Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Fact-check: Trump said tariffs collections are ‘almost $2 billion a day.’ Trade experts are doubtful

By Amy Sherman

April 10, 2025

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

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Flip flop: Trump said he wasn’t looking at pausing tariffs. Two days later, he did.

By Amy Sherman

April 9, 2025

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

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Trump touted a 50% drop in egg prices. Wholesales prices have plunged, but retail prices lag behind

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

April 4, 2025

“Egg prices came down 50%”

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Social media post distorts ballot shortage in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election

By Amy Sherman

April 2, 2025

“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.

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Hegseth says leaked Signal group text didn’t have ‘war plans’. But screenshots show attack details

By Amy Sherman , Grace Abels

March 26, 2025

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

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Was Zelenskyy’s Pennsylvania visit ‘election interference’? Why experts say no

By Amy Sherman

March 20, 2025

Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Are Biden pardons ‘void’ because he used an autopen? No, Trump’s claim is False

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

March 17, 2025

Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of…

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Donald Trump takes credit for military recruitment turnaround that started with Joe Biden

By Amy Sherman

March 11, 2025

"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the…

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No US government audits for the last 100 years? Here’s why ‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary is wrong

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

February 26, 2025

“We've never audited government for 100 years.”

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No, Joe Biden did not have a ‘voter importation’ plan. Fact-checking Elon Musk’s false CPAC claim.

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

February 21, 2025

President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”

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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.

By Amy Sherman , Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2025

On support for U.S. Agency for International Development

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Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong

By Amy Sherman

February 5, 2025

From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”

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