The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump's questionable claim that Electoral College favors the Democrats It may be more than a year and a half since the presidential election, but time and again, President Donald Trump has brought up his Elect
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PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump's questionable claim that Electoral College favors the Democrats
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump's questionable claim that Electoral College favors the Democrats It may be more than a year and a half since the presidential election, but time and again, President Donald Trump has brought up his Elect
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels
President Donald Trump fielded questions about the United States’ strained relationship with NATO allies at the conclusion of the NATO summit in Brussels. We fact-checked several of the president’s more memorable claims from the press confe
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels
President Donald Trump fielded questions about the United States’ strained relationship with NATO allies at the conclusion of the NATO summit in Brussels. We fact-checked several of the president’s more memorable claims from the press confe
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely claims NATO countries owe United States money for defense spending
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Trump falsely claims NATO countries owe United States money for defense spending During a bilateral breakfast with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Donald Trump blasted the alliance’s other me
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely claims NATO countries owe United States money for defense spending
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Trump falsely claims NATO countries owe United States money for defense spending During a bilateral breakfast with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Donald Trump blasted the alliance’s other me
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking an immigration meme that's been circulating for more than a decade
A viral image on social media -- one that’s critical of illegal immigration -- has been circulating for years. The list of claims first circulated in the form of a chain email in 2006, according to Snopes.com. Six years later, we checked several
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking an immigration meme that's been circulating for more than a decade
A viral image on social media -- one that’s critical of illegal immigration -- has been circulating for years. The list of claims first circulated in the form of a chain email in 2006, according to Snopes.com. Six years later, we checked several
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, it's not correct that 39% of California students are undocumented
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | No, it's not correct that 39% of California students are undocumented A viral image on social media -- one that’s critical of illegal immigration -- has been circulating for years. The list of claims first circ
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Viral image overstates births to undocumented mothers in California
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Viral image overstates births to undocumented mothers in California A viral image on social media -- one that’s critical of illegal immigration -- has been circulating for years. The list of claims first circul
FactCheck.org→ Calls to Abolish ICE Not ‘Open Borders’
Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims, Democrats are not advocating open borders, not even the ones who are calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The small minority of Democrats in Congress calling for the end of ICE
Washington Post→ Five whoppers from President Trump’s impromptu news conference
President Trump made a slew of false or misleading claims during an appearance on “Fox and Friends” that morphed into a news conference on the White House lawn. We fact-checked five whoppers. But this is only a partial list. “I think that th
Climate Feedback→ New York Times story accurately describes Rio Grande’s climate context
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The New York Times discusses water supply issues along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, and the projected impacts of climate change. Scientists who reviewed the article generally found it to be an accu
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump made 8 misleading claims about immigration on Fox and Friends
President Donald Trump repeated several misleading talking points about immigration during an interview with Fox & Friends’ Brian Kilmeade. We counted at least eight faulty claims in less than five minutes. In the interview that aired May 24,
Climate Feedback→ Business Insider highlights health impacts of climate change, but some aspects are misleading
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article at Business Insider describes the impacts of climate change on human health which covering the fact that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere recently passed 410 parts per million. Scientists who
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump's interview on Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends co-hosts heard from a longtime listener and former caller April 26: President Donald Trump. In the free-wheeling interview, Trump started by wishing his wife Melania a happy birthday and then launched into his opinions about the Iran
Washington Post→ Trump’s complaint it would take 9 years to get his nominees approved (Part 2)
“At this rate, and many of the papers checked it out yesterday, and they actually said I was right, but it would be nine years before these people were — we have hundreds of people in, waiting to be approved. And the Democrats are taki
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Wall
In our latest fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Jake Tapper looks at President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that a proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border will stop the illegal flow of drugs into the
Truth or Fiction?→ Communist Rules for Revolution Found By Allied Forces in Dusseldorf Germany-Fiction!
