In observing that “every type of energy has consequences,” Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke claimed the “carbon footprint on wind [energy] is significant.” In fact, wind power’s carbon footprint is among the smallest of any energy
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FactCheck.org→ Trump and the Veterans Choice Program
Q: Did President Donald Trump sign an order allowing veterans to get full medical bills paid at hospitals outside the VA? A: No, but Trump has continued a program that allows some veterans to seek outside care. FULL QUESTION There is a FB post going ar
Internet Archive→ Senate Energy Hearing on Interior Budget : CSPAN : March 13, 2018 12:34pm-2:00pm EDT
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the president's 2019 budget request for the Interior Department. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the follo
Snopes→ Tillerson Out at State, To Be Replaced by CIA Chief Pompeo
President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him.
Washington Post→ Trump administration uses fuzzy logic to derail $11 billion tunnel plan for New York and New Jersey
“The president is concerned about the viability of this project and the fact that New York and New Jersey have no skin in the game. They need to step up and bear their fair share. They are two of the richest states in the country.” —
FactCheck.org→ California Won’t Register ‘Illegal’ Voters
Q: Is California planning to “automatically register illegal immigrants to vote”? A: No. The headline making that claim is false and misrepresents the law in California. FULL ANSWER It’s true that California has taken considerable steps to prote
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Embassy Boast
President Donald Trump often likes to boast about his ability to negotiate better deals for the government. This week, the boast was the cost of a new embassy in Jerusalem, and it was a doozy. “Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars versus a billion
Climate Feedback→ Financial Post publishes misleading opinion that misrepresents science of polar bears’ plight
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in the opinion section of Financial Post, written by Susan Crockford, claims that rather than being threatened by declining Arctic sea ice, polar bears are “thriving”. Three scientists who reviewed
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Gun Rhetoric
In a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress, President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims about his predecessors’ actions on gun control legislation and shootings in “gun-free zones.” Trump criticized past presidents
Snopes→ Did Ben Carson Purchase a $31,000 Dining Set and Charge It to HUD?
After news reports revealed the purchase amid proposed funding cuts, the HUD secretary said he wants to cancel it.
FactCheck.org→ NRCC’s Weak Case
In the March 13 special House election in Pennsylvania, a pair of Republican Party TV ads attack Democratic candidate Conor Lamb as a weak prosecutor who can’t be trusted. But the GOP’s evidence is flimsy and misleading. Both ads fault Lamb
PolitiFact→ Ryan Zinke – Ryan Zinke wrong that gas prices are down 40% under Trump
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ryan Zinke wrong that gas prices are down 40% under Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke touted the Trump administration’s efforts on reducing gasoline prices and, in the process, beefing up Americans’ dis
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misguided Comparison
President Donald Trump made an apples-to-oranges comparison to suggest that his predecessor and Democrats have changed their tune on election rigging. Trump cited a pre-election quote from then-President Barack Obama telling Trump to “stop whinin
FactCheck.org→ Spinning the Russian Indictment
Contrary to spin from White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah, the indictments handed down last week against 13 Russians for meddling in U.S. elections show they clearly supported one candidate over another in the 2016 presidential genera
FactCheck.org→ Trump: ‘No collusion!’
A tweet from President Trump, and a White House statement, claim the indictment handed down against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian organizations for illegally interfering in the 2016 election indicates there was “no collusion” betwe
ABC News→ John Kerry not facing Logan Act charges
White House did not announce Logan Act charges against ex-Secretary of State Kerry
PolitiFact→ Timeline: Rob Porter, domestic abuse and the White House
The broad outlines of allegations of domestic abuse against former White House aide Rob Porter are clear. The Trump administration’s shifting explanation of how it dealt with this information is not. As the trusted staff secretary, Porter handled
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Deficit Reduction’
White House press aides are claiming President Donald Trump’s budget contains trillions in “deficit reduction,” when it actually calls for larger deficits for the next several years and would add $7 trillion to the national debt over
Truth or Fiction?→ Vice President Mike Pence Defends Disgraced Aid Rob Porter With Bible Verse-Fiction!
Vice President Mike Pence Defends Disgraced Aid Rob Porter With Bible Verse-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Vice President Mike Pence defended former White House Aid Rob Porter with a bible verse after two of Porter’s former wives accused him domesti
Internet Archive→ White House Briefing : CSPAN : February 13, 2018 2:41pm-3:15pm EST
[LIVE] White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders holds a briefing with reporters. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Text, Columbia Fingerprint TV, Columbia Sparse Finge
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Block Jennie Willoughby on Twitter?
