They haven't. The Congressional Budget Office says they will actually drive up the deficit by $1.9 trillion over 10 years.
Hoax-Slayer→ Fake Will Smith Facebook Pages Offering Cash and Prizes as Bait
Various posts circulating on Facebook are claiming that famous American actor Will Smith is giving away millions of dollars in cash and prizes to his Facebook followers. The post Fake Will Smith Facebook Pages Offering Cash and Prizes as Bait appear
Snopes→ Were None of 154 Mass Shootings in 2018 Committed by a Black Man, Illegal Alien, or Woman?
A hyperpartisan Facebook page gave readers an incomplete picture of mass shootings in America in 2018.
Snopes→ Did the Trump Administration Say Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay?
A legal argument offered in a discrimination case by the Justice Department in 2017 disclaimed Title VII protections for sexual orientation but didn't change extant law.
Hoax-Slayer→ New Pepsi Can Omits ‘Under God’ Hoax
Message claims that a new Pepsi can is to feature the Pledge of Allegiance, but will omit the words 'Under God' The post New Pepsi Can Omits ‘Under God’ Hoax appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ ‘Trump Suffering from a Stroke’ Virus Warning
Pictures of President Trump's suffering a stroke and a supposed virus attached to them are both non-existent entities.
Snopes→ Kushner Tenants: We Were Pushed Out for Luxury Condo Buyers
An AP investigation found that over the past three years, more than 250 rent-stabilized apartments were either emptied or sold as the Kushner Cos. was converting the building to luxury condos.
Snopes→ Police: 13-Year-Old Girl Was Beheaded After Seeing Her Grandmother Die
A 13-year-old girl with special needs was beheaded because she saw her grandmother murdered in a cemetery, according to court testimony.
Snopes→ Medical Experts Worry About Testing DNA to Reunite Migrant Families
The Trump administration's use of DNA testing to match migrant children separated from their parents is justifiable as a last resort, medical experts say, but raises a host of ethical problems.
Snopes→ Chicago Police: Video Shows Fatal Officer Involved Shooting
Footage from body cameras and surveillance cameras shows that a man who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer was armed with what appears to be a handgun.
Snopes→ UK’s Theresa May: Trump Told Me to ‘Sue the EU’ Over Brexit
Donald Trump has advised British Prime Minister Theresa May to "sue" the European Union to resolve the tense negotiations over Britain's impending exit from the bloc.
Snopes→ Florida Gun, Mental Health Laws Couldn’t Have Stopped Parkland Massacre
Florida's gun and mental health laws likely could not have prevented school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz from buying the semi-automatic rifle authorities say he used to kill 17 people.
Snopes→ US Official: No Signs Russia Targeting Elections Like 2016
The U.S. homeland security secretary said there are no signs that Russia is targeting this year's midterm elections with the same "scale or scope" it targeted the 2016 presidential election.
Snopes→ Did Republicans Vote to Make It Legal to Ban Gays and Lesbians from Adopting?
In a party line vote, the Republican majority in the House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to a funding bill that would allow federally-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ families.
Snopes→ Charges Undermine Assange Denials About Hacked Email Origins
DOJ indictments suggest WikiLeaks received material from Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff and even gave Russian hackers advice on how to disseminate it.
Snopes→ Does This Image Represent a ‘MAPs Pride Flag’?
Rumors holding that MAPs (Minor Attracted Persons) created a pride flag in an attempt to join the LGBTQ community originated with a troll experiment on Tumblr.
Snopes→ Kansas Officials Seek Altered US Flag’s Removal from Museum
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach also demanded publicly that the altered flag be removed from the university.
Snopes→ Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Sheriff Joe, Roy Moore
Some politicians are going through the several stages of panic associated with an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen: remorse, damage control, anger and regret for being duped.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Invite Thai Boys To White House; Boys Did NOT Request To Return To Cave
Did the Thai boys from the soccer team that was rescued from a flooded cave by divers prefer to go back into the cave instead of having to visit President Donald Trump at the White House at his invitation? No, that's not true: the story was ma
Snopes→ Nancy Sinatra Sr., First Wife of Frank Sinatra, Dies at 101
Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.
