Latest Stories By Jon Greenberg

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Malaria and mosquitoes: A tough tag team to beat

Malaria is one tough disease to beat. It infects about 200 million people and despite enormous efforts and impressive gains, it still kills about 400,000 people each year.

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Fact-checking President Trump’s attorney after Comey’s testimony

After Comey’s under oath testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz, disputed several of Comey’s statements. But there was a lot of spin in Kasowitz’s comments.

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In GA-6 race, fact-checking attacks about campaign cash

In the hotly contested Georgia congressional race, Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel accuse each other of relying on outside money. They're both right, but the nature of that money could not be more different.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement

President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris accord on climate change. All but two countries signed the agreement. But Trump said the deal puts the United States at a disadvantage.

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Is Iowa Obamacare’s canary in the coal mine? Not really.

Iowa’s individual market is teetering. But it’s not necessarily a sign Obamacare is collapsing.

 
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Donald Trump and Islam: Then and now

In a pivotal speech on his first international trip as president, Donald Trump delivered a message on religious-based terrorism that was strikingly more nuanced than his rhetoric from the campaign trail.

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What Donald Trump said about the spread of classified material during the campaign

President Donald Trump defends sharing top secret information during his meeting with top Russian officials. But when he ran for president, Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for State Department business was a frequent target.

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Trump and Democratic views on FBI’s Comey at key turning points

Former FBI director James Comey became a political Rorschach test. How he was judged hinged largely on party loyalty. We put Trump's and Democratic takes side by side at key turning points in the past year.

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Without Obamacare, what happened to kids like Jimmy Kimmel’s son?

Jimmy Kimmel brought the debate over the future of Obamacare into the story of his newborn son's emergency heart surgery. He made some policy points and we looked to see if they were on target.

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The facts behind Paul Revere’s ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech

Trump evoked the spirit of Paul Revere in a speech to NRA members. His rendition came right up to the line between fact and myth. The historical truth is actually pretty interesting.

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Can Donald Trump get rid of national monument protections?

In the ramp up to his 100th day, Trump ordered a review of over 20 national monument designations that protect million of acres of land and seabed. How far he can go to undo the work of previous presidents, Republican and Democratic, takes him into a legal gray zone.

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Trump’s 100 days: Where he fell short

A couple of weeks before the election, President Trump released a plan for his first 100 days. Then he ran into Congress.

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