Trump Fact Check

• FACT CHECK: Trump’s election claims in 46-minute video are all wrong

  U.S. President Donald Trump's claims include political corruption, machine tampering and mysterious votes appearing out of nowhere.

  World

  Dec 3, 2020
  
• REALITY CHECK: Trump blamed protesters for low Tulsa rally turnout. Here’s what happened

  Trump spoke in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an arena with thousands of empty seats, a striking disconnect from the million people he had said wanted to come.

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2020
  
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• Trump’s executive order could expose social media giants to more lawsuits: sources

  The draft order asks the FCC to examine whether actions related to the editing of content by Twitter, Facebook and Google should potentially lead to the platforms forfeiting their protections from legal liability for the material their users post.

  May 28, 2020
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• Trump threatens social media regulations, shutdowns after Twitter fact-check

  The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, and any effort would likely require action by Congress.

  Politics

  May 28, 2020
• Reality check: Trump’s claims on coronavirus, healthcare debunked

  A look at claims the president has made over the last several weeks, downplaying the consequences of the public health emergency even as his agencies scramble to manage it.

  World

  Mar 7, 2020
• Fact check: Trump gets it wrong on Ukraine, gun control and the economy

  Revelations of an alleged instance in which Trump pressured a Ukrainian investigation into his political rival persuaded Democrats to move ahead with an inquiry that could produce articles of impeachment. Trump has reacted with anger.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2019
• FACT CHECK: Trump tells rally he’s exonerated. That’s not true, and neither were some other claims

  The rally came after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, which found no evidence that Trump's campaign had co-ordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2019
• FACT CHECK: Trump’s 2-hour-plus CPAC speech had dizzying number of falsehoods

  He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised some of his most frequently told fictions and dusted off old ones, even going back to the size of his inauguration crowd.

  World

  Mar 3, 2019
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• FACT CHECK: Findings dispute Trump’s claim border wall will prevent drug smuggling

  The Drug Enforcement Administration says "only a small percentage" of heroin seized by U.S. authorities comes across on territory between ports of entry.

  World

  Jan 19, 2019
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• Donald Trump told troops he won them first pay raise in 10 years — that’s not true

  Trump is wrong about there being no pay increase for service members in more than 10 years and about their raise being especially large.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2018