Snopes→ Trump Faults Obama for US Response to Russian Hacking
President Donald Trump scolded the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election.
Snopes→ Demonstrators Mock Donald Trump, Protest His Visit to the UK
housands crammed the streets of central London on Friday to vent their anger over Donald Trump's first official visit to Britain, blowing horns, waving banners and hoisting a bright orange effigy of the U.S. president on their shoulders.
Snopes→ Arizona Man Arrested After Trying to Pull Over Troopers
Arizona authorities say a 44-year-old uniformed security guard is accused of impersonating a police officer by trying to pull over an unmarked car that happened to contain two state troopers.
Snopes→ ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie to Shoot This Summer
Three years after going off the air, "Downton Abbey" is coming back as a movie.
Snopes→ McDonald’s Removes Salads from 3,000 Restaurants Due to Intestinal Parasite Outbreak in Midwest
The FDA is actively working with McDonald's to identify the common ingredients in the salads identified by those who became sick and to trace back those ingredients through the supply chain.
Snopes→ Are Federal HIV Treatment Funds Being Used for Immigrant Internment?
The department of Health and Human Services confirmed the request to redirect the "unused" funding.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Inflates GDP Growth
In an interview with The Sun in England, President Donald Trump claimed “the GDP since I’ve taken over has doubled and tripled.” It hasn’t. Not even close. Trump’s false claim was made to support his argument that the U.S. sho
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – George Soros not headed to jail over campaign contributions
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | George Soros not headed to jail over campaign contributions Billionaire George Soros has made his final donation, according to some conservative bloggers. A May article in Right Wing News says that nearly $2
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – George Soros not headed to jail over campaign contributions
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | George Soros not headed to jail over campaign contributions Billionaire George Soros has made his final donation, according to some conservative bloggers. A May article in Right Wing News says that nearly $2
FactCheck.org→ Home Explosion Spawns Clinton Conspiracy Theory
Q: Were the victims of a New Jersey home explosion tied to an investigation into the Clinton Foundation? A: No. A viral conspiracy theory is spreading that claim without any evidence. Investigators told us they “found no evidence of foul play&
Snopes→ UK Police Confirm Source of Novichok Poisoning
The Metropolitan Police said the small bottle was found during searches of Rowley's house and scientists confirmed the substance in the bottle was Novichok.
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
Snopes→ Did Comedian George Lopez Urinate on Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star?
The mischievous use of pixellation gave some viewers the false impression that a video showed Lopez relieving himself on the president's piece of pavement.
PolitiFact→ West Virginia Democratic Party – Did Patrick Morrisey's family firm lobby against Gorsuch confirmation?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Patrick Morrisey's family firm lobby against Gorsuch confirmation? In West Virginia’s closely watched Senate race, the state Democratic Party is shining a spotlight on Republican Attorney General Patric
PolitiFact→ West Virginia Democratic Party – Did Patrick Morrisey's family firm lobby against Gorsuch confirmation?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Patrick Morrisey's family firm lobby against Gorsuch confirmation? In West Virginia’s closely watched Senate race, the state Democratic Party is shining a spotlight on Republican Attorney General Patric
Snopes→ Papa John’s is Pulling Founder’s Image From Its Marketing
Schnatter has long been the face of the brand, and Papa John's has acknowledged in regulatory filings that its business could be hurt if Schnatter's reputation was damaged.
Snopes→ Trump: Relations with May ‘Strong’ After Bombshell Interview
Trump's pomp-filled visit to the United Kingdom was overshadowed by an explosive interview in which he blasted May, his host.
Snopes→ 8 Endangered Rhinos Die in Kenya Relocation Bid: Official
Seven critically endangered black rhinos are dead following an attempt to move them from the capital to a national park hundreds of kilometers away.
Washington Post→ Many fact checks later President Trump is (still) botching NATO spending
Trump boasts about his impact on NATO, but his evidence was often misleading or just plain wrong.
Snopes→ Has the Trump Administration Launched an Immigrant ‘Denaturalization’ Task Force?
In June 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced they were staffing a new office targeting naturalized citizens who cheated on their applications.