Politics Oct 17 AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees what others do not in the pandemic “I believe we’re rounding the corner.” “We’re a winner on the excess mortality.” “We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming.” “We have done an amazing job.” President Donald Trump sees in the pandemic what he wants…
Politics Oct 16 AP FACT CHECK: Rhetoric from Trump, Biden in the non-debate With the second presidential debate cancelled, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden held dueling televised town halls Thursday night. Here's a look at what they said and how it squares with the truth.
Nation Oct 10 AP FACT CHECK: Debate week’s twisted tales on virus, climate Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can’t be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure,…
Politics Oct 03 AP FACT CHECK: Distortions from a week of wild disruption President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis Friday cut short the week’s political arguing and even quieted his Twitter account for a time. But the wild presidential debate produced plenty of distortions in the campaign for the election a month away. Here’s…
Politics Sep 12 AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Trump on virus; Biden missteps Explaining his deceptive assurances about the pandemic, President Donald Trump suggested he was doing what Winston Churchill had done, soothing the public in a time of danger. That’s not how it went down in World War II.
Nation Sep 05 AP FACT CHECK: Trump on McCain; Biden’s stretch on virus President Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his…
Politics Aug 22 AP FACT CHECK: What the Dems didn’t say, and what Trump did Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention. Meanwhile President Donald Trump flooded the zone with falsehoods, some so apparent that anyone with access to the internet could see the folly…
Politics Aug 01 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s election agitations and distortions Heads snapped and eyes rolled when President Donald Trump made a case for considering an election postponement in the pandemic. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who agree on precious little, said forget about it.
Nation Jul 11 AP FACT CHECK: If he’s said it once, he’s said it 100 times COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has sickened more than 3.1 million Americans and killed more than 134,000.
Politics Jun 13 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s law and order and misinformation Trump's week of law and order rhetoric came with heavy doses of misinformation as he stretched to blame unrest on radical leftists and to put three loaded words — “defund the police” — in the mouth of a Democratic rival…