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Elizabeth Warren says she warned about the financial crisis before it happened. That’s True
By Miriam Valverde April 30, 2019

Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming."

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NY AG emphasizes key fact in citizenship question case
By Jill Terreri Ramos April 30, 2019

"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."

Contrary to Tina Freitas, Emmett Hanger didn’t vote for three largest Virginia tax plans
By Warren Fiske April 30, 2019

State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  

Is the unemployment rate in Columbia among the lowest in the U.S.?
By Olivia Garrett April 30, 2019

"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."

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Was Donald Trump the target of a coup? No
By Louis Jacobson April 29, 2019

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

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Donald Trump repeats, falsely, that doctors, mothers decide to execute live babies after birth
By Jon Greenberg April 29, 2019

With a late-term abortion, "the mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully. And then the doctor…

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No, Mitch McConnell was not cured of polio as a child because of government-funded care
By Samantha Putterman April 29, 2019

Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away…

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Does half the U.S. population have diabetes or prediabetes, as Tim Ryan claimed?
By Miriam Valverde April 29, 2019

"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."

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Congress hopeful’s paycheck claim bounces
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller April 28, 2019

"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."

Is the high cost of insulin keeping diabetics from taking their medicine?
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra April 26, 2019

"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."

Are all Missouri coal ash ponds really causing groundwater contamination?
By Kennedy Simone April 26, 2019

"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."

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About 74% of Texans live in just 4% of the state’s land
By Madlin Mekelburg April 26, 2019

Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land." 

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