An account posing as an ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned amid a domestic violence scandal, made the claim.
Truth or Fiction?→ American Teen Who Killed Muslim Refugee for Raping His Sister Sentenced to Prison-Fiction!
American Teen Who Killed Muslim Refugee for Raping His Sister Sentenced to Prison-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An American teenager was sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a Muslim refugee who raped the teen’s 7-year-old sister. The Truth:
FactCheck.org→ Trump on Britain’s Universal Health Care
President Donald Trump tweeted that while Democrats are pushing for universal health care, “thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U[niversal] system is going broke and not working.” But the London demonstrators marched in
FactCheck.org→ No Logan Act Charges Against John Kerry
Q: Is John Kerry facing felony charges under the Logan Act? A: No. The former secretary of state has not been charged. FULL ANSWER Nobody has ever been convicted under the Logan Act, which bars citizens from negotiating with foreign powers on behalf
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading DACA Boast
President Donald Trump boasted in his State of the Union address that his legislative proposal to make the DACA program permanent will “generously” cover 1.8 million people — “almost three times more people than the previous a
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
FactCheck.org→ Teaching About Islam Hasn’t Been Banned
Q: Did the U.S. Supreme Court bar public schools from teaching about Islam? A: No. That rumor originates from a website that describes itself as satirical. FULL ANSWER Public schools in America can teach about religion, but they can’t preach abo
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on DACA
Congress is trying to agree on a bipartisan plan on what to do about DACA, after the Trump administration announced a “wind-down” of the program on Sept. 5, 2017. Lawmakers face a March 5 deadline set by the president to come up with a legi
FactCheck.org→ Video: Durbin’s ‘History’ of Distortions
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines efforts by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue to discredit Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin’s account of President Trump using profanity to disparage African countries at an i
FactCheck.org→ Durbin’s ‘History’ of Misrepresentations
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue sought to discredit Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin’s account of President Trump using profanity to disparage African countries at an immigration meeting in the Oval Office, saying Durbin has a “h
FactCheck.org→ What Did Trump Say at Immigration Meeting?
What exactly did President Donald Trump say at a Jan. 11 White House meeting on immigration? At the meeting, Lindsey Graham, a Republican, presented a bipartisan plan to remove the threat of deportation for the 689,800 people who were illegally brough
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Phony ‘Fake News’ Claims
President Donald Trump often dismisses news stories or media outlets that he doesn’t like as “fake news.” How often? A database of his public remarks contains 320 references last year to “fake news.” Usually, it’s a
PolitiFact→ Trump backtracks on Mueller meeting, resurfaces misleading Clinton claim
Facing questions from the press, President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack on a previous commitment he made to meet face-to-face with investigators probing his campaign’s possible ties to Russia. That same day Trump resurfaced dubious claims a
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump says there's 'substantial evidence of voter fraud.' There isn't
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump says there's 'substantial evidence of voter fraud.' There isn't President Donald Trump is closing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a panel to investigate voter fraud that had a
ABC News→ WH: ‘Disgraceful and laughable’ to claim Trump is mentally unfit
Press secretary Sarah Sanders fielded questions today on Michael Wolff's explosive new book.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Aviation Boast
President Donald Trump suggested his “very strict” aviation policies were linked to zero commercial passenger jet deaths in 2017 worldwide. In fact, in the United States, there have been no deaths from U.S. commercial airline accidents sinc
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Has Donald Trump signed more bills than anyone? No. (His count ranks last)
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Has Donald Trump signed more bills than anyone? No. (His count ranks last) President Donald Trump is known for boasting about his achievements. But is he correct that he’s enacted more legislation than any othe
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Where Roy Moore’s Voter Fraud Claims Fall Flat
The Alabama GOP Senate nominee's lawsuit was dismissed by a judge on Thursday as the secretary of state certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the special election earlier this month.(Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Science Claims in 2017
In our roundup of 2016 claims, we hypothesized that SciCheck would have no dearth of false and misleading claims to cover in 2017. That proved true. From President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Agreement to Environmental Protection A
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Science Claims in 2017
In our roundup of 2016 claims, we hypothesized that SciCheck would have no dearth of false and misleading claims to cover in 2017. That proved true. From President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Agreement to Environmental Protection A