Summary We first dubbed President Donald Trump, then just a candidate, as “King of Whoppers” in our annual roundup of notable false claims for 2015. He dominated our list that year – and again in 2016 – but there was still plenty of room for ot
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FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2017
Summary We first dubbed President Donald Trump, then just a candidate, as “King of Whoppers” in our annual roundup of notable false claims for 2015. He dominated our list that year – and again in 2016 – but there was still plenty of room for ot
FactCheck.org→ More Claims of Alabama Voter Fraud
Q: Were illegal voters bused in to Alabama to swing the election to Doug Jones? Were thousands of fraudulent votes recorded for him? A: Those claims were made by self-described “satirical” websites. The Alabama Secretary of State says ther
FactCheck.org→ More Claims of Alabama Voter Fraud
Q: Were illegal voters bused in to Alabama to swing the election to Doug Jones? Were thousands of fraudulent votes recorded for him? A: Those claims were made by self-described “satirical” websites. The Alabama Secretary of State says ther
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Baseless Immigration Claim
Arguing for a merit-based immigration system, President Donald Trump offered a muddled, inaccurate and unsubstantiated critique of a program that annually provides visas by lottery to qualified and screened applicants from countries with low immigratio
FactCheck.org→ Fake Report of Voter Fraud in Alabama
Q: Did voters in Alabama’s special Senate election get “caught voting multiple times with fake IDs”? A: No. The Alabama Secretary of State’s office has received no such report. FULL ANSWER Alabama elected its first Democratic
Washington Post→ Comparing the ‘Trump economy’ to the ‘Obama economy’
“Can’t make it up: Obama now wants credit for the booming Trump economy. At least we can all agree the economy is better under President Trump.” — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in a tweet, Dec.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Rare Apology
Sen. Bernie Sanders wrongly said President Donald Trump has never apologized for his comments on the “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about sexually inappropriate behavior. Trump did apologize at the time for his comments in a pr
PolitiFact→ 2017 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results
President Donald Trump calling "the Russia thing" a "made-up story" has overwhelmingly won the reader competition for most significant falsehood of 2017. It is the same falsehood selected by PolitiFact for Lie of the Year. The first
PolitiFact→ The Trump team’s falsehoods of 2017
President Donald Trump made many inaccurate statements in 2017. His White House team seems to be following in his footsteps when defending him. Some of Trump’s staffers have made the argument that it is valid to use inaccurate facts to bolster la
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Criticism of FBI
In this week’s fact-checking segment, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at President Donald Trump’s claim that Hillary Clinton “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her” — suggesting Clinton was treated differently than
Truth or Fiction?→ Tax Reform Cuts Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security-Disputed!
Tax Reform Cuts Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Adds $2.4 Trillion to Federal Debt-Disputed! Summary of eRumor: Claims that the GOP’s 2017 tax reform cuts Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and education circulated in December 2017. The Tru
FactCheck.org→ Conway’s Misguided Postmortem
In a Fox News interview, White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway wrongly claimed that “the Clinton Foundation doesn’t exist anymore.” Contributions to the Clinton Foundation declined in 2016, tax records show, but the charity is still very
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump falsely claims Hillary Clinton lied to FBI
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump falsely claims Hillary Clinton lied to FBI President Donald Trump claimed former rival Hillary Clinton and former top adviser Michael Flynn suffered vastly different consequences even though both "l
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Criticism of the FBI
President Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her.” In fact, the FBI director told Congress that there was “no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI.” Trump also left th
FactCheck.org→ False Caption on Dead Elephant Photo
Q: Was Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke photographed with a dead elephant? A: No. He was falsely identified in a photo that was widely shared on Facebook. FULL QUESTION Is the photo from Facebook a legitimate photo of cabinet member Zinke, posed with a
FactCheck.org→ Michael Flynn’s Russia Timeline
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, the U.S. Special Counsel’s Office announced on Dec. 1. In his plea agreement, Flynn admitted he lied t
Truth or Fiction?→ “Core Competency: Read Please and Wake Up America!” Commentary on Facebook-Fiction!
“Core Competency: Read Please and Wake Up America!” Commentary on Facebook-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A column headlined “Core Competency: Read Please and Wake Up America!” has circulated on Facebook. The Truth: T
FactCheck.org→ Trump Likely Benefits from Tax Bills
President Donald Trump claimed that the Republican tax plans in Congress would “cost me a fortune.” He has offered no proof of that, and it’s highly doubtful. Several provisions of the tax bills would benefit wealthy individuals like
FactCheck.org→ Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Pocahontas’ Controversy
Q: Is Sen. Elizabeth Warren part Native American? Is that how she got jobs as a professor at Ivy League law schools? A: Warren has not proved that she is part Native American, and no one has proved that she was ever hired because of her alleged racia
Truth or Fiction?→ President Obama Banned Nativity Scene at White House-Fiction!
