Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Trump: ‘Many’ scholars say ‘anchor babies’ aren’t covered by Constitution

August 25, 2015

"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.

Hillary Clinton: Emails wouldn’t be public if I hadn’t asked for it

August 20, 2015

"If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena."

Bill Clinton: Glass-Steagall repeal had nothing to do with financial crisis

August 19, 2015

"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."

Donald Trump: Iran gets to keep $150 billion even if U.S. rejects nuclear deal

August 16, 2015

Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.

Jeb Bush: Student loan debt has doubled under Obama

August 14, 2015

There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."

Did Hillary Clinton emails reveal location of ambassador killed in Benghazi attack?

August 11, 2015

Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."

Ted Cruz: most GOP candidates ‘have supported amnesty’

August 7, 2015

"A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."

Rubio says Hillary Clinton in government longer than any Republican running

August 7, 2015

Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight."

Is a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter facing charges?

August 4, 2015

The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."

97% of Planned Parenthood’s work is mammograms, preventive care, O’Malley says

August 3, 2015

"97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."

Donald Trump: Guantanamo prisoners swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are ‘back on the battlefield’

July 23, 2015

The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield."

Rand Paul: U.S. borrows $1 million a minute

July 21, 2015

"We borrow a million dollars every minute."

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