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Increase in murders by immigrants in Tulsa?

March 20, 2018

In a radio interview, Tulsa's homicide chief said he'd seen an increase in murders by immigrants. We looked at the details. There were two last year and the year before that. Amounting to about 2 percent of all murders.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweetstorm about Mueller, Russia

March 19, 2018

Over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, President Donald Trump went on a tweetstorm criticizing the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Here’s a look at where Trump had a point and where his tweets were either misleading or wrong.

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An ICE spokesman resigned after Trump criticized the Oakland mayor. Here’s why

March 15, 2018

What made the usual conflict between the Trump administration and a liberal mayor more noteworthy is that a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quit over it. 

PolitiFact is unable to independently confirm if hundreds of criminals missed arrest because of the mayor’s tip. But we wanted to look at the administration's claims and the spokesman’s criticism of the talking points.

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Comparing unprecedented Trump White House turnover with Bush, Obama

March 15, 2018

High turnover has become synonymous with President Donald Trump’s White House.

Following the recent departures of Hope Hicks, Gary Cohn, Rob Porter and Rex Tillerson, we're revisiting the shortest tenures for the most high-profile Trump staffers and comparing the number of people who filled each position in the three most recent administrations.

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Dog in overhead bin? Feds let airlines set pet travel policies

March 14, 2018

You’re on a plane. Is it against the law to put your pet in an overhead bin? In the wake of a dog’s death, we inquired.

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NRA lawsuit says new Florida gun law hurts women

March 13, 2018

The NRA argues the new age requirements, enacted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, affect the constitutional rights of young women in particular.

 

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Guns, school shootings, background checks, mental illness

March 13, 2018

With national school walkout planned, reviewing gun-related fact checks since the Florida school shooting.

President Trump’s Record With The Truth As He Visits California

March 12, 2018

President Trump's statements about what a border wall can do and how many people have been arrested at the border have often stretched the truth. PolitiFact California outlines Trump's recent border claims. 

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Fact-checking Broward Sheriff Scott Israel’s ‘fact-checks’ about Parkland shooting

March 9, 2018

The Broward Sheriff’s Office pushed back against claims about its handling of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and how it responded to previous calls about Nikolas Cruz. We fact-checked its fact checks.

Understanding Poland’s ‘Holocaust law’

March 9, 2018

A controversial new Polish law that criminalizes the attribution of blame for Nazi crimes to Poland is, inspiring criticism from historians, Israel and the U.S. State Department alike. Could it be used as a form of Holocaust denial?

PolitiFact decided to take a closer look.

High Five: After Florida school shooting, gun-related fact checks dominate

March 6, 2018

Not 18 "school shootings" this year, not more guns than people in the U.S., and more.

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