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Donald Trump says he learned Obama tapped his phones from the New York Times

By Lauren Carroll

March 16, 2017

Says "the New York Times wrote about" Barack Obama wiretapping Donald Trump during the election.

Mick Mulvaney’s misleading claim that House GOP health care plan keeps Medicaid expansion

By Lauren Carroll

March 14, 2017

The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."

Donald Trump: One-third of counties have only one insurer on Affordable Care Act exchanges

By Lauren Carroll

March 13, 2017

"One-third of the counties — think of it, one-third — only have one insurer left" on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

EPA head Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not ‘primary contributor’ to global warming

By Lauren Carroll

March 10, 2017

Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."

Donald Trump wrongly blames Barack Obama for former Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism

By Lauren Carroll

March 7, 2017

"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield."

Claire McCaskill says she never met with Russian ambassador, past tweets say otherwise

By Lauren Carroll

March 2, 2017

"I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever."

How have U.S. sanctions impacted Russia’s economy?

By Lauren Carroll

February 21, 2017

"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And…

No, the 9th Circuit isn’t the ‘most overturned court in the country,’ as Hannity says

By Lauren Carroll

February 10, 2017

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country."

Does Neil Gorsuch side with ‘felons over gun safety,’ as Pelosi says?

By Lauren Carroll

February 2, 2017

Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."

McCain says Taliban ‘murdered’ people because of Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks

By Lauren Carroll

February 1, 2017

"The Taliban went after and murdered" people identified in the Chelsea Manning leaks.

Chuck Schumer wrongly tweets ‘Tillerson won’t divest from Exxon’

By Lauren Carroll

January 27, 2017

Says Rex "Tillerson won't divest from Exxon."

Sean Spicer wrongly uses Pew study to bolster claim that non-citizens vote in large numbers

By Lauren Carroll

January 25, 2017

"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."

Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Donald Trump says he learned Obama tapped his phones from the New York Times

Mick Mulvaney’s misleading claim that House GOP health care plan keeps Medicaid expansion

Donald Trump: One-third of counties have only one insurer on Affordable Care Act exchanges

EPA head Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not ‘primary contributor’ to global warming

Donald Trump wrongly blames Barack Obama for former Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism

Claire McCaskill says she never met with Russian ambassador, past tweets say otherwise

How have U.S. sanctions impacted Russia’s economy?

No, the 9th Circuit isn’t the ‘most overturned court in the country,’ as Hannity says

Does Neil Gorsuch side with ‘felons over gun safety,’ as Pelosi says?

McCain says Taliban ‘murdered’ people because of Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks

Chuck Schumer wrongly tweets ‘Tillerson won’t divest from Exxon’

Sean Spicer wrongly uses Pew study to bolster claim that non-citizens vote in large numbers