This video from CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org explains how Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen distorted the facts when she tweeted that the Trump administration does “not have a policy of separating families at the border. P
FactCheck.org→ Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
Attorney General Jeff Sessions now says that the administration “never really intended” to separate families as part of its zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration. But Sessions had previously acknowledged that that’s what woul
Snopes→ Did Canada’s Prime Minister Say Canadians Don’t Need American Farmers Because They Have Grocery Stores?
Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt to drum up criticism against Canada's leader.
FactCheck.org→ Stormy Daniels Didn’t Announce 2020 Campaign
Q: Has Stormy Daniels announced she’s running for president? A: No. That false headline is based on a question she asked in jest. FULL ANSWER Adult film star Stormy Daniels continues to challenge President Donald Trump in public and in court o
Snopes→ Did Media Falsely Report That Border Agents Separated a Girl From Her Mother?
A spate of blog posts claimed that news organizations misrepresented a photograph of a crying immigrant child who was in fact never separated from her mother.
Snopes→ Did an Oregon Department of Transportation Employee Say That Immigrants Should be ‘Shot at the Border’?
Lori McAllen has faced a backlash after screenshots emerged of her calling for immigrants to be shot during an online debate over the Trump administration's immigration policy.
Snopes→ Is the Trump Administration Paying Southwest Key $458 Million to Run Immigrant Child Detention Centers?
Southwest Key's chief executive officer earned an annual salary of $1.5 million in 2016.
Washington Post→ Facts vs. spin on family separations at the border
PolitiFact→ Ivanka Trump – Ivanka Trump's Chinese proverb ahead of Singapore summit doesn't check out
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ivanka Trump's Chinese proverb ahead of Singapore summit doesn't check out Ivanka Trump tweeted a subtle dig at critics of her father before he became the first sitting president to meet with a North Korean lead
Snopes→ In India, Rats Have a $19,000 Meal
Police say at least one rat slipped through a hole in the back of an ATM in northeastern India and ate more than $19,000 in currency.
PolitiFact→ Photo showing Melania Trump wearing jacket saying 'I really don't care' is real
Viral photographs show first lady Melania Trump wearing a green khaki jacket that reads, in graffiti-style capital letters, "I really don’t care. Do u?" The first lady wore the jacket during a trip to a Texas facility holding children s
Washington Post→ Video: One rally, one hour, almost 30 Trumpian claims
President Trump flip-flopped on his stance or made a false or misleading claim nearly once every two minutes at his Duluth rally on June 20.
Washington Post→ Video: One rally, one hour, almost 30 Trumpian claims
When President Trump took the stage in Duluth, Minn. on June 20, controversy was boiling outside of the arena. His administration had taken a public beating over the zero-tolerance policy that led to family-separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Hours b
Snopes→ Charles Krauthammer, Prominent Conservative Voice, Has Died
Krauthammer's death was announced by two organizations that were longtime employers: Fox News Channel and The Washington Post.
Snopes→ Journalists, Activists Criticize Social Media Sites Amid Conflicts Over Content
A news media trade group accused Facebook specifically of furthering a "dangerous narrative" regarding paid content.
Snopes→ Is an ‘Obama Don’t Separate Me From My Mommy’ Protest Sign Real?
A photograph showing protesters holding a sign is real, but the sign is referring to separations due to the deportation of family members in the United States rather than forcibly separating families at the border.
FactCheck.org→ More Bogus Border Claims
During the ongoing family-separation controversy, President Donald Trump and others have made false or misleading statements on several immigration issues: Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. has “thousands of judges — border judges —
Snopes→ Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are ‘Actual Psychopaths’?
A disreputable web site grossly misrepresents the finding of a May 2018 study.
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Wear This Jacket When Visiting Children Separated from Their Families?
The First Lady made a surprise visit to detained immigrant children while wearing a jacket bearing the message "I DON'T REALLY CARE DO U?" on the back.
Snopes→ Koko, the Gorilla Who Knew Sign Language, Dies at 46
The Gorilla Foundation says the western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains.
Snopes→ Were These Children Separated From Their Parents Under Obama?
A 2014 photograph of unaccompanied minor immigrants is misleadingly being described as showing children separated from their parents by the Obama administration.
