As President Donald Trump moves closer to nominating a Supreme Court justice, Democrats are scrambling for a strategy to stop a nominee that would tilt the court in a more conservative direction and reverse liberal gains. The retiring Justice Anthony K
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Politifact National→ Democrats’ playbook for stopping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick
As President Donald Trump moves closer to nominating a Supreme Court justice, Democrats are scrambling for a strategy to stop a nominee that would tilt the court in a more conservative direction and reverse liberal gains. The retiring Justice Anthony K
Politifact National→ What Mitch McConnell said about Supreme Court confirmations in election years
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that senators will confirm a successor for Justice Anthony Kennedy this fall, prompting Democrats to accuse him of being a hypocrite on election-year nominees. "Our Republican colleagues in the Sena
Politifact National→ What Mitch McConnell said about Supreme Court confirmations in election years
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that senators will confirm a successor for Justice Anthony Kennedy this fall, prompting Democrats to accuse him of being a hypocrite on election-year nominees. "Our Republican colleagues in the Sena
FactCheck.org→ Fake Sandra Bullock Quote About Trump
Q: Did Sandra Bullock say, “Donald Trump is doing everything to improve our nation”? A: No. There is no record of the actress ever making that comment. FULL ANSWER The viral story that attributes that fake quote to Sandra Bullock surfaced
FactCheck.org→ Sanders Didn’t Call Christianity Insulting
Q: Did Sen. Bernie Sanders say that Christianity is an insult to Muslims? A: He didn’t say that. He criticized a statement made by a presidential nominee as Islamophobic. FULL ANSWER In June 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized a presidentia
FactCheck.org→ Rhode Island Tax Returns Bill Didn’t Pass
Q: Did Rhode Island pass a bill “to keep Trump off the 2020 ballot”? A: No. Only one chamber passed a bill to require presidential candidates to disclose their federal tax returns. FULL ANSWER A misleading headline posits that a certain
Snopes→ Library Association Removes Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Name from Award
A division of the American Library Association has voted to remove Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a major children's book award over concerns with how the early-to-mid 20th century author portrayed blacks and Native Americans.
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→ Trump Didn’t Fire Muslim Judge
Q: Did President Trump fire Judge Salam al Alsawatha Malallahafa? A: No. The claim originated on a satire website. FULL ANSWER A story published online claims that President Donald Trump fired Muslim Judge Salam al Alsawatha Malallahafa. He didn’
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Senate Majority PAC – Fact-checking Democratic attack on Kevin Cramer's statements on Social Security and Medicare
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Fact-checking Democratic attack on Kevin Cramer's statements on Social Security and Medicare Kevin Cramer, a Republican congressman from North Dakota running for U.S. Senate, voted in favor of the Republican tax
FactCheck.org→ Weak Link in NFL Protest Story
Q: Has George Soros been paying NFL players to protest? A: No. A story making that claim offers no evidence to support it. FULL ANSWER An inaccurate story that was first published in October 2017 — shortly after President Donald Trump made contr
Snopes→ Was Pope Francis ‘Found Guilty’ of Child Trafficking and Murder?
A blog devoted to the roundly-debunked "Pizzagate" story reprinted an equally false post from 2014 about the leader of the Catholic Church.
Snopes→ South Dakota Sheriff Loses Re-Election, Fires Winning Deputy
Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow fired deputy sheriff Mark Maggs after Maggs defeated him by a vote of 878-331.
FactCheck.org→ Americas PAC
Political leanings: Republican/Conservative Spending target: Undisclosed Americas PAC has traditionally specialized in making independent expenditures attempting to convince black and Hispanic voters to support Republican candidates, but the PAC says i
Snopes→ Judge Who Sentenced Swimmer Recalled Amid #MeToo Movement
Santa Clara County voters agreed and recalled the judge from office after his nearly 15-year career on the bench.
FactCheck.org→ Pedophile Advocate, But Not GOP Candidate
Q: Is Nathan Larson — who has expressed support for pedophilia, rape and incest — a Republican candidate for Congress? A: No. Larson is running for a Virginia congressional seat as an independent. FULL ANSWER A Virginia man who admitted i
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Families USA – Did Republican sabotage cost 3.2 million their health coverage?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Republican sabotage cost 3.2 million their health coverage? Just in time for the midterms, an image is circulating on social media about a massive rise in the uninsured under Republican leadership. A tweet fr
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Protect Our Care – Did Republican sabotage cost 3.2 million their health coverage?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Republican sabotage cost 3.2 million their health coverage? Just in time for the midterms, an image is circulating on social media about a massive rise in the uninsured under Republican leadership. A tweet fr
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
FactCheck.org→ A Lobbyist in Congress? Not Exactly.
