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Snopes→ CNN Corrects Report About Trump Campaign and Wikileaks Tip
The network had to correct a story that suggested the Trump campaign had been tipped off early about Wikileaks documents damaging to Hillary Clinton.
Snopes→ Does the 2017 Tax Plan Eliminate Deduction for Losses from Wildfires, Other Natural Disasters?
Blowback against the proposed elimination of deductions for personal losses caused by natural disasters surged as wildfires ravaged southern California.
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PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, Roy Moore accuser didn't admit she forged his signature in her yearbook
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | No, Roy Moore accuser didn't admit she forged his signature in her yearbook A conspiracy-minded website attempted to cast doubt on evidence presented by one of eight women who accused Roy Moore of sexual ass
NPR→ FACT CHECK: President Trump’s Record On Jobs And Stocks
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President Donald Trump offered a raucous retelling of his first year’s accomplishments at a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Fla., making sure to tell voters who crossed the state line from Alabama that they should vote for Republican Roy Moore
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
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A Facebook post suggesting that teenagers are using a common hand sign to show they wish to buy drugs was intended to be humorous.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Claims about the GOP Tax Plan
In this video, we highlight six common — and inaccurate — claims from Republicans and Democrats about the GOP tax plans. The House and Senate have both passed their versions of tax legislation, and the differences in the two bills now need
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The Alabama politician once again became a topic of debate just days before the end of a high-profile Senate race.
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The wind-swept blazes have forced tens of thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes in Southern California.
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Protesters burned Israeli and U.S. flags or stomped on Trump posters in displays of anger.
Washington Post→ Seven weeks in winter: Flynn, Trump and Comey
Only seven weeks in the winter of 2016-2017. That’s how much time elapsed between fateful phone calls made by incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn and his firing by President Trump. On Dec. 1, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying
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Reports that the Palestinian consulate in Mexico City will soon be moved to Houston in recognition of Texas' changed status are fake news.
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The German foreign minister gave a speech calling on Germany and Europe to more aggressively assert their global roles.
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While people naturally want to help animals, experts advise that "it's just better not to have an intervention."
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A disreputable web site devoted to "viral" stories turned two Spanish journalists' work into a scare-mongering story.
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Snopes→ Kirk Douglas Death Hoax
A fake news site with a penchant for death hoaxes claimed that actor Kirk Douglas passed away in December 2017.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tax Reform Cuts Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security-Disputed!
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Reports that a San Diego Zoo employee was accused of sexually assaulting a gorilla are fake news.
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A story employed the colorful portmanteau term "scromiting" to describe an illness potentially related to marijuana usage.
PolitiFact→ Brendan Boyle – No, the GOP concealed carry bill does not block states from keeping guns out of schools
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FactCheck.org→ Al Franken on GOP Support for Roy Moore
Sen. Al Franken said Republican Roy Moore — who has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls — is running for the U.S. Senate “with the full support of his party.” That’s not entirely accurate. Moore has the support of Pre
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PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump says job market is getting non-workers working. Is it?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Donald Trump says job market is getting non-workers working. Is it? President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the job market during one of his periodic Cabinet meetings. "Unemployment is at a 17-year lo
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The department says that the rule would benefit cooks and dishwashers, but labor groups warn that restaurant owners could simply pocket the cash.
Snopes→ Pearl Harbor Rumors Which Will Live in Infamy
Fact checks related to the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that launched the United States into World War II.
Snopes→ Pearl Harbor – Rumors Which Will Live in Infamy
We've compiled a list of fact checks related to the 7 December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that launched the United States into World War II.
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Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" for "pedosexual" originated with a homophobic smear campaign.
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The incident, which included police orders and threats of arrest, was captured on video.
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Following a backlash, David Shulkin said there would be no reallocation of funding away from the HUD-VASH program.
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FactCheck.org→ Smith Wrong About NSF Funding
The head of the House science committee falsely claimed the National Science Foundation funds “more than twice as many graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences as in computer science, mathematics or material science.” In fact
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As many as five fires have closed highways, schools and museums, shut down production of TV series and cast a hazardous haze over the region.
Washington Post→ History lesson: Do big tax cuts pay for themselves?
“It’s not just economic theory but economic history. … The bottom line is we will be able to fill any deficit hole with additional revenues. And we basically saw the same during the Reagan tax cut, frankly the Kennedy tax cut.