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Reports say Trump shared highly classified intel with Russian diplomats: What we know so far

May 16, 2017

Several major news outlets reported Monday that President Donald Trump shared highly classified information with Russian diplomats in a meeting last week. Here’s what we know about the situation so far, as well as some background to put the current situation in context.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s NBC interview, claims about firing FBI Director James Comey

May 12, 2017

President Donald Trump downplayed the significance of the FBI’s Russia investigation and the timing of his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in an interview with NBC May 11. He also distorted the facts on both points.

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Did James Comey tell Donald Trump three times that he isn’t under FBI investigation?

May 10, 2017

"I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation," Donald Trump wrote to James Comey in his letter firing the now former FBI director.

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A year of fact-checking about James Comey, Clinton emails and Russia

May 10, 2017

James Comey is out as FBI director. Given the intense public debate about the Clinton email and Russia investigations, Comey has appeared prominently in our fact-checks over the past year. Here’s a recap.

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Three takeaways from the Senate hearing with Sally Yates, James Clapper

May 8, 2017

We heard updates about Russian connections to the Trump campaign and leaks to the Washington Post.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweetstorm about a potential government shutdown

April 27, 2017

Facing the prospect of a possible government shutdown, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday to attack Democrats who he says are to blame.

Tracking Donald Trump’s flip-flops in his first 100 days

April 27, 2017

Donald Trump went into the White House with a mandate to break with tradition. In many ways, he’s embracing it.

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Fact-checking Trump’s AP interview about his first 100 days

April 24, 2017

President Donald Trump played up his accomplishments in his first 100 days, while simultaneously downplaying the significance of the milepost, in an April 21 interview with the Associated Press. We fact-checked his claims about his accomplishments so far.

‘Mother of all bombs’ dropped on ISIS target: What we know so far

April 13, 2017

The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on April 13. Here’s what we know so far.

Trump’s Syria airstrikes: constitutional or not?

April 7, 2017

Whether it was constitutional for President Donald Trump to carry out airstrikes in Syria without congressional approval is not an easy question to answer.

In Context: Did Susan Rice lie about unmasking Trump associates?

April 7, 2017

Critics of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice say she’s caught in a lie about misusing intelligence for political purposes.

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Four things to know about Russia’s 2016 misinformation campaign

April 4, 2017

All six witnesses before the Senate agreed that Russia was behind a misinformation and propaganda campaign intended to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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