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FactCheck.org→ Illegal Immigration Statistics
With the controversy over family separations, much of the political rhetoric in recent weeks has focused on illegal immigration. We thought it would be helpful to take a step back and look at some measures of illegal immigration in a larger context.
Washington Post→ Foundation faceoff: The Trump Foundation vs. the Clinton Foundation
“Data doesn’t lie: Clinton Foundation was ‘slush fund’ while Hillary was a Senator/Secretary/Pres candidate. Trump Foundation helped people in need with 100% to charities, but @realDonaldTrump voluntarily shut his down. Yet
Truth or Fiction?→ Silent Partner of Red Hen Restaurant is a Registered Sex Offender-Unproven!
Silent Partner of Red Hen Restaurant is a Registered Sex Offender-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Stephanie Wilkinson, the owner of the Red Hen restaurant who refused service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has a silent partner named Barney Allen Frazier, Sr,
Snopes→ Christian Non-Profit Faces Scrutiny Over Government Foster Care Contract for Separated Children
Bethany Christian Services, which has links to the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has fostered out at least 81 children taken from their parents at the U.S. border.
Snopes→ Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?
Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported links to education secretary Betsy DeVos.
Snopes→ Sarah Sanders Says She Was Told to Leave Virginia Restaurant
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Nielsen’s Policy Distortion
This video from CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org explains how Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen distorted the facts when she tweeted that the Trump administration does “not have a policy of separating families at the border. P
FactCheck.org→ Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
Attorney General Jeff Sessions now says that the administration “never really intended” to separate families as part of its zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration. But Sessions had previously acknowledged that that’s what woul
FactCheck.org→ Stormy Daniels Didn’t Announce 2020 Campaign
Q: Has Stormy Daniels announced she’s running for president? A: No. That false headline is based on a question she asked in jest. FULL ANSWER Adult film star Stormy Daniels continues to challenge President Donald Trump in public and in court o
FactCheck.org→ More Bogus Border Claims
During the ongoing family-separation controversy, President Donald Trump and others have made false or misleading statements on several immigration issues: Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. has “thousands of judges — border judges —
Truth or Fiction?→ Peter Fonda Calls for Barron Trump to be Kidnapped on Twitter-Truth!
Peter Fonda Calls for Barron Trump to be Kidnapped on Twitter-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Actor Peter Fonda called for Barron Trump to be kidnapped and caged “with pedophiles” on Twitter. The Truth: Peter Fonda tweeted “we should rip Ba
FactCheck.org→ Conspiracy Theory Follows Call For ‘Space Force’
Q: Did President Donald Trump call for the creation of a “space force” to fight off an “alien attack”? A: No. The president did request exploration of a “space force,” but it is unrelated to extraterrestrial activi
FactCheck.org→ Did the Obama Administration Separate Families?
In defending its “zero tolerance” border policy that has caused the separation of families, the Trump administration has argued that the Obama and Bush administrations did this too. That’s misleading. Experts say there were some separ
FactCheck.org→ Nielsen’s Rhetoric on Family Separations
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resorted to a rhetorical sleight of hand in recent days to defend the Trump administration’s policy of separating families that illegally cross the border. “We do not have a policy of separating
Snopes→ Did Henry Kissinger Say Donald Trump Is the ‘One True Leader’?
Nixon's former Secretary of State once said Trump could go down in history as "a very considerable president," but he never praised him as the "one true leader."
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Border Detention of Children
The controversy surrounding family separations at the U.S. Southern border has prompted outrage, opinions and finger-pointing. It has also raised a number of questions, including from our readers. “Are there really children being separated from t
FactCheck.org→ Partisan Website Recycles Old Charges
Q: Has the “head” of the Democratic Party been “hauled out in handcuffs”? A: No. A partisan website has used decade-old charges against an Alabama Democrat as clickbait. FULL ANSWER Charges brought against an Alabama Democra
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on IG Report
President Donald Trump said he thinks former FBI Director James Comey committed “very criminal acts.” But the facts don’t support the president’s opinion. The Justice Department inspector general’s report released June 14 doesn’t ma
Snopes→ The Only LGBTQ Newspaper in the White House Briefing Room Can’t Get Their Questions Answered
Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson says White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders routinely ignores him.
Washington Post→ Recidivism Watch: Trump administration again blames others for its own family separation policy
“It’s the law, and that’s what the law states.” — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, at a news briefing, June 14, 2018 The Trump administration seems to be caught inside a “Twilight Zone” ep
Truth or Fiction?→ Child Trafficking Camp in Tucson Tied to Clinton Foundation-Fiction!
