Vice President Mike Pence falsely claimed that former President Barack Obama “repeatedly failed to express America’s solidarity with the Iranian protesters” in 2009. Republicans at the time criticized Obama for what they viewed as a slow response to the Iranian protests that followed the contested presidential election of June 12, […]
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No Cash, No Corpses for Made-up Mayor
Q: Did a Democratic mayor in Missouri have a storage locker holding cash and dead bodies? A: No. The story is entirely made-up — the town it names doesn’t even exist. FULL ANSWER Missouri has more than 1,000 cities, towns and villages, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. None is […]
Muslims Aren’t Banned From Government
Q: Did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a law banning Muslims from serving in government? A: No. There is no such law. Two Muslims currently serve in the U.S. Congress. FULL ANSWER The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion, and there is no federal law […]
Trump’s Aviation Boast
President Donald Trump suggested his “very strict” aviation policies were linked to zero commercial passenger jet deaths in 2017 worldwide. In fact, in the United States, there have been no deaths from U.S. commercial airline accidents since 2009 and none from foreign air carriers in the U.S. since 2013. Trump […]
Climate Change, Wall Street, New Tax Law
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Trump Inflates Tax Benefits
President Donald Trump misleadingly inflated the benefits of the tax overhaul when he claimed it provides “$3.2 trillion … in tax cuts for American families.” It actually totals about $1.5 trillion in tax cuts for all taxpayers, including corporations. Trump shows only one side of the tax ledger. He counts […]
Trump’s Estate Tax Spin
President Donald Trump says the new tax law “for the most part … wiped out” the estate tax. But while fewer people would have to pay it, revenue from estate taxes is expected to be cut by only a third over the next eight years. And then the changes would […]
Train Crash Claims Are Off The Rails
Q: Was a Muslim man arrested for causing a passenger train to crash in Washington state? A: No. Officials are still investigating the cause of the crash and have made no arrests. FULL ANSWER An Amtrak train that crashed on its way from Seattle to Portland on Dec. 18 was […]
FactChecking Science Claims in 2017
In our roundup of 2016 claims, we hypothesized that SciCheck would have no dearth of false and misleading claims to cover in 2017. That proved true. From President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Agreement to Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt’s ruling against banning a commonly used insecticide, politicians […]
A Guide to the Tax Changes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is now law. The House and Senate approved the bill on Dec. 19. It passed 227-203 in the House with no Democratic votes and 12 Republican “no” votes. The Senate then passed the bill 51-48 along strict party lines, with one Republican senator, John McCain, […]