Latest Stories By Lauren Carroll

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Is the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act dead?

March 29, 2017

The White House is delivering mixed messages on whether it will keep trying to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, while other Republicans say they are committed to that plan.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about Hillary Clinton and Russia

March 28, 2017

In two evening tweets, President Donald Trump said the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation has the wrong target. We fact-checked his tweets.

Fact-checking Trump’s TIME interview on truths and falsehoods

March 23, 2017

Confronted by his most flagrant falsehoods, President Donald Trump finally faced the question of why he make so many unsubstantiated claims.

Donald Trump’s St. Patrick’s Day ‘Irish proverb’ was probably not Irish

March 17, 2017

During an annual meeting between American and Irish leaders, Trump recited an Irish proverb: "Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue, but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you." But it might not actually be Irish.

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Trump’s stalled campaign promises on health care

March 16, 2017

PolitiFact’s Trump-O-Meter is tracking 103 campaign promises Trump made in the run-up to the Nov. 8 election, including a slew regarding health care. Beyond a broad promise to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, Trump has much work to do.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Nashville rally

March 16, 2017

President Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally in Nashville March 15 to commemorate former President Andrew Jackson's 250th birthday. We fact-checked his speech. 

Did Donald Trump invent claim that Barack Obama tapped his phone?

March 6, 2017

In a series of early morning tweets March 4, Trump claimed that Obama ordered telephone surveillance on him during the election. Is there any reason to believe Trump? So far, we can’t find any.

In Context: What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about meeting Russian officials

March 2, 2017

Some Democrats are claiming Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have perjured himself in his confirmation hearing by claiming he had no contact with Russian government intermediaries. We examine Sessions' words, in context.

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What Donald Trump left out about the Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL Ryan Owens

March 1, 2017

During his first speech to Congress, President Donald Trump cast the U.S. military raid of an al-Qaida affiliate complex in Yemen as a success, despite Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens' death. But the event and its aftermath have been much more controversial than Trump’s description let on.

The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained

February 22, 2017

The slew of accusations about Trump and Russia has our heads spinning, so we decided to summarize the big ones here, for our edification and yours.

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Are leaks about Russia contacts ‘illegal,’ as Trump says?

February 20, 2017

Amid a slew of reports suggesting improper contact between members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle and Russia, Trump says the media is missing the real problem: leaks. "Illegal" leaks to be specific.

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