“We’ve demonstrated through the steps we’ve taken already, the pre-1994 levels, because of that technology — we can burn coal in clean fashion.” “I think that we’ve done it better than anybody in the world at burn
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FactCheck.org→ Justices Didn’t Oppose Gorsuch
Q: Did all eight Supreme Court justices write a letter opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to fill a court vacancy? A: No. That false claim was made on a liberal website that misrepresented a court ruling regarding the Individuals with Disa
FactCheck.org→ Sessions’ Dubious Drug Claims
In an address to law enforcement, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made two dubious claims about marijuana and opioids: Sessions said marijuana is “only slightly less awful” than heroin, an illicit opioid. Experts says heroin is thre
FactCheck.org→ Partisan Spin on Gorsuch Vote
As the Senate considers Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, senators on both sides have engaged in partisan spin over the number of votes required to approve his nomination: Sen. Bernie Sanders falsely claimed the Senate “requires 60 votes
Washington Post→ The White House’s claim that the carbon emissions rule ‘could cost up to $39 billion a year’
“The previous administration’s Clean Power Plan could cost up to $39 billion a year … according to NERA Economic Consulting.” –White House fact sheet, March 28, 2017 President Trump has started rolling back Obama-e
Washington Post→ Sanders’s convoluted claim that Democrats are not trying to filibuster Gorsuch
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “It’s not a question of filibuster. I am for the Republicans obeying the rules that currently exist, and not changing those rules. And the rules right now, for good reasons, are 60 votes.” Dana Bas
FactCheck.org→ Misrepresenting Stone’s Prescience
Rep. Adam Schiff laid out a series of “coincidences” to build a circumstantial case that President Trump’s campaign associates may have colluded with the Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign. But one of his “coincidences
FactCheck.org→ GOP’s Obamacare Obituary: Premature
Republicans repeatedly claim that Obamacare is in a “death spiral,” collapsing of its own weight. This is wishful thinking on their part, with little evidence to support it. Examples of the GOP line: “[T]he law is collapsing,”
FactCheck.org→ Spinning the Intel Hearing
Summary The White House made a series of misleading statements in an effort to put its best spin on a House intelligence committee hearing into Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential campaign: During the hearing, the official White
Washington Post→ For the Record: WH budget director did not say Meals on Wheels did not show results
“We want to give you money for programs that don’t work. I can’t defend that anymore.” –White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, press briefing, March 16, 2017 There has been a lot of media criticism of Mulvaney for sugg
Washington Post→ The claim that the medical-device tax led to the loss of 20,000 U.S. jobs
“I look at the 20,000 jobs that have left America because of the irresponsible medical-device tax, I look at the health-insurance taxes and others that drove up health-care costs on Americans, especially those who could least affo
FactCheck.org→ Price’s Grand Pronouncement
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price claimed that under the GOP health care plan, “I firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially.” But there are plenty of reasons to doubt that. Price made the claim on NBC’s
Washington Post→ Mulvaney’s suggestion that a person making one-fifth his pay couldn’t afford a doctor
“I was on Obamacare. I was on the exchanges as a member of the House, OK? I had the same plan that somebody who makes a lot less than I did at the time would have. I had a $12,000 or $15,000 a year annual deductible. I could afford it. Ho
FactCheck.org→ Employer Premiums and the ACA
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed that “because of Obamacare, premiums on everybody have gone up … whether you’re in an employer-based system or not.” Employer premiums have been affected somewhat, but they’ve b
Washington Post→ President Trump, the king of flip-flops
There is no rule that politicians must remain consistent in their policies. Circumstances change, both economically and politically, and a skillful politician certainly can adjust his or her positions accordingly. But politicians need to ex
Washington Post→ What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#7)
Welcome to the seventh installment of our occasional Friday feature looking at what the president got wrong on Twitter in a given week. The president has been less active on Twitter in recent weeks, so it’s been almost a month since our l
Washington Post→ Trump keeps claiming he’s created U.S. jobs since Election Day. Not so.
“I’m very pleased to announce the great company ExxonMobil is going to be investing $20 billion in the Gulf Coast and the Gulf Coast region. … This was something that was done to a large extent because of our policies and the
FactCheck.org→ Examining Trump’s Wiretap Claim
With no evidence, President Donald Trump called it a “fact” that “President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!” He compared the alleged surveillance to the criminal acts of “Nixon/Watergate.
