AP Fact Check

Politics Sep 14

AP Fact Check: Trump, Dems and their tale of 2 countries

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

AP fact check: 2020 Democrats debate in Houston

Here's a look at how some of their claims stack up with the facts.

By Associated Press

AP Fact Check: Trump and Democrats mangle science

Science took a beating in the political arena this past week as President Donald Trump sowed confusion about Hurricane Dorian's path and Democratic presidential candidates rang false alarms about the air we breathe.

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump participate in a G-7 Working Session on the Global Economy, Foreign Policy, and Security Affairs at the G-7 summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Biarritz.

AP fact check: Trump’s swipe at Puerto Rico, G-7 comments

President Donald Trump presented a distorted picture of the auto industry, told a fanciful story about Iran duping Barack Obama and took a misinformed swipe at Puerto Rico just as its residents braced for a catastrophe that didn’t come.

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

AP Fact Check: Trump and Dems on an incendiary week

President Trump attributed statements to a Democratic congresswoman that she didn't make as he set off an incendiary week of vilification with accusations that she and three other lawmakers of color hate America.

By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

AP fact check: Trump assails and misquotes Omar at rally

By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

President Donald Trump at a rally on Wednesday misrepresented words from Rep. Ilhan Omar to make her sound like an al-Qaida sympathizer and exaggerated the performance of the economy under his watch.

AP fact check: Trump on vets, economy and history

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump roused a political tempest when he decided to plant himself squarely in Independence Day observances with a speech from the Lincoln Memorial. His words from that platform, though, were strikingly measured, except for some befuddlement over American…

AP fact check: Trump on Mueller, trade; Dem debate debut

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

A few months ago, President Donald Trump affirmed that he thought special counsel Robert Mueller acted honorably in the Russia investigation. Now Trump is back in "witch hunt" territory, this time falsely accusing Mueller of committing a crime.

AP fact check: Trump falsely accuses Mueller of a crime

By Eric Tucker, Josh Boak, Hope Yen, Associated Press

The provocative allegation of a "crime" by Robert Mueller was one in a series of distorted claims made by the president in an interview on Fox Business Network and on Twitter on Wednesday.

AP fact check: The silent partner in Trump’s boasts

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Despite assailing his Democratic predecessor for waging a “cruel and heartless war on American energy,” for example, Trump can brag about U.S. energy supremacy thanks to the sector’s growth in the Obama years.