Communist Rules for Revolution Found By Allied Forces in Dusseldorf Germany-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Allied Forces discovered the “Communist Rules for Revolution” in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1919 and many of these tactics remain in play n
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA
President Donald Trump followed up his Happy Easter wishes with tweets bashing Mexico and Democrats for immigration problems in the United States. Trump also backed away from efforts to find a legislative solution to an Obama-era program called Deferre
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact fact-checks Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Post
We love movies — the way they transport us to another time and place, showing moments of intimate emotion and high drama. But when movies claim to depict real events, we start thinking like fact-checkers. Is what they’re showing us basicall
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the movie The Post, Oscar nominee for best picture
Editor's note: Have you ever wondered if the movie you just saw — that claimed to be based on a real story or historical events — was really accurate? So have we. With this year’s Oscars featuring historically based movi
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Darkest Hour movie gets Winston Churchill mostly right
Editor's note: Have you ever wondered if the movie you just saw -- that claimed to be based on a real story or historical events -- was really accurate? So have we. With this year’s Oscars featuring historically based movies up for honors, we
PolitiFact→ Dunkirk fact-check: Movie indulges a few myths but also uses the facts
Editor's note: Have you ever wondered if the movie you just saw -- that claimed to be based on a real story or historical events -- was really accurate? So have we. With this year’s Oscars featuring historically based movies up for honors, we
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2018 speech at CPAC
President Donald Trump spoke for more than hour at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23, 2018, veering from prepared remarks to joke about his hair and ask conference goers what they wanted more — tax cuts or the Second Amendme
Washington Post→ Fact checking the Democratic responses to the State of the Union speech
We fact-checked 18 claims from President Trump’s first State of the Union speech, but he wasn’t the only one throwing around dubious numbers and words. Four politicians gave responses right after the president’s speech. Democrats got several bite
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union
Summary President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was filled with several repeat claims about the economy, tax cuts and immigration that we’ve fact-checked before, as well as new false and misleading statements on auto pla
Washington Post→ Fact checking the 2018 State of the Union address
President Trump’s State of the Union speech had soaring rhetoric — and many dubious facts and figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here is a guide to 18 claims, in th
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong again that recent tax bill is biggest ever
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump wrong again that recent tax bill is biggest ever President Donald Trump repeated in his State of the Union address one of his most frequent talking points — and one that has been repeatedly debunke
FactCheck.org→ Durbin and the Filibuster ‘Myth’
The minority party in the Senate — in this case, the Democrats — can block, or filibuster, legislation by taking advantage of a Senate rule that requires 60 votes to end debate on legislation before a final vote can be taken on the bill. Th
PolitiFact→ Could the nuclear option get rid of the filibuster entirely? Checking Trump's tweet
As lawmakers and the White House struggled to resolve the differences that produced a government shutdown, President Donald Trump revived an idea on Twitter that he had proposed in the past -- eliminating the filibuster in the Senate. ‘Great to s
PolitiFact→ Cory Booker – Fact-checking Cory Booker's statistic on attacks by white nationalist hate groups
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Fact-checking Cory Booker's statistic on attacks by white nationalist hate groups U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said in an interview on CNN that President Donald Trump’s reported comments describing Haiti
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Nashville
President Donald Trump likes talking about how great the economy is, a theme he expounded on when he flew to Nashville on Jan. 8 to address the American Farm Bureau Federation. He addressed many topics we have previously fact-checked and others we have
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Black Home Ownership Claim
President Donald Trump made the false claim that “black home ownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country.” That’s not remotely accurate. The National Association of Realtors referred us to the
FactCheck.org→ Sham Sharia Stories
Q: Is Sharia law now in effect in Utah and other U.S. states? A: No. Two stories circulating online falsely claim that various American courts have instituted Sharia. FULL ANSWER Two bogus stories being shared on Facebook claim that Sharia has been
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claims Don’t Add Up
Summary In touting Republican tax bills, President Donald Trump made several claims that don’t add up. The nation’s real gross domestic product grew 4.6 percent and 5.2 percent in the third and fourth quarters of 2014, respectively. But T
Truth or Fiction?→ Sylvia Thompson on NFL: Enough With the Victimhood Millionaire Athletes-Commentary!
Sylvia Thompson on NFL: Enough With the Victimhood Millionaire Athletes-Commentary! Summary of eRumor: Conservative commentator Sylvia Thompson penned a column on NFL protests titled, “Enough With the Victimhood: Millionaire Athletes and Their Lo
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Insurer Profits
President Donald Trump has claimed that under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies have “taken advantage of this country” and “made a fortune,” which he “stopped” by ending payments for cost-sharing subsidies
Truth or Fiction?→ Jim Bates Accuses CNN of Lying About Puerto Rico Relief Efforts-Unproven!
Jim Bates Accuses CNN of Lying About Puerto Rico Relief Efforts-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A Facebook post from a man named Jim Bates claims that CNN has lied about Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico and that the people of Puerto Rico are
Climate Feedback→ New York Times’ “straightforward answers” to common climate questions are accurate, too
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The New York Times serves as a primer by briefly answering seventeen basic questions about the cause and consequences of—and possible solutions to—climate change. Twelve scientists reviewed the