Politics: Fact Check

President Donald Trump speaks on the Oval Office telephone in January, as a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson hangs in the background. In an interview published Monday, Trump wondered aloud about whether the Civil War would have happened had Jac

Fact Check: Could Andrew Jackson Have Stopped The Civil War, As Trump Said?

4:20pm May 01, 2017

by Miles Parks

In an interview that aired Monday, President Trump spoke highly of Andrew Jackson, and wondered why more people don't ask why the Civil War happened, asserting Jackson could have prevented it.

President Trump speaks at a reception for senators and their spouses in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.

Reality Check On Trump Calling For Bipartisanship On Health Care

12:39pm March 29, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The president told a bipartisan group of senators that there will be a deal on health care. "It's such an easy one," he said, adding that it will "happen very quickly." But it's hardly that easy.

Flanked by HHS Secretary Tom Price and Vice President Mike Pence, Donald Trump reacts after Republicans abruptly pulled their health care bill from the House floor.

FACT CHECK: Trump Says Obamacare Is 'Exploding.' It's Not

2:10pm March 27, 2017

The Affordable Care Act, passed by Democrats during Obama's presidency, has its weaknesses, but the data show it's not at all "exploding." We have the facts behind what's going on.

Computer screens show some of the Trump trademarks approved by China.

China OKs 38 Trump Trademarks; Critics Say It Violates Emoluments Clause

5:28pm March 08, 2017

by Marilyn Geewax

The Chinese Trademark Office had denied Trump those naming rights for a decade even as Chinese-owned businesses used his name without paying licensing fees.

A shipyard worker walks to his car at the end of the workday at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. With President Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet potential threats from Rus

Reality Check: Trump Proposal Doesn't Cover Major Military Expansion

6:09pm February 27, 2017

by Philip Ewing

President Trump's proposed increase in defense spending could help the Defense Department plug current holes in the force, but it wouldn't cover the major expansion he supports.

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent passes along a section of border wall in Hidalgo, Texas.

Trump's Plan To Hire 15,000 Border Patrol And ICE Agents Won't Be Easy

8:25am February 23, 2017

by Brian Naylor

Applicants have to go through "extreme vetting" including a grueling polygraph exam. In the past, Customs and Border Protection has had trouble retaining agents.

President Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe play golf at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., on Saturday.

Trump Navigates The Hazard Of Presidential Golf Outings

4:18pm February 12, 2017

by Arnie Seipel

President Trump was a leading critic of the time Barack Obama spent on the green. This weekend, the White House said Trump's round of golf with Japan's prime minister was "productive."

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.

Pictures of people who were incarcerated at Manzanar War Relocation Center are displayed alongside family tags at Manzanar National Historic Site near Independence, Calif., in 2015.

There's A Long, Ignominous Trail Of Bans, Registries And Forced Relocation

9:13pm February 02, 2017

by Jorge Encinas

The travel ban imposed by the president a week ago on people from seven Muslim-majority countries is only the latest executive order through the years grounded in race, ethnicity or country of origin.

National Prayer Breakfast Could Feature Reconciliation Or Bickering

8:44pm February 01, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

President Trump and other officials will speak at the annual event Thursday morning. The breakfast has the potential to spotlight partisan differences or faith in common ground on national issues.