In his press conference at the United Nations, President Donald Trump defended his decision not to ask the FBI to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But his reasons for his decision did not squa
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Snopes→ Did Bill Clinton Say ‘Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Should Disqualify a Man from Public Office?’
At this point, what's not to believe about the U.S. Senate's Supreme Court confirmation hearings?
FactCheck.org→ Kavanaugh Files: Abortion Rights
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining what Democrats are saying about Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and what Kavanaugh’s record shows on these issues. Advocates for abortion rights are concerned that Judge Brett Kav
FactCheck.org→ Kavanaugh File: Executive Privilege
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining what Democrats are saying about Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and what Kavanaugh’s record shows on these issues. With Trump campaign officials under investigation by special co
FactCheck.org→ Kavanaugh Files: The Affordable Care Act
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining what Democrats are saying about Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and what Kavanaugh’s record shows on these issues. Several Democratic senators have claimed that Judge Brett M.
FactCheck.org→ A Rally Filled with Repeats
Summary President Donald Trump has embarked on a string of political rallies around the country to support Republican candidates and tout his accomplishments as president. These speeches are often sprinkled with a regular roster of false and misleading
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Lisa Page Blamed Hacking on China
Q: Did former FBI attorney Lisa Page tell House lawmakers that China, not Russia, was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee? A: There’s no evidence of that. Page’s attorney said stories making that claim are “completely fal
FactCheck.org→ Unaccompanied Minors in Deportation Proceedings
Q: Is it true that a 1-year-old child has never appeared as a defendant in immigration court — until this year? A: No. Unaccompanied children in the U.S. illegally, including those as young as 1, have previously appeared in court. Some children
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 —
Snopes→ Emails Show Cooperation Between EPA and Climate-Change Deniers
The newly-released emails reveal Environmental Protection Agency officials have worked to organize events and hearings with conservative groups such as the Heartland Institute.
FactCheck.org→ Debate Over EPA’s ‘Transparency’ Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to only use scientific studies with “publicly available” data when it develops regulations. This has sparked a debate in Congress on whether the proposal would prevent the EPA from consid
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony
Mark Zuckerberg, the 33-year-old billionaire founder of Facebook, wound up two days of hearings on Capitol Hill, explaining the company’s policies and the role it had in the 2016 election. The questions from House members were more pointed than t
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Immigration Tweets
President Donald Trump fired off a flurry of immigration-related tweets beginning on Easter morning, but his messages included muddled and inaccurate claims. Contrary to Trump’s assertion, there is no “liberal (Democrat)” law requiri
Snopes→ Judges to Examine if Drug Stash-House Stings Racially Biased
A question about whether federal agents stage phony stash-house stings overwhelmingly in black neighborhoods is the focus of landmark hearings in Chicago.
PolitiFact→ 2017 Lie of the Year: Russian election interference is a 'made-up story'
A mountain of evidence points to a single fact: Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. In both classified and public reports, U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered actions to interfere with the
Truth or Fiction?→ Hate Crimes Dropped Against Black Lives Matter Kidnappers-Fiction!
Hate Crimes Dropped Against Black Lives Matter Kidnappers-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Rumors spread on social media that hate crimes against four Black Lives Matter (BLM) members accused of kidnapping were dropped. The Truth: Hate crime charges were no
PolitiFact→ Richard Durbin – Dick Durbin wrong that GOP tax bill hasn't had independent vetting
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Dick Durbin wrong that GOP tax bill hasn't had independent vetting Senate Assistant Minority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., offered several arguments against Republican efforts to pass a tax bill during an interview on
PolitiFact→ Congress urges tech giants to fortify against foreign meddling before next election
How did the most powerful tech companies in America let Russia and other malicious actors co-opt their platforms to sow discord and undermine U.S. democracy in the run up to the 2016 presidential election? That question hung over congressional hearings
FactCheck.org→ Senator Misleads on ‘Absurd’ Science
Sen. Rand Paul misrepresented two studies supported by federal grants, while advocating legislation he introduced to change the federal grant funding process. In both cases, Paul, a 2016 presidential candidate and Republican from Kentucky, confused the
Washington Post→ For the Record: Sessions on contacts between Trump campaign and Russians
During two hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has tangled with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) concerning his knowledge of possible communications between Trump campaign officials and Russian of
Truth or Fiction?→ Oregon Governor Signs Gun Confiscation Bill Into Law-Truth! & Misleading!
Oregon Governor Signs Gun Confiscation Bill Into Law-Truth! & Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a bill into law in August 2017 that allows authorities to confiscate guns from certain individuals without prior notice o
FactCheck.org→ False Maxine Waters ‘Meetings’ Statistic
Q: Has Rep. Maxine Waters attended only “10 percent of congressional meetings for 35 years”? A: No. That claim was made in a blog post that cited an inaccurate comment on Reddit. FULL QUESTION Has Maxine Waters really missed 90% of he
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
FactCheck.org→ SCOTUS Didn’t Ban Teaching About Islam
Q: Did the Supreme Court rule that public schools cannot teach students about Islam? A: No. That false claim was spread by a network of fake news websites. FULL QUESTION Did the Supreme Court just shut down the teaching of Islam in our schools? Did J
FactCheck.org→ Gorsuch’s ‘Mainstream’ Measurement
Supporters of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination describe him as a “mainstream judge.” Their evidence: He has voted nearly 99 percent of the time with the majority on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and 97 percent o
FactCheck.org→ Partisan Spin on Gorsuch Vote
As the Senate considers Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, senators on both sides have engaged in partisan spin over the number of votes required to approve his nomination: Sen. Bernie Sanders falsely claimed the Senate “requires 60 votes
Washington Post→ President Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Twitter day
With the House Intelligence Committee on Monday prepared to hold hearings on Russian influence in the 2016 election, the president issued tweets that did not hold up well as the testimony unfolded. James Clapper and others stated th
Washington Post→ White House budget director’s false claims about the Obamacare legislative process
“It’s there. Anybody can read it. Folks watching on television now can go online and read what the bill is. They can watch the committee hearings. Those are things that were dramatically missing in Obamacare.” — White Ho
Snopes→ Attorney General Jeff Sessions Will Recuse Himself from Russian Election Hacking Probe
Democrats sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey and U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips asking for an investigation on statements Sessions made during his confirmation hearings.
PolitiFact→ Four questions about when senators meet with ambassadors
The scrutiny over Attorney General Jeff Sessions and whether he met with Russian officials has put a spotlight on a little-noticed corner of statecraft -- lawmakers’ meetings with foreign diplomats. Sessions testified at his confirmation hearings
PolitiFact→ In Context: What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about meeting Russian officials
Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose that he met with the Russian ambassador twice in 2016, leading some rank-and-file Republicans in Congress to say Sessions should recuse himself from federal investigations into Russia’s possible int
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump: Handicapped, Minority Children too Disruptive-Fiction!
President Trump: Handicapped, Minority Children ‘too Disruptive” in Classrooms-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Trump tweeted, “I agree with DeVos. Handicapped and minority children are too disruptive in the classroom. Disaster!