The Cost of ‘Medicare-for-All’
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org Sen. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional District seat, are [...]
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A Rally Filled with Repeats
By Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore and Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org Summary President Donald Trump has embarked on a string of political rallies around the [...]
Fact Check – Ocasio-Cortez Wrong on Cause of Low Unemployment
By Corey Berman and Robert Farley – Factcheck.org Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional District, wrongly [...]
Trump’s Remarks on Putin and the Russia Investigation
By Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson – FactCheck.org Asked whether he believed U.S. intelligence agencies or Russian President Vladimir Putin on whether Russia [...]
Home Explosion Spawns Clinton Conspiracy Theory
By Angelo Fichera – FactCheck.org Q: Were the victims of a New Jersey home explosion tied to an investigation into the Clinton Foundation? A: No. A viral [...]
Trump’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
By Brooks Jackson – Factcheck.org Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office. Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the [...]
Daily Source Bias Check: Opposition Report
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake [...]
Illegal Immigration Statistics
By Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org With the controversy over family separations, much of the political rhetoric in recent weeks has focused on illegal [...]
Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
By Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org Attorney General Jeff Sessions now says that the administration “never really intended” to separate families as part of its [...]
Fact Check of Trump’s Canadian Trade Stats
By Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org The official U.S. statistics on trade with Canada show that the United States has a trade surplus with our neighbor to the north. [...]
Sanders’ Misleading Wage Claim
By Brooks Jackson and Robert Farley – Factcheck.org Sen. Bernie Sanders claims that “the average American worker today, despite the strong economy, is not [...]
‘Roseanne,’ Fox and a Satire Story
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Is Fox picking up the ‘Roseanne’ TV series? A: No. The story making that claim was intended as satire. FULL QUESTION Is [...]
FactChecking Trump’s Nashville Rally
By Eugene Kiely and D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org At a campaign rally in Nashville, President Donald Trump repeated a bushelful of false and misleading [...]
Who’s to Blame for Higher Gas Prices?
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org With gasoline prices rising, Sen. Chuck Schumer placed the blame on President Donald Trump, and specifically his decision to pull [...]
False Story Ties Clintons to Doctor’s Death
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Did the late surgeon Dean Lorich expose “Clinton Foundation corruption in Haiti”? A: No. Lorich co-authored an article [...]
Facts on Food Stamp Work Requirements
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org The rhetoric has been heated on both sides of the aisle as House Republicans pursue a bill that would expand the work requirements [...]
Schumer’s CHIP Spin
By Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org The White House has proposed rescinding $7 billion in unspent funds from a children’s health program, a move Sen. Chuck Schumer [...]
Trump Spins Rise in Job Openings
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org The number of job openings has been rising since mid-2009, contrary to President Donald Trump’s boast that under his stewardship [...]
Trump’s Misleading Attack on Mueller Team
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org President Donald Trump made several misleading comments when questioning the impartiality of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III [...]
Pelosi Misrepresents Childhood ‘Hunger’ Data
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org In talking about the importance of the 2018 midterm congressional elections, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi misrepresented [...]
