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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s health care speech

July 24, 2017

With the future of the Senate health care bill hanging by a thread, President Donald Trump pressed all Republican senators to fulfill their party’s seven-year promise to get rid of Obamacare.

Welcome, Anthony Scaramucci! Here’s some research on illegal voting

July 21, 2017

At his first briefing as White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci acknowledged that he wasn’t ready to answer every question reporters threw at him -- including one about whether there were 3 million illegal votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.

Can the president pardon himself? 4 questions about the presidential pardon

July 21, 2017

With news reports suggesting that the Trump White House and their legal advisors are taking a close look at the president’s pardon power, we decided to take a look ourselves. We’ve asked a dozen legal experts for their views on four questions related to presidential pardons.

How expensive would a single-payer system be?

July 21, 2017

During remarks at the White House to a group of Republican senators, President Donald Trump pushed the visiting lawmakers for repeal-and-replace legislation for the Affordable Care Act.

How big is coal mining compared to other occupations?

July 21, 2017

At an event to tout his "Made in America" agenda, President Donald Trump took a moment to applaud his administration’s success in stopping the coal industry long-term decline.

6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises

July 20, 2017

Donald Trump won the White House six months ago after nearly 63 million voters embraced his promise to "Make America Great Again," an ethos that wove together strands of major campaign themes of law and order, economic growth and American nationalism. Here's a snapshot of Trump’s  record on 6 major promises.

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4 questions on the fight over Obamacare and what happens next

July 20, 2017

The call to repeal and replace Obamacare has defined the Republican party through four elections. Now, the effort hangs by a thread, if indeed, there is any hope at all. Six experts from different backgrounds answer four questions about how we got here and what to watch for next.

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Is it Day 200 of Joe Straus not meeting one-on-one with Dan Patrick?

July 19, 2017

Looking at no meetings.

PolitiFact Sheet: Understanding Ted Cruz’s health care amendment and pre-existing conditions

July 17, 2017

Senate Republicans added Sen. Ted Cruz's amendment to their health care bill. It would offer insurance companies a way to avoid most Obamacare rules, including the one that guarantees coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Our fact sheet guides helps you understand what it all means.

PolitiFact California’s Top 10 fact checks (so far) in 2017

July 14, 2017

In the first half of 2017, PolitiFact California’s most popular fact-checks and articles, in terms of pageviews, ranged from a Pants On Fire claim that state lawmakers legalized child prostitution to a Mostly True statement about the extremely slim odds of being killed by a refugee in a terror attack.

A timeline of the shifting accounts of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

July 14, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. is facing scrutiny over news that he attended a meeting during the 2016 campaign with a Russian attorney who was purportedly acting on behalf of the Russian government as part of an attempt to aid his father’s campaign.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer

July 13, 2017

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer.

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