Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has endured several major losses since he stepped into political life. In 2015, His eldest son, Beau Biden, died of cancer. More than four decades earlier, a car crash killed his first wife and daughter. Biden and his second wife, Jill Biden, have discussed the tragedy publicly. But recent social […]
A mega contact tracing effort is underway after President Donald Trump announced that he and his wife Melania both tested positive for the coronavirus. Contact tracing will determine who was around them and who potentially is also infected with the virus. The Sept. 29 debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is the highest profile […]
In the early morning hours after Donald Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus, misinformation about the president’s condition ballooned on social media. Facebook users falsely claimed that “The Simpsons” predicted Trump’s death. A screenshot of a fake fundraising plea from the Trump campaign circulated on Twitter. […]
Around every corner, 2020 seems to produce a new surprising crisis. The latest: A president infected with COVID-19, little more than a month before Election Day. Not to mention a president who had been standing feet away from the opposing candidate at a debate just 48 hours before the president’s infection was confirmed. In other […]
President Donald Trump this week called on his supporters to monitor voting locations during the election. “I am urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully,” Trump said at Tuesday’s presidential debate with Joe Biden in Cleveland. “Because that’s what has to happen. I am urging them to do it.” The […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and his wife tested positive for exposure to the coronavirus has already generated numerous conspiracy theories, and one of the most popular is that he’s faking it. Overnight, people across the political spectrum tweeted and posted on Facebook with doubt about Trump’s results. Some wondered why they should trust […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus added a powerful and unpredictable factor to the presidential election. Trump’s physician said that “both are well at this time and plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.” White House chief of staff Mark […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called President Donald Trump a racist, but a recent social media post tries to flip the script. It shows two photos. In one, Biden is holding the hand of then-Sen. Robert Byrd. In the other, Trump is standing next to activist Rosa Parks. “Biden with Robert Byrd, KKK leader,” […]
In one of the most contentious exchanges of the first 2020 presidential debate, President Donald Trump interrupted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as he spoke of his son Beau, who served in Iraq and died of brain cancer in 2015. “I don’t know Beau. I know Hunter,” Trump interjected, before invoking Hunter Biden’s issues with […]
On the debate stage for the first time with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, President Donald Trump stopped short of condemning white supremacists, telling the far-right Proud Boys group to “stand back and stand by.” Chris Wallace: “Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to […]
Updated Oct. 2, 2020 President Donald Trump’s constant interruptions of both Democratic nominee Joe Biden and moderator Chris Wallace threw the first presidential debate of 2020 into a state of confusion. Biden began interrupting as well as the two candidates clashed over the coronavirus crisis, racial justice protests, the economy and Trump’s taxes. See Figure […]
Just before the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign shared a bingo card with spaces for “Biden’s lies.” Turns out, the Trump team’s bingo card contains a lot of falsehoods about the record of Joe Biden, and we have fact-checked several already. Here’s a closer look at the Trump campaign’s Facebook post and […]