At a rally in West Virginia, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration is “bringing back to America” manufacturing jobs “by the hundreds of thousands.” In fact, about 70,000 manufacturing jobs have been adde
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FactCheck.org→ Trump Overstates Impact of Immigration Bill
President Donald Trump is wrong on two fronts when he claims that the RAISE Act “prevents … new immigrants from collecting welfare.” “They’re not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare. That doesn’t
Truth or Fiction?→ 339 People Severely Wounded, 66 Killed, Trump Just Addressed the Nation-Unproven!
339 People Severely Wounded, 66 Killed: Trump Just Addressed the Nation-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Stories with the headline, “339 People Severely Wounded 66 Killed – Trump Just Addressed The Nation,” that began circul
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Rally in Ohio
President Donald Trump’s latest campaign-style rally was in Youngstown, Ohio, where the president made some false and misleading claims about military spending, immigrants and job creation: Trump claimed to have “achieved a historic increa
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – In Youngstown, Trump incorrectly says he has achieved historic increase in defense spending
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | In Youngstown, Trump incorrectly says he has achieved historic increase in defense spending President Donald Trump ticked off his presidential accomplishments in front of a warm crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, saying he w
FactCheck.org→ Trump and Transgender Service Members
In announcing he would ban transgender people from the military, President Donald Trump cited “the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.” Whether the cost is “tremendous” is opinion, but
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Defense of Son
President Donald Trump emphasized that an attorney who met with his eldest son during the 2016 presidential campaign was a “Russian lawyer” and “not a [Russian] government lawyer.” That may be true, but it doesn’t change t
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s interview with Pat Robertson on 'The 700 Club'
President Donald Trump talked about his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Pat Robertson on The 700 Club. Trump said that the two nuclear superpowers need to
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Russia Hacking
On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump made some questionable claims about the U.S. intelligence community’s finding that Russia hacked into U.S. political organizations to interfere in the 2
ABC News→ AP FACT CHECK: Trump and missions unaccomplished
President Donald Trump is claiming to have spurred homebuilding, freed farmers from regulations that stopped them from plowing and secured a historic increase in military spending _ but an AP Fact Check finds that none of it's true.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Iowa Rally
The 2020 presidential campaign is more than 1,200 days away, but President Donald Trump held yet another Make America Great Again rally — this time in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And, as he did in past campaign speeches, Trump spoke for a long time and r
FactCheck.org→ The Comey Hearing
After former FBI Director James Comey testified about his private conversations with President Donald Trump regarding the agency’s Russia investigation, the president’s lawyer gave a brief statement that contained inaccurate and disputed cl
Climate Feedback→ Breitbart misrepresents research from 58 scientific papers to falsely claim that they disprove human-caused global warming
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY In an article for Breitbart, author James Delingpole claims to provide 58 scientific papers published in 2017 that show global warming to be “a myth”. This claim is sourced entirely from a list on a blog called
Washington Post→ The Trump administration’s tally of $350 billion-plus in deals with Saudi Arabia
“I have just returned from a trip overseas where we concluded nearly $350 billion of military and economic development for the United States, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.” — President Trump, remarks in the Rose Gard
FactCheck.org→ Timeline of Russia Investigation
Since July 2016, the FBI has been investigating the Russian government’s attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, including whether President Donald Trump’s campaign associates were involved in those efforts. “Russian President V
Washington Post→ Trump on NATO funding: still misleading after months of fact checks
“They (Germany) pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change.” — President Trump, in a tweet, May 30, 2017 “This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of t
PolitiFact→ Does the U.S. have a 'massive' trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?
Following tension-filled interactions at the NATO and G-7 summits, President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been engaging in something of a war of words. For instance, Merkel said at a May 28 campaign event, "The times in wh
Snopes→ To Many Americans, Memorial Day Has Lost Its Meaning
Some veterans and loved ones of fallen military members wish the holiday that honors more than 1 million people who died serving their country would command more respect.
FactCheck.org→ Double-Counting Growth
How does President Donald Trump’s proposed budget reach a balance in 10 years, as the administration says it will? With 3 percent economic growth, says Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. How does Trump pla
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump goes a bit overboard with icebreaker claim
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Trump goes a bit overboard with icebreaker claim President Donald Trump told new graduates of the Coast Guard Academy that his administration is working hard to make the military branch’s job easier. In his
PolitiFact→ Russia, Trump, Turkey: Detailing Michael Flynn's fall
How to make sense of Michael Flynn's contradictions? He was one of the most distinguished military intelligence officers in a generation. Now he’s the shortest-lived national security adviser in American history after loose-lipped talk with t
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Bald Eagle Executive Order
Q: Did President Trump sign an executive order making it legal to hunt bald eagles? A: No. That bogus story was published by a fake news website. FULL QUESTION Did Trump OK hunting bald eagles? FULL ANSWER Don’t be fooled by the “AP”
Snopes→ Newly Freed Chelsea Manning: ‘I’m Figuring Things Out’
The soldier who was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for giving classified materials to WikiLeaks says she's excited to see what comes next.
