Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Rand Paul gets it wrong on fate of Libyan missiles

By Lauren Carroll

March 9, 2015

U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."

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Lindsey Graham has it wrong on ‘Meet the Press’: Labor participation rate is not at an all-time low

By Lauren Carroll

March 8, 2015

"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."

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Ben Carson: Many prisoners go in straight, come out gay

By Lauren Carroll

March 4, 2015

"A lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re gay."

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Boehner: Obama has taken unilateral action on health care ’38 times’

By Lauren Carroll

March 1, 2015

Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times."

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Effect of net neutrality rules on taxes is uncertain

By Lauren Carroll

February 26, 2015

The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase."  

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Federal prison population drops for first time in 3 decades, Eric Holder says

By Lauren Carroll

February 23, 2015

Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."

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Joe Biden and his Somali cab driver friends

By Lauren Carroll

February 19, 2015

"There is a very identifiable Somali community" back home in Delaware.

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Are GMOs causing monarch butterflies to become extinct?

By Lauren Carroll

February 17, 2015

"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.

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Obama calls terrorist attacks random, Rick Perry says he denies anti-Semitic motivation

By Lauren Carroll

February 12, 2015

"Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris."

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Ted Cruz says Obama refuses to directly arm Kurds in ISIS fight

By Lauren Carroll

February 8, 2015

"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  

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Under Common Core, teaching simple addition takes a full minute, Texas governor says

By Lauren Carroll

February 3, 2015

Under Common Core standards, it takes "more than a minute" to teach a student "how to add nine plus six."

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Retired general says al-Qaida has grown ‘fourfold’ in last 5 years

By Lauren Carroll

February 1, 2015

"Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." 

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