Child Trafficking Camp in Tucson Tied to Clinton Foundation-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An abandoned child trafficking camp in Tucson has been tied to the Clinton Foundation. The Truth: An abandoned camp was found along the U.S.-Mexico border in early
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, Bill Clinton did not give North Korea $3 billion for nothing, as Donald Trump said
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | No, Bill Clinton did not give North Korea $3 billion for nothing, as Donald Trump said Fresh off the first meeting of a sitting U.S. president and North Korean leader, President Donald Trump said his administr
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence of Tucson ‘Child Sex Camp’
Q: Was a recently discovered encampment in Arizona used as a “child rape camp”? A: There is no evidence to support that claim. Authorities say their investigation revealed no such criminal activity. FULL QUESTION Hi, would like your help
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Energy Boasts
At a meeting on hurricane preparedness, President Donald Trump took credit for U.S. energy production milestones that have been expected for years, and misstated the facts in the process: Trump said the U.S. is now “the largest energy producer i
Truth or Fiction?→ Henry Kissinger Comments on Trump: ‘He Puts America First’-Mostly Fiction!
Henry Kissinger Comments on Trump: ‘He Puts America First’-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger commented that president Trump is a “phenomenon that foreign countries haven’t seen before&#
FactCheck.org→ A Timeline of Trump Tower Meeting Responses
In a recently disclosed letter to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, President Donald Trump’s attorneys said the president “dictated” his son’s statement to the New York Times about a June 2016 meeting between top Trump ca
FactCheck.org→ Navajo Didn’t Support Shrinking Bears Ears
Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke claimed the Navajo people who “live close” to Bears Ears National Monument “were all in support” of President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink the protected land. But tribe rep
Snopes→ Did Sarah Sanders Offer Roseanne Barr a White House Job?
A widely shared Facebook post from the press secretary appeared to offer an official White House position to the controversial comedian.
ABC News→ White House responds to ‘spygate’ claims, ‘Roseanne’ cancellation
ABC News correspondents break down White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' press briefing.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump blames Democrats for own immigration policy separating families
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump blames Democrats for own immigration policy separating families President Donald Trump wrongly blamed Democrats for his own administrator’s immigration policy. "Put pressure on the Democrats t
FactCheck.org→ No New Charges for Maxine Waters
Q: Has Rep. Maxine Waters recently been “charged on 3 counts”? A: No. The California Democrat was investigated for ethics violations following a 2008 meeting, but she was found to have broken no rules. FULL ANSWER Nearly a decade ago,
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s and Pelosi’s Immigration Spat
President Donald Trump’s use of the word “animals” in what he says was a reference to MS-13 gang members has resulted in a spat between the president and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi criticized Trump for saying “undocumented immi
Internet Archive→ President Trump Participates in Immigration Roundtable : CSPAN : May 23, 2018 7:02pm-8:14pm EDT
President Trump was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and New York Republican Representatives Peter King, Daniel Donovan and Lee Zeldin at a roundtable on immigration policy and federal efforts to combat the MS-13 gang....This item
FactCheck.org→ Trump Blames Own Border Policy on Democrats
President Donald Trump wrongly blamed Democrats for a Trump administration policy that will separate parents and their young children caught entering the U.S. illegally. “We have to break up families,” Trump claimed, because of “bad laws
PolitiFact→ John Kerry was in Paris. But did he meet with Iranians? He says no
Republican operatives claimed to have definitive proof that the chief American architect of the Iran nuclear deal met secretly with Iranian officials in Paris just days after President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the
Washington Post→ Are human-smuggling cartels at the U.S. border earning $500 million a year?
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen earned headlines with her estimate but there's less than meets the eye.
FactCheck.org→ False Story Ties Clintons to Doctor’s Death
Q: Did the late surgeon Dean Lorich expose “Clinton Foundation corruption in Haiti”? A: No. Lorich co-authored an article criticizing the medical response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, not the Clinton Foundation. FULL QUESTION Is this
FactCheck.org→ No Arrests of ‘Sanctuary City’ Leaders
Q: Did President Donald Trump have the leaders of so-called “sanctuary cities” arrested? A: No. Federal officials have discussed reviewing whether charges can be brought, but there have been no such arrests. FULL ANSWER The idea of bringin
FactCheck.org→ Schiff Shanks Trump Golf Cart Story
Rep. Adam Schiff mistakenly claimed that the Secret Service has paid the Trump Organization “over $150,000 … for the privilege of renting Donald Trump golf carts to protect Donald Trump on his rounds.” In fact, the federal agency rent