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Meadows wrongly claims Obama removed census citizenship question in 2010
By Bill McCarthy April 4, 2019

"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in…

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Did states with charter schools cluster below West Virginia in ACT scores?
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome April 4, 2019

In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools."

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State Rep. Riemer on the money with tax credit claim
By Mica Soellner April 4, 2019

"About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more."  

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Despite what Donald Trump keeps saying, his father was born in New York, not Germany
April 4, 2019

Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."

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Why do farmers get so few of our food dollars? Us.
By Jon Greenberg April 4, 2019

Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on…

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No, Joe Biden wasn’t photographed kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham
April 4, 2019

A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham.

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Have West Virginia test scores tended to drop after 4th grade?
By Al Bernardi April 3, 2019

In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but…

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Has West Virginia’s foster care caseload jumped by two-thirds in recent years?
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver April 3, 2019

"We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."

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Donald Trump falsely tweets that Puerto Rico got $91 billion in hurricane aid
By Amy Sherman April 3, 2019

"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s take on wind energy
By John Kruzel April 3, 2019

"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."

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Holy Guacamole: Would America really ‘run out of avocados’ if Trump closes the border?
By Chris Nichols April 3, 2019

Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 

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No, hackers aren’t posting ‘sexual videos and pictures’ on your wall that you can’t see
By Samantha Putterman April 3, 2019

"Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you…

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