President Obama Banned Nativity Scene Display at White House-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Rumors that President Obama banned a nativity scene displayed in the White House’s East Room have been circulating since 2009. The Truth: President Obama did
PolitiFact→ Steve Mnuchin – Steve Mnuchin uses partial data to say GOP tax bill favors middle-income households
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Steve Mnuchin uses partial data to say GOP tax bill favors middle-income households Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, one of the White House’s leading advocates for the Republican tax bills pending in the H
Snopes→ Is This Ryan Zinke Posing with a Dead Elephant?
The Secretary of the Interior is not the man in a widely-circulated photograph.
Snopes→ Health Nominee Reaped Big Earnings from Drug Industry Tenure
Newly disclosed financial records show that Alex Azar, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, reaped big earnings during his tenure as a top pharmaceutical executive.
Internet Archive→ Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace : FOXNEWSW : November 19, 2017 11:00am-12:00pm PST
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Panelists include former representative Jason Chaffetz, Jessica Tarlov (Bustle), Jason Riley (Wall Street Journal) and political analyst Juan Williams..This item belongs to: movies/TV-FOXNEWSW.This item has files of t
Internet Archive→ U.S. Senate 11/15/2017 : CSPAN2 : November 16, 2017 5:38am-5:59am EST
Senate meets to work on several nominations including David Zatezalo to be Asst. Labor Secretary for Mine Safety & Health.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN2.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Text, Columbia Fingerprint TV, C
PolitiFact→ House presses Jeff Sessions on Trump campaign's Russia ties, Clinton special counsel
Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers about whether he misled Congress by claiming he was unaware of new links revealed between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian contacts. Since Sessions’ last Capitol Hill
Truth or Fiction?→ Mexico-Argentina Trade Agreement Signed, U.S. Farmers to Lose Billions-Truth! & Fiction!
Mexico-Argentina Trade Agreement Signed, U.S. Farmers to Lose Billions-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Mexico and Argentina have reached a trade agreement that enables Mexico to import wheat, corn, rice and soybeans from Argentina in respons
PolitiFact→ Kayleigh McEnany – Trump raised more dollars from small donations
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Trump raised more dollars from small donations Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany wanted to highlight some good news: Trump’s "underreported" success with small dollar do
FactCheck.org→ Bench Warrant Story Is Supreme Fiction
Q: Has the U.S. Supreme Court issued a warrant for the arrest of one of Barack Obama’s treasury secretaries? A: No. The person named in a fictional story doesn’t even exist. FULL ANSWER The U.S. Supreme Court currently has 50 cases on th
FactCheck.org→ Trump Recycles Flawed Gun Talking Point
President Donald Trump has once again misused the example of Chicago to make a case against gun regulations. Despite what the president claims, Chicago does not have “the strongest gun laws in our nation.” It once did, but the laws that gave it tha
FactCheck.org→ GOP, Democrats Spin Tax Plan
Summary House Republicans on Nov. 2 introduced a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax code, and almost immediately both parties distorted the facts about the plan to advance their partisan agendas: The tax plan isn’t the “biggest tax cut in
FactCheck.org→ Largest Tax Cut in History?
Will the Republican tax plan be the “largest tax cut in history,” as the Trump administration has repeatedly said? That’s still unknown. But past tax cuts have been larger than cost estimates of the GOP plan. President Donald Trump an
PolitiFact→ Was George Papadopoulos just a ‘volunteer’? We review the evidence
President Donald Trump and prominent allies have repeatedly referred to former campaign aide George Papadopoulos as a mere "volunteer" after news broke that he had pled guilty to lying to the FBI in its Russia investigation. Press Secretary S
FactCheck.org→ Was Papadopoulos a ‘Low-Level Volunteer’?
A day after the FBI announced that George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign, had pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, the president tweeted: “Few people knew the young, low level volunteer n
PolitiFact→ James Lankford – Lankford overstates slow growth in past 100 years
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Lankford overstates slow growth in past 100 years The Republican message on tax reform is that it holds the key to kicking the economy into high gear. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has talked of steady yearly
FactCheck.org→ False Statements on Russia
George Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents. He admits he lied about repeated contacts during the campaign with people he believ
PolitiFact→ How important was George Papadopoulos on Donald Trump's foreign-policy team?
How important was George Papadopoulos in the foreign policy team of then-candidate Donald Trump? It depends on whom you ask. On Oct. 30, court papers revealed that Papadopoulos had pled guilty to lying to the FBI earlier that month. The case involved e
Internet Archive→ White House Briefing : CSPAN : October 30, 2017 1:34pm-2:01pm EDT
[LIVE] White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders takes questions from 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 Finger
Internet Archive→ White House Briefing : CSPAN : October 27, 2017 2:40pm-3:01pm EDT
[LIVE] White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders holds a daily briefing with the press corps. 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