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mike pompeo WH press briefing Jan 10 2020
No evidence that Mike Pompeo has publicly defended Marie Yovanovitch
By Miriam Valverde January 29, 2020

When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team."

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No, an MSNBC reporter was not fired over a viral, live air flub
By Samantha Putterman January 29, 2020

An MSNBC reporter was fired for using a racial slur while covering the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.

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Two-pronged attack on Democrats over Social Security wrong on both counts
January 29, 2020

Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it"…

Pete Buttigieg Fox News town hall Jan 2020
Buttigieg on point that majority of Republicans support background checks
By Amy Sherman January 29, 2020

"More than 80% of Republicans think we ought to at least be doing universal background checks." 

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The FDA has warned mercury teeth fillings could harm some, but this claim goes too far
January 29, 2020

"FDA finally admits dental fillings are toxic."

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No, this is not a video of Gianna Bryant in the hospital
By Emily Venezky January 28, 2020

Video shows Gianna Bryant in the hospital after helicopter crash.

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Schumer accurately says public supports calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial
By Jill Terreri Ramos January 28, 2020

"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial 

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No, Barack Obama’s lawyers didn’t admit his birth certificate is fake
January 28, 2020

"Obama’s lawyers officially admit birth certificate is fake."

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No evidence that Chinese officials will say coronavirus was leaked from a lab
By Daniel Funke January 28, 2020

Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert…

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Claim that 10,000 have died from Wuhan coronavirus is Pants on Fire
January 28, 2020

"CORONAVIRUS: Reports of 10,000 DEAD in Wuhan, China."

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Trump lawyer Sekulow says Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid is like Obama with Egypt in 2013. He’s wrong.
By Jon Greenberg January 28, 2020

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ...…

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Viral photo does show longest-living shark species, but exact age is unclear
By Samantha Putterman January 28, 2020

Says a 392-year-old shark was discovered in the Arctic Ocean  

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