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Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event in Midland City on the eve of the special election earlier this month.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: Where Roy Moore's Voter Fraud Claims Fall Flat

8:08pm December 28, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

The Alabama GOP Senate nominee's lawsuit was dismissed by a judge on Thursday as the secretary of state certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the special election earlier this month.

House Speaker Paul Ryan at the U.S. Capitol yesterday.

FACT CHECK: How Does Paul Ryan's Case For Tax Cuts Match The Facts?

1:45pm December 02, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

In an interview with NPR, the House speaker said the tax bill was "designed" as a middle-class tax cut. But in reality, at its core, it is a corporate tax cut.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is being blamed by President Trump for promoting a visa program that was used by the alleged driver of the truck in the New York terrorist attack.

FACT CHECK: Trump Singles Out Chuck Schumer After N.Y. Terrorist Attack

5:13pm November 01, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The president blames the so-called diversity visa program sponsored by the New York Democrat for allowing an accused terrorist into the country.

President Trump rhetorically questioned whether statues of Thomas Jefferson, one of which stands in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., and George Washington should come down because they were slave-owners.

FACT CHECK: 'Whatabout' Those Other Historical Figures? Trump's Question Answered

2:11pm August 16, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

It's just simply factually wrong to compare Confederate generals to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Donald Trump as a candidate on stage with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

FACT CHECK: Newt Gingrich's Scathing Critique Of Trump's Justice Department

9:50am July 27, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Newt Gingrich met with President Trump Tuesday, then went on NPR the next day and blasted the Justice Department.

Voters went to the polls at Amherst Street Elementary School on November 8, 2016, in Nashua, N.H.

Trump Adviser Repeats Baseless Claims Of Voter Fraud In New Hampshire

3:27pm February 12, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

No evidence supports the Trump administration's claim that the presidential election was marred by massive voter fraud. But White House adviser Stephen Miller doubled down on the allegations Sunday.

President Trump speaks on the phone with Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, during the first official phone talks in the Oval Office last Saturday.

Fact Checking This Week In The Trump Administration

2:44pm February 04, 2017

The White House made inaccurate assertions about the president's travel ban, the reshuffling of the National Security Council and even about a massacre — that never took place.

Trying to prove a point that little has changed, White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up highlighted papers about the National Security Council. But that's not quite true.

FACT CHECK: Spin Aside, Trump's National Security Council Has A Very Big Change

6:03pm January 30, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The White House argues little has changed when it comes to its National Security Council. But the elevation of chief strategist Steve Bannon to the Principals Committee represents a major departure.

A Syrian refugee boy plays outside his family's tent in a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Zahrani, Lebanon, in December. Some one million Syrians live in Lebanon as refugees, according to the U.N.

FACT CHECK: Trump Tweets On Christians, ISIS And Vetting Miss The Bigger Picture

2:21pm January 29, 2017

A day after criticism and chaos for some caused by his executive order temporarily banning Muslims from seven countries, the president took to Twitter Sunday morning to defend himself.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks as one of his attorneys listens during a news conference Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York.

FACT CHECK: Trump Lawyer's Claim And Comparison To Rockefeller Is A Head Scratcher

3:17pm January 12, 2017

by Ron Elving

The attorney drew a parallel to former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller's wealth. "No one was so concerned," she claimed. But they were, and he disclosed his assets and placed them in a blind trust.