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Politics Oct 07

AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Pence and Harris VP debate

By Associated Press

Politics Aug 27

Pence speech praised Trump’s ‘seamless’ COVID response, but left out his state feuds

After declaring a national emergency over the health crisis on March 13, President Donald Trump directed governors to order their own ventilators, respirators and supplies, saying the federal government is “not a shipping clerk.”…

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact, Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News

Politics Aug 27

RNC Day 3 fact check: Trump adminstration’s pandemic response

Vice President Mike Pence’s claims about the Trump administration, as well as his attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, were sometimes misleading, incomplete or wrong.

By By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact

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.

By Calvin Woodward, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

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…

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Feb 07

AP FACT CHECK: Examining claims from the Democratic debate

By Associated Press

Here's a look at how some of the 2020 presidential candidates' claims compare with the facts.

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Sep 12

AP fact check: 2020 Democrats debate in Houston

By Associated Press

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

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Jul 17

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.

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Jun 25

Smartphones aren’t making millennials grow horns. Here’s how to spot a bad study

By Nsikan Akpan

The “millennials are growing horns” study is flawed, and its journal has launched an internal review. Can you spot the study's six major problems?…

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Jun 15

AP fact check: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Here’s a week of political rhetoric in review.

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