Has someone “been a lobbyist” if the person was registered as such but never had any clients? What if that registration was later retroactively deactivated? Those are the questions in a dispute in the Ohio Senate race. Democratic Sen. Sherr
FactCheck.org→ Bezos Didn’t Endorse Michelle Obama for 2020
Q: Is Jeff Bezos running full-page “Michelle Obama for President” ads on Amazon? A: No. Amazon vendors sell items expressing support for numerous possible 2020 presidential candidates, including Obama. FULL ANSWER Amazon shoppers have
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Nashville Rally
At a campaign rally in Nashville, President Donald Trump repeated a bushelful of false and misleading claims, and added a few new ones: Trump said the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act was “so unconstitutional.” The
Snopes→ Official Tally Shows Big Win for Abortion Rights in Ireland
Irish voters overwhelmingly repealed a constitutional ban on abortions and asked the country's parliament to enact laws that reflect the popular will and make abortions legal in the country for the first time.
TruthOrFiction→ Nancy Pelosi: Building A Border Wall Violates the Rights of Illegals-Fiction!
Nancy Pelosi: Building A Wall Violates the Rights of Illegals-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said building a wall would violate the rights of illegal immigrants. The Truth: Nancy Pelosi did not say that building a border wall wo
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misquotes Clapper on FBI ‘Spy’
In a morning tweetstorm on the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump misquoted James Clapper. Trump claimed the former intelligence director said, “Trump should be happy that the FBI was SPYING on his campaign,” when, in fact, Clappe
TruthOrFiction→ Planned Parenthood to Spend $30 Million in Mid-term Elections-Truth! & Fiction!
Planned Parenthood to Spend $30 Million in Mid-term Elections-Mostly Truth! Summary of eRumor: Planned Parenthood is spending $30 million in the 2018 mid-term election to turnout the vote for Democrats in battleground states. The Truth: The polit
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Hollow Complaint
President Donald Trump has repeatedly boasted about his success in getting federal judges confirmed, while at the same time complaining that Senate Democrats are slow-walking his judicial nominees. But a report issued this month by the nonpartisan Cong
FactCheck.org→ Planned Parenthood
Political leanings: Liberal Spending target: $20 million Planned Parenthood provides reproductive health care to women nationwide. It offers a variety of services, including abortions, birth control, emergency contraception, general health testing
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Patrick Morrisey – Patrick Morrisey says Joe Manchin won't budge on Obamacare, ignoring bipartisan efforts
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Patrick Morrisey says Joe Manchin won't budge on Obamacare, ignoring bipartisan efforts As the general election for the seat held by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., heated up, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Mo
FactCheck.org→ Facts on Food Stamp Work Requirements
The rhetoric has been heated on both sides of the aisle as House Republicans pursue a bill that would expand the work requirements necessary to be eligible for food assistance. As a result of the GOP-proposed work requirements, 1.2 million fewer people
FactCheck.org→ Schumer’s CHIP Spin
The White House has proposed rescinding $7 billion in unspent funds from a children’s health program, a move Sen. Chuck Schumer said would be “taking money away from kids who need health care.” But congressional budget experts say most of
FactCheck.org→ Clinton Wasn’t Named NY Attorney General
Q: Was Hillary Clinton appointed New York’s attorney general? A: No. That story originated on a website that bills its work as satire. FULL ANSWER After New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned this week in the wake of several women
FactCheck.org→ What Michelle Obama Actually Said
Q: Did Michelle Obama call women who voted for President Donald Trump “stupid”? A: No. But the former first lady did say she was concerned about the role women played in electing Trump. FULL ANSWER Former first lady Michelle Obama made headlines
Snopes→ Film Academy Expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has voted to expel Cosby and Polanski from its membership.
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Stormy Daniels’ Payment
In a series of early morning tweets on May 3, President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that he reimbursed his personal attorney for the $130,000 payment that was made to porn star Stormy Daniels. Still, there are many unanswered questions
FactCheck.org→ Pelosi Misrepresents Childhood ‘Hunger’ Data
In talking about the importance of the 2018 midterm congressional elections, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi misrepresented government data to claim that “1 in 5 children in America goes to sleep hungry at night.” There is no precise mea
FactCheck.org→ Headline Misrepresents Executive Order
Q: Did President Donald Trump sign an executive order to “eliminate mass amounts of Democrat voters”? A: No. Trump signed an executive order to change work requirements for welfare recipients. FULL ANSWER President Donald Trump signed a
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Todd Rokita – Did Luke Messer and Mike Braun raise taxes in Indiana?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Luke Messer and Mike Braun raise taxes in Indiana? In Indiana’s Republican primary, no candidate for U.S. Senate wants to be accused of hiking taxes. So when U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita called out his fellow
FactCheck.org→ False Headline on a Hot Topic
Q: Did Democrats in Maine legalize female genital mutilation? A: No. That practice is illegal across the U.S. FULL ANSWER Female genital mutilation has been outlawed across the country since 1996. It is not legal in any U.S. state. But, an incendia