not melting but are setting records: “The ice caps were going to melt. They were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, okay? They’
Snopes→ US Medical Marketing Reaches $30 Billion, Drug Ads Top Surge
Spending on consumer-focused ads climbed fastest. But marketing to doctors and other health professionals still grabbed the biggest share with the bulk of it paying for free drug samples.
FactCheck.org→ Story Cherry-Picks in Assessing CNN Ratings
Quick Take A story shared on Facebook uses selective TV ratings data to make the misleading claim that CNN was not one of the 10 most watched cable networks in 2018. Full Story A conservative website takes aim at CNN by misrepresenting recently releas
Washington Post→ Your fact-checking cheat sheet for Trump’s immigration address
Here's a guide to 20 suspect claims that president is expected to say tonight.
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Border Crime Statistic
U.S. Border Patrol encountered 6,259 immigrants with criminal convictions, many of them for illegal entry charges, in fiscal 2018, according to the most recent statistics. Yet, White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney misleadingly claimed authorities &
Snopes→ Trump, Democrats Taking Border Wall Fight to Prime-time TV
Trump's evening remarks will be followed by a rebuttal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have strongly opposed the wall and have repeatedly called on Trump to reopen the rest of government while border negoti
Climate Feedback→ We are not heading towards a “mini ice age”, contrary to claims in some media
Recently, alarming claims that we are heading towards a “mini ice age” have been popping up across the web. This was the subject of a widely discussed Metro article titled “A mini ice age could be on the way which means it will get very,
Truth or Fiction?→ Do ‘The Most Brilliant Scientists’ Not Vaccinate Their Own Children?
On January 7, 2019, the Facebook page for NaturalNews.com shared a video, the premise for which was contained in its title: “The most brilliant scientists working for the U.S. government do NOT vaccinate their own kids.” The same video was
Snopes→ Does Elizabeth Warren Have a Piece of Racist Memorabilia on Her Kitchen Shelf?
Accusations of racism were based solely on a blurry and obscured glimpse of an object on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's shelf.
Snopes→ What Air Travelers Should Know About the Government Shutdown
The largest pilots' union wrote to President Donald Trump urging a quick end to the shutdown, which it said was threatening the safety of the nation's airspace.
PolitiFact→ Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent marginal tax rate idea
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had barely been sworn in before she attracted widespread attention for floating significantly higher maximum tax rates on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Let’s take a closer look at what she said, and what it could
Snopes→ ‘Don’t Feed the Fatberg’: Huge Mass Blocks English Sewer
The fatberg is blocking a sewer in the southwestern English town, and will take a sewer team around eight weeks to dissect and remove.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: K. K. Downing NOT Back in Judas Priest
Did guitarist K. K. Downing rejoin Judas Priest? No, that's not true: the news about Downing reuniting with his former band was uploaded by some prankster to a website were anyone can post realistic-looking news articles to fool friends and f