Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

President Donald Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has “‘MS-13’ on his knuckles.” Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson

April 30, 2025

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”

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Is gas $1.98 a gallon in a few U.S. states, as Donald Trump said? That’s False

By Louis Jacobson

April 24, 2025

“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”

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US trade deficit with China is less than $300 billion, not $1 trillion, as Donald Trump said

By Louis Jacobson

April 11, 2025

In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”

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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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Has consumer confidence fallen, as Sen. Cory Booker said? Two key surveys say yes

By Louis Jacobson

April 3, 2025

"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."

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JD Vance falsely says Maryland man deported to El Salvador was ‘a convicted MS-13 gang member’

By Louis Jacobson

April 2, 2025

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump on whether automobile plants are ‘being built at levels we’ve never seen’

By Louis Jacobson

March 28, 2025

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

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Does less than 25% of Education Department spending go to students? No

By Louis Jacobson

March 20, 2025

The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”

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Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Fact-checking Elon Musk

By Louis Jacobson

March 19, 2025

“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”

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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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Karoline Leavitt says tariffs are ‘a tax cut.’ Economists say they aren’t

By Louis Jacobson

March 13, 2025

“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”

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Did the cost of buying a home double under Joe Biden, as JD Vance said?

By Louis Jacobson

March 12, 2025

“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”

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