Health Mar 21 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s breathless takes on drugs for virus “Could be a game changer.” “Very exciting.” “The way they acted with this kind of speed is an incredible thing.” “Very powerful.” “This could be a tremendous breakthrough. Tremendous breakthrough.” “We’re going to be able to make that drug available…
Politics Mar 15 AP FACT CHECK: The Dems on pandemic, Social Security, more Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sparred one-on-one Sunday in a Democratic debate held without a live audience in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The growing crisis prompted some questionable statements from the presidential rivals, as…
Politics Mar 12 AP fact check: Trump is wrong about insurers covering coronavirus Trump's misstatement on health insurance was one of a number of claims in his prime-time address that were at odds with the facts.
Politics Mar 07 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s sunny side up take on coronavirus As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
Politics Feb 29 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s viral spin on virus; Dem oversteps President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it. That’s happening again as he addresses the prospect of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
Politics Feb 22 AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump and the audacity of hype In their boisterous presidential debate, several Democrats sold short the health care plans of rivals or glossed over aspects of their own record. In an audacious league of his own, President Donald Trump celebrated the elimination of a tax that…
Politics Feb 15 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’ On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, President Donald Trump told a rally that people who are in the United States illegally are paying for his Mexico border wall. It was the latest iteration of his effort to convince…
Politics Feb 08 AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Obama years. Yet the economy is not so different from the robust one he inherited and disparages at…
Politics Feb 01 AP fact check: Trump on Democrats, impeachment and cows A look at recent rhetoric by President Trump about impeachment, his newly signed trade deal, the economy and more.
Politics Jan 27 AP fact check: Trump misstates Bolton record President Donald Trump stated falsely Monday that House Democrats never called his former national security adviser to testify in their impeachment inquiry. Actually they did.