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In a recent tweet, President Donald Trump said the Trump Tower meeting between his son, other campaign officials and a Russian attorney connected to the Kremlin, which Trump acknowledged was “to get information on an opponent,” was “totally legal and done all the time in politics.” Or, as his attorney […]

Q: Does a viral claim accusing Black Lives Matter activists of mugging a woman provide any evidence? A: No, it doesn’t. The claim takes an actual story about a 2016 mugging and adds that unsupported accusation. FULL ANSWER Several partisan Facebook pages recently have been circulating an outdated story with […]

Q: Did President Trump donate his $400,000 salary to military cemeteries? A: No. A year-old viral email makes that claim. But the president does indeed donate his salary to different government initiatives each quarter. FULL QUESTION Did the president donate his 400,000 salary to rebuild military cemeteries today or ever? […]

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 claims. Here, we are highlighting more than a dozen familiar claims the […]

In this fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines false and misleading claims made on the Sunday political talk shows by Larry Kudlow, the chief economic adviser to the president, about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  Kudlow said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Congressional Budget Office numbers show the […]

Q: Is California forcing “schools to show kids ‘gay sex’”? A: No. California law requires the state’s history curriculum to include “the role and contributions of” LGBT people. FULL QUESTION Is it true the governor wants gay pornography taught in schools? FULL ANSWER With the new school year around the […]

The chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump recently said Congressional Budget Office numbers show the “entire $1.5 trillion tax cut is virtually paid for by higher revenues and better nominal GDP.” That’s not what the numbers show, experts told us. In April, the CBO’s nonpartisan budget analysts projected that […]

In this fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews President Donald Trump’s false claims about the impact of trade on U.S. farmers. In recent weeks, Trump tweeted that U.S. farmers “have been on a downward trend for 15 years,” claiming “bad (terrible) trade deals” are “destroying their businesses.” He’s wrong on […]

President Donald Trump is saying that the U.S. balance of trade improved by a “tremendous” $52 billion in the second quarter of 2018. But the correct figure is much smaller — $22 billion — as two economists with expertise in trade statistics have confirmed for us. Actually, the government hasn’t […]

Q: Did actress Jennifer Garner say, “I’m joining Trump train”? A: There is no evidence of that. Garner supported Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. FULL ANSWER Jennifer Garner was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 — she donated $74,900 to the effort to elect Clinton […]