Jan 20 AP fact check: The distortions in Trump’s legal defense By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Here's a look at some statements by Trump and his legal team as opening arguments approach in the Senate impeachment trial. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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?… Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jun 11 AP fact check: Trump overstates benefits from Mexico tariffs By Tom Krisher, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press In tweets Tuesday, President Donald Trump exaggerated how much of the auto industry had moved to Mexico and inaccurately asserted that if he imposed a tax of 25 percent on all Mexican goods, all the automaker jobs would immediately return… Continue reading
Apr 07 AP fact check: Trump’s bad-guy talk belies migrants’ reality By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press When President Donald Trump talks about the masses of Central Americans trying to get into the U.S., he describes a horde of beefy men with ill intent. Figures from his own administration tell a different story: Those coming are increasingly… Continue reading
Mar 03 AP fact check: Trump twists Cohen’s words on collusion By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Assailed by his ex-lawyer at every turn, President Donald Trump nevertheless claimed a measure of vindication from Michael Cohen’s statement that he possessed no direct evidence of collusion with Russia from his time serving the boss. But contrary… Continue reading
Feb 14 AP fact check: Declaring an emergency to build a border wall would be an extraordinary step By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press The emergency action Trump has been contemplating would be rare. The presidents he has cited did not use emergency powers to pay for projects that Congress wouldn't support. Continue reading
Dec 10 AP fact check: Manafort, Cohen filings do not exonerate Trump By Hope Yen, Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Trump insists he's been fully vindicated by court filings released Friday that lay out the level of cooperation from two of his former top advisers, whom prosecutors have accused of lying to federal investigators or Congress. In fact, Trump's… Continue reading