FactCheck.org→ Did Sessions ‘Lie’?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Attorney General Jeff Sessions “lied under oath” when he said he “did not have communications with the Russians” during the presidential campaign. She has called on him to resign. Session
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Address to Congress
Summary In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump stuck closely to his prepared remarks, but ran afoul of the facts in some cases. Trump said the U.S. has spent $6 trillion in the Middle East and “with this $6 t
Washington Post→ Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s false claim that two key Obamacare elements are ‘Republican provisions’
“Yes, they are expecting to still be in there, preexisting conditions and older children, young adults up to the age of 26. Actually, preexisting conditions and 26-year-olds were two Republican provisions which made it into the [O
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s CPAC Speech
President Donald Trump made a triumphant return to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, the place where Trump says he gave his first major political speech and concluded, “I think I like this business.” But we found that Tru
FactCheck.org→ Terrorism and Trump’s Travel Ban
Stephen Miller, a senior White House policy adviser, claimed that 72 people from the seven countries covered by President Donald Trump’s 90-day travel ban “have been implicated in terroristic activity in the United States” since the 9
Washington Post→ Keith Ellison’s comments on the Second Amendment: For the record
CNN’s Dana Bash: “Congressman. Gun control. In 2014, you told Bill Maher that you wished the Democratic Party would come out against the Second Amendment. How do you reach out to Americans who support gun rights when you donR
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates Swedish Crime
Swedish authorities and criminologists say President Donald Trump is exaggerating crime in Sweden as a result of its liberal policy of accepting refugees from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. Statistics show there has been an uptick in some
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s News Conference
President Donald Trump offered his spin on the first weeks of his administration, and made some familiar false claims, during his Feb. 16 press conference: The president praised his administration’s implementation of his anti-terrorism executive
Washington Post→ Fact-checking President Trump’s news conference
“I don’t think there’s ever been a president elected who in this short period of time has done what we’ve done.” — President Trump, news conference, Feb. 16, 2016 We can’t quite fact check the statement above
Truth or Fiction?→ Congressman Steve King Defends Dogfighting, Animal Cruelty-Truth! & Fiction!
Congressman Steve King on Defends Dogfighting, Animal Cruelty-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa pushed back against a bill to make it a federal crime to watch dogfighting, arguing that it was wrong bec
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that the number of officer deaths in 2016 increased 56 percent from 2015
“The number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty last year increased by 56 percent from the year before.” — President Trump, remarks to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Feb. 8, 2017 This claim jumped out at
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that friends ‘can’t borrow money’ because of Dodd-Frank
“Frankly, I have so many people, friends of mine that have nice businesses that can’t borrow money, they just can’t get any money because the banks just won’t let them borrow because of the rules and regulations in Dodd-Frank.” &#
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim Ivanka is being ‘treated so unfairly’ by Nordstrom
“My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” –President Trump, post on Twitter, Feb. 8, 2017 “I think there’s cle
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that sanctuary cities ‘breed crime’
“I’m very much opposed to sanctuary cities. They breed crime. There’s a lot of problems.” — President Trump, interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, Feb. 5 During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump regularly blast
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that Obama first ‘identified’ the 7 countries in his travel ban
“The seven countries named in the Executive Order are the same countries previously identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror.” — President Trump, statement regarding executive order, Jan. 29, 2017 “He is calli
FactCheck.org→ Sanders on SCOTUS Filibuster
Asked if he would support a filibuster of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Barack “Obama’s nominations required 60 votes.” It’s true that Obama’s Supreme Court nomin
FactCheck.org→ Sanders and Pruitt Rumble Over Earthquakes
Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed that “the cause of” the spike in earthquakes in Oklahoma “is fracking.” But it’s more complicated than that. The cause involves many factors — primarily increased wastewater disposal from
FactCheck.org→ Facts on Trump’s Immigration Order
President Donald Trump’s executive order — Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States – imposes a 90-day travel ban, with some exceptions, on the citizens of seven predominately Muslim countries: Iraq, Syria,
Truth or Fiction?→ President Obama Banned Refugees from Iraq in 2011-Mostly Fiction!
President Obama Banned Refugees from Iraq in 2011-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Obama banned refugees from Iraq from entering the country for six months in 2011 and there was no public backlash like that seen in response to President Tru
Washington Post→ The number of people affected by Trump’s travel ban: About 90,000
“Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning.” — President Trump, tweet, Jan, 30, 2017 “Remember we’re talking about a universe of 109 people. There were 325,000 people that came into this cou
Washington Post→ Fact-checking Trump’s rhetoric on crime and the ‘American carnage’
“Right now, too many families don’t feel secure, just look at the 30 largest cities. In the last year alone, the murder rate has increased by an estimated 14 percent. Here in Philadelphia, the murder rate has been steady —
Washington Post→ What you need to know about terror threat from foreigners and Trump’s executive order
There are many unknowns about the application and legality of President Trump’s Jan. 27 immigration executive order blocking refugees and banning entry of citizens from seven mostly-Muslim countries. But there are facts we do know about