Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Trump after liberation day tariffs at White House

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

April 10, 2025

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

Donald Trump at White House 4-9-25

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

April 9, 2025

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

eggs and bacon at restaurant 2-13-25

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

April 4, 2025

“Egg prices came down 50%”

Milwaukee election signs April 1, 2025

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

April 2, 2025

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

Pete Hegseth outside White House 3/21/25

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

March 26, 2025

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

Zelesnkyy leaves White House 02-28-25

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

March 20, 2025

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

Biden 2021 signs EO

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

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…

Marine commandments renlist

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

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…

Kevin O'Leary testifying to Congress

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

February 26, 2025

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

Elon Musk holding chainsaw CPAC 02-20-2025

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

February 21, 2025

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

Ethiopian woman scoops up wheat in Agula, northern Ethiopia, 5-8-2021

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

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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