Bogus Claim About LGBT History Lessons
By Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Q: Is California forcing “schools to show kids ‘gay sex’”? A: No. California law requires the state’s history curriculum to include “the…
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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 claimed that the low U.S. unemployment rate was “because everyone…
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 meddled in the 2016 election,…
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…
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 immigration. We thought it…
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 zero tolerance…
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 getting ahead.” Not so….
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 claims, and added a few…
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 out…