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Clinton’s 1996 Immigration Law Behind Child Separations-Fiction!
Bill Clinton’s 1996 Immigration Law is to Blame for Child Separations-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Bill Clinton’s 1996 (or 1997) immigration law is to blame for a federal policy that separates immigrant children from their parents at the bor
NPR→ FACT CHECK: President Trump’s Duluth Rally Claims
President Trump boasted of economic and foreign policy gains at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of his claims don't match the facts.(Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: President Trump’s Duluth Rally Claims
President Trump boasted of economic and foreign policy gains at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minn. Some of his claims don't match the facts.(Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Border Agents Forcibly Separating Children From Families?
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a federal agent seizing Elián González was recycled nearly twenty years later with a misleading caption in the wake of a family separation scandal.
Truth or Fiction?→ Peter Fonda Calls for Barron Trump to be Kidnapped on Twitter-Truth!
Peter Fonda Calls for Barron Trump to be Kidnapped on Twitter-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Actor Peter Fonda called for Barron Trump to be kidnapped and caged “with pedophiles” on Twitter. The Truth: Peter Fonda tweeted “we should rip Ba
FactCheck.org→ Conspiracy Theory Follows Call For ‘Space Force’
Q: Did President Donald Trump call for the creation of a “space force” to fight off an “alien attack”? A: No. The president did request exploration of a “space force,” but it is unrelated to extraterrestrial activi
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Has there been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Has there been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years? President Donald Trump argued that immigrants entering illegally are gaming the American immigration system, citing a remarkable
Snopes→ New Zealand Prime Minister Gives Birth, a Rarity for World Leaders in Office
Jacinda Adern is only the second elected world leader to give birth while in office.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump changes course, stops family separation at the border
The Truth-o-Meter says: Full Flop | Trump changes course, stops family separation at the border Since early June, President Donald Trump has insisted that his hands were tied and families who wanted to enter America without permission had to be sep
Washington Post→ Fact-checking claims about Trump’s plan to stop family separations
President Trump signed an executive order meant to stop family separations, and the roll-out featured plenty of spin.
Washington Post→ Fact-checking claims about Trump’s plan to stop family separations
A new executive order signed by President Trump lays out steps to end the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. We see this as a tacit admission by the Trump administration that many of its previous claims about family
Snopes→ Did a Flight Attendant Post an Account of a Redeye Flight Full of Unaccompanied Migrant Children?
An anonymous Facebook post described what it was like to accompany sixteen "scared little souls" on a cross-country flight to a detention facility in the middle of the night.
Snopes→ Is Stephen Miller a Descendant of Asylum Seekers Who Fled Anti-Semitic Violence?
The White House senior advisor is the great-grandson of a Jewish immigrant who fled the poverty and pogroms of the Russian Empire in the early 1900s.
Internet Archive→ President Holds Rally in Duluth, MN : CSPAN : June 20, 2018 7:46pm-8:50pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump holds a rally ahead of the mid-term elections in Duluth, Minnesota - the president's first visit to the state since taking office. Sponsor: White House Travel | Domestic Trip.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has fi
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Gorgeous Tiny Home” Facebook Giveaway Scam
According to a post currently being shared on Facebook, you could win a "gorgeous tiny home" just by liking, sharing, commenting, and clicking a sign-up button. The post ‘Gorgeous Tiny Home” Facebook Giveaway Scam appeared first on Hoax-S
Snopes→ Did This Video Show Obama Agreeing with the Trump Administration on Immigration Policies?
A video showing former United States President Barack Obama "agreeing" with President Donald Trump on immigration is deceptively edited.
Snopes→ Did Peter Fonda Suggest That Barron Trump Should Be Kidnapped?
The actor has apologized for saying Donald Trump's 12-year-old son should be put in "a cage with pedophiles" as a protest against the president's immigration policy.
Snopes→ Immigrant Advocates: Trump Executive Order Would ‘Replace One Crisis For Another’
Activists say that the president should get no credit for his order requiring undocumented families to be detained together.
FactCheck.org→ Did the Obama Administration Separate Families?
In defending its “zero tolerance” border policy that has caused the separation of families, the Trump administration has argued that the Obama and Bush administrations did this too. That’s misleading. Experts say there were some separ