FactCheck.org→ 100 Days of Whoppers
Summary Donald Trump — whom we crowned the “King of Whoppers” when he was a long-shot candidate in 2015 — has held true to form during his first 100 days as president of the United States. In his first hour as president, he pain
FactCheck.org→ ‘100-Day Action Plan’ Scorecard
Summary As a candidate, Donald Trump issued a “100-day action plan to Make America Great Again.” It contained 28 promises, and Trump says he is “mostly there on most items.” But is he? Our review of his action plan found he has kept som
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweetstorm about a potential government shutdown
Facing the prospect of a possible government shutdown, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday to attack Democrats who he says are to blame. "I promise to rebuild our military and secure our border. Democrats want to shut down the governme
FactCheck.org→ Did Democrats Once Support Border Wall?
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney made an apples-to-oranges comparison when he said he couldn’t understand why Democrats opposed supplemental funding for a border wall since many of them were for it back in 2006. Mulv
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Did terrorism not exist before NATO was created, as Donald Trump said?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Did terrorism not exist before NATO was created, as Donald Trump said? President Donald Trump has needled NATO, the 68-year-old military alliance, as an anachronistic vestige of the Cold War with a low-energy
Truth or Fiction?→ “John Is My Heart” Essay Written By Frank Schaeffer for the Washington Post-Correct Attribution!
“John Is My Heart” Essay Written By Frank Schaeffer for the Washington Post-Correct Attribution! Summary of eRumor: Author John Schaeffer penned an essay titled “John is My Heart” for the Washington Post that describes how h
Truth or Fiction?→ New York Pizzeria Denies Service to Veteran John Welch, His Service Dog-Fiction!
New York Pizzeria Denies Service to Veteran John Welch, His Service Dog-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A servicemember named John Welch was denied service at Villagio’s Pizzeria in Massapequa Park, New York, because he was accompanied by his se
Snopes→ Did a New York Restaurant Refuse to Serve a United States Soldier?
A photograph from a television shoot was used to falsely claim Villaggio's in Massapequa, New York shunned a military member because he visited with a service dog.
Snopes→ Trump Appoints Ex-Lawmaker Don Benton To Head Selective Service
Benton is the first person leading the agency who has never served in the military.
PolitiFact→ ‘Mother of all bombs’ dropped on ISIS target: What we know so far
The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on April 13. Discussion of the non-nuclear bomb’s sheer size has drowned out what actually happened, though we don’t have a lot of detai
FactCheck.org→ Hitler and Chemical Weapons
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has apologized profusely for his much-criticized comparison of Syria’s Bashar Assad to Adolf Hitler, but his clarification that he meant Hitler did not drop chemical bombs from airplanes requires some histo
Truth or Fiction?→ Comparing Trump Travel Expenses to Obama Travel Expenses-Disputed!
Comparing Trump Travel Expenses to Obama Travel Expenses-Disputed! Summary of eRumor: President Trump’s frequent weekend visits to his Mar-a-Lago in Florida cost taxpayers $3 million a pop, and President Trump outspent two years of President Obam
Snopes→ Pentagon Awards Contract to United Airlines to Forcibly Remove Assad?
A bit of military satire involving involving United Airlines and Syria was mistaken for real news on social media.
Snopes→ Did the Trump Organization Win a Lucrative Contract to Rebuild a Syrian Airport?
A fake news article reported that the private real estate company had won a lucrative contract to rebuild a military airfield that had been bombed by the United States.
Truth or Fiction?→ Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Fiction!
Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Reported as Fiction! The Truth: Hillary Clinton supplied chemical weapons to Syria during her time as secretary of state, and those chemical weapons were either used by Syrian President Bashar al-Ass
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Line on Syria
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of President Barack Obama’s response in 2013 to a chemical weapons attack in Syria. In an April 5 press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump wa
FactCheck.org→ McConnell Revises History on Syria
Sen. Mitch McConnell revised history when explaining why he supported President Trump’s missile strike on Syria but opposed President Obama’s call for a targeted strike against Syria after a chemical weapons incident in 2013. McConnell, the