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Fact-checking presidential candidate Jay Inslee on climate change and ‘the worst air in the world’
March 8, 2019

"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."  

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Trump is wrong that Obama White House refused to turn over documents in congressional probes
By Louis Jacobson March 8, 2019

When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were…

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No, Winston Churchill didn’t say this quote about age
March 8, 2019

Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you…

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McConnell wrong about tracking absentee ballots in NC
By Paul Specht March 7, 2019

Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered

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Did Beto O’Rourke and Kirsten Gillibrand say they’d tear down border wall if elected president?
By Miriam Valverde March 7, 2019

Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."

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North Carolina lawmaker points out shrinking gap in high-school graduation rates
By Bill McCarthy March 7, 2019

"Since 2011, the gap in high school graduation rates between African-American students and all students has been cut in half, from 6.4 percent to 3.1…

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Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis get a “historic commitment” from Trump for Hurricane Michael aid?
By Amy Sherman March 7, 2019

"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."

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No, Cadbury products were not contaminated with a worker’s HIV-positive blood
By Samantha Putterman March 7, 2019

An HIV-positive Cadbury worker has been arrested after contaminating products with his blood.

Parson correct that Missouri maintains lowest levels of highway funding in the country
By Sidney Steele March 7, 2019

"We maintain this (Missouri highway) system with one of the lowest levels of funding in the country."

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Yep, there’s a guy who flies around on a jet-powered hoverboard
By Jon Greenberg March 7, 2019

Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.

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Did tax collections rise after GOP law? The case is weak
By Louis Jacobson March 7, 2019

"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."

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Clinton on the hot seat with claim that thousands were turned away from the polls in Wisconsin
By D.L. Davis March 6, 2019

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect,  "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from…

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