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In context: Dave Brat’s comments to jailed addicts

October 18, 2018

"You think you’re having a hard time, I’ve got $5 million worth of negative ads going at me," Brat told the incarcerated addicts. "How do you think I’m feeling?"

 

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Fact-checking claims in California’s U.S. Senate race

October 18, 2018

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her challenger in California’s U.S. Senate race Kevin de León made several claims that caught our attention during their only scheduled campaign forum this week in San Francisco.

Did New York’s John Faso break his promise to a woman with cancer?

October 18, 2018

Congressman John Faso promised to protect a woman's health care. Whether he kept the promise is a source of political attacks.

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Pre-existing conditions: Does any GOP proposal match the ACA?

October 17, 2018

Guarantees for pre-existing conditions are the most popular feature of Obamacare. From Donald Trump on down, Republicans say their plans provide the same protections. Health policy researchers say they might help, but they fall short.

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How Congress could force Donald Trump’s hand on Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi

October 16, 2018

Lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with President Donald Trump’s mixed messaging over the disappearance and suspected murder by Saudi agents of Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. But they have ways to force Trump into action.

In context: Donald Trump’s $1 million offer to Elizabeth Warren

October 15, 2018

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., punched back at President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 when she released DNA test results showing that she has a Native American ancestor. Trump and Warren had sparred ever since Trump began calling her "Pocahontas" for saying on law school faculty forms that she had Native American ancestry, citing family lore from Oklahoma.

Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test: What it can and can’t tell us

October 15, 2018

Since 2016, President Donald Trump has ridiculed Sen. Elizabeth Warren for having invented a family tree with Native American roots. He challenged her to take a DNA test. She did and it showed Native American ancestry. We asked four experts to review the results. They found them credible.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interview on 60 Minutes

October 15, 2018

In an Oct. 14, 2018, interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, President Donald Trump addressed a wide range of topics. Here’s a rundown of some of the assertions Trump made during the interview with Lesley Stahl.

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“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

October 14, 2018

The leading candidates for Illinois’ top office squared off in four debates in recent weeks, repeating misleading attacks and defenses on policy issues and personal scandals.

Health care in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

October 14, 2018

Health care, particularly protections for pre-existing conditions, has become a key piece of the Democratic strategy to retake Congress. As the ads come fast and furious, here are five charts about health care to help to sort fact from hype.

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Fact-checking an attack on Andrew Gillum’s ties to an FBI investigation in Tallahassee

October 12, 2018

Republican Party of Florida ad misleads by stating Gillum is running from the FBI

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