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Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Naval Academy commencement address
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Amy Sherman,
Louis Jacobson
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May 25, 2018
One year into Mueller probe, a review of attacks and key questions
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Louis Jacobson
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Jon Greenberg,
Louis Jacobson
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May 9, 2018
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John Kruzel,
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Mailbag: ‘I rate your service as Scorched Pantyhose’
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Louis Jacobson
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April 30, 2018
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interview on Fox & Friends
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Jon Greenberg,
Louis Jacobson
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April 26, 2018
Can Donald Trump fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
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April 12, 2018
A closer look at Patrick Morrisey’s family ties to ‘big pharma’
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March 27, 2018
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweetstorm about Mueller, Russia
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Louis Jacobson
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March 19, 2018
Hope Hicks and the history of White House ‘white lies’
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Louis Jacobson
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March 1, 2018
Donald Trump’s dubious attack on U.S.-Canada trade
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Louis Jacobson
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February 27, 2018
Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13
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Louis Jacobson
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February 26, 2018
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2018 speech at CPAC
By
Allison Graves,
Amy Sherman,
John Kruzel,
Louis Jacobson
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February 23, 2018
George Washington’s lessons and the future of political civility
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Louis Jacobson
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February 19, 2018
What we know about mass shootings
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Jon Greenberg,
Louis Jacobson,
Miriam Valverde
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February 15, 2018
The age of cherry-picking
By
Louis Jacobson
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February 5, 2018
How quickly will the new tax law affect the economy?
By
Louis Jacobson,
Mica Soellner
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February 1, 2018
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech
By
Allison Graves,
Amy Sherman,
Jon Greenberg,
John Kruzel,
Louis Jacobson,
Manuela Tobias,
Miriam Valverde
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January 31, 2018
Could the nuclear option get rid of the filibuster entirely? Checking Trump’s tweet
By
Louis Jacobson
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January 22, 2018
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