Ahead of a private lunch, President Donald Trump and West spoke with reporters as they sat across from each other at the Resolute desk.
About Those Submerged Planes in Florida…
When Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Florida on October 10th, 2018, the massive storm caused as-yet untold amounts of damage, leveling homes for miles: Amid images of survivors and the aftermath, the usual hurricane hoaxes began to appear, like this one: Caption: “Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport – Panama City Beach, FL”The post was […]
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It's the biggest increase most retired baby boomers have gotten.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s School Safety Funding Falsehood
At an event for law enforcement officials, President Donald Trump boasted that his administration recently provided “historic levels of funding to improve school safety” and “hire more officers” through the newly created STOP School
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U.S. Border Patrol officials say the trend is putting hundreds of children and adults at risk.
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Joe Giudice will be deported back to Italy once he’s released from prison next year, according to a judge’s ruling.
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The market's recent decline was set off by a sharp drop in bond prices and a corresponding increase in yields last week and early this week.
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A chilling historical image was used to illustrate a political point, but it was taken from a cinematic depiction and not real life.
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The Kentucky Republican says only one side is "happy to play host to this toxic fringe behavior."
PolitiFact→ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee – In Kansas, Democrat's attack on Steve Watkins only partially accurate
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | In Kansas, Democrat's attack on Steve Watkins only partially accurate The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recently aired a tough ad against Republican congressional candidate Steve Watkins, who is loc
Snopes→ ‘Unimaginable Destruction’: Hurricane Smashes Rows of Houses
Under a perfectly clear blue sky, Florida families emerged tentatively from darkened shelters and hotels to an unfamiliar and perilous landscape.
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of a Florida Airport Flooded During Hurricane Michael?
Some social media users recycled an old, digitally-edited photograph that misled viewers in October 2018.
PolitiFact→ VoteVets.org – Veterans group says Jim Hagedorn's health care positions would harm Minnesota veterans
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Veterans group says Jim Hagedorn's health care positions would harm Minnesota veterans Like apple pie, some things are so sacred in American society that you mess with them at your peril. Senior citizens, for one
PolitiFact→ VoteVets – Veterans group says Jim Hagedorn's health care positions would harm Minnesota veterans
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Veterans group says Jim Hagedorn's health care positions would harm Minnesota veterans Like apple pie, some things are so sacred in American society that you mess with them at your peril. Senior citizens, for one
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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Are Mike Braun's employees on the hook for first $10,000 of health care? Incumbent Sen. Joe Donnelly painted himself as a guardian of health insurance and Republican opponent Mike Braun as its main threat durin
Snopes→ Manhattan DA Drops Part of Weinstein Case
The tossed charge involves allegations made by one of the three accusers in the case, Lucia Evans, who was among the first women to publicly accuse Weinstein of sexual assault.
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It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the troubled Russian space program, which is used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
Snopes→ President Trump, Kanye West to Have White House Lunch
Trump told "Fox and Friends": "He's a different kind of guy and that's OK with me."
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Washington Post→ Are 68,000 people a day ‘trafficked right in front of our eyes’? Nope.
A nonprofit group placed an ad in an airline magazine touting a figure based on bad math and faulty assumptions.
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A theoretical NASA paper written in 2015 was misconstrued in 2018 to suggest an urgent need to geoengineer a solution to Yellowstone’s eruptive potential.
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A meme about Manchin's vote to confirm Kavanaugh accurately notes that Heather Bresch is Manchin's daughter, but it's not clear why that's relevant.
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A truly horrifying scene, but fortunately one that was staged for cameras and not captured in real life.
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A widely-shared meme got the basic facts right about an October 2017 case involving the newest Supreme Court justice but embellished certain details.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Medicare Op-Ed
In an op-ed for USA Today, President Donald Trump made a series of false and misleading statements about Medicare and health insurance in general: The president claimed that the Medicare for All Act, one of several Democratic-sponsored health insuranc
Internet Archive→ President Trump Campaign Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania : CSPAN2 : October 10, 2018 7:00pm-8:17pm EDT
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"I have the most deep conviction that a political party can be called such only if its whole purposes are soundly based in some moral and spiritual values."
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San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos wrote that plaintiff DeWayne Johnson failed to produce “clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression” by Monsanto.
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Junk news sites published a spurious report saying Swift was photographed with the controversial former NFL quarterback at a San Francisco nightclub.
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An activist group's account of the incident at Stafford County Middle School spread rapidly online.
FactCheck.org→ Health Care Spin in Tennessee
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The issue in the case before the justices has to do with the detention of noncitizens who have committed a broad range of crimes that make them deportable.
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Dallas Bishop Edward Burns said the investigation constitutes a "major project" because it will include all 1,320 Catholic parishes in Texas.
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s False Claims On ‘Medicare-For-All’
President Trump packed a lot of disinformation into his op-ed column for USA Today attacking a Democratic health care proposal. Here are five points to know.(Image credit: Win McNamee)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s False Claims On ‘Medicare-For-All’
President Trump packed a lot of disinformation into his op-ed column for USA Today attacking a Democratic health care proposal. Here are five points to know.(Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s False Claims On ‘Medicare For All’
President Trump packed a lot of disinformation into his op-ed column for USA Today attacking a Democratic health care proposal. Here are five points to know.(Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump’s False Claims On ‘Medicare For All’
President Trump packed a lot of disinformation into his op-ed column for USA Today attacking a Democratic health care proposal. Here are five points to know.(Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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The statement called it "absolutely deplorable that any media outlet would support or advance such an elaborate and deliberate defamation campaign based on stolen, easily manipulated digital documents."
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump's USA Today op-ed, annotated
President Donald Trump penned an op-ed in the USA Today attacking Democrats ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. With the help of experts, we annotated his claims. Trump's remarks are republished below with permission from USA Today. Throughout the