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Mailbag: ‘I wish PolitiFact would stop endorsing junk statistics’

April 10, 2017

Spring is upon us, and so is baseball season, but that doesn’t mean all PolitiFact readers are in a cheery mood. Here are some recent emails we’ve received from readers, edited for space and clarity.

Trump’s Syria airstrikes: constitutional or not?

April 7, 2017

Whether it was constitutional for President Donald Trump to carry out airstrikes in Syria without congressional approval is not an easy question to answer.

Conspiracy claims that Syrian gas attack was ‘false flag’ are unproven

April 7, 2017

Alt-right bloggers, officials and websites all posit (without proof) that shadow governments and Assad's enemies are really behind the attack.

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9 things we’re reading about Syria, U.S. airstrikes

April 7, 2017

A collection of reporting and commentary we've been reading about U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

For Trump, no signal yet refugee policy will change after U.S. airstrike in Syria

April 7, 2017

Two days after a chemical weapons attack in Syria killed more than 80 people, including children, President Donald Trump ordered a military airstrike on the Syrian airfield from where U.S. officials say the chemical attack launched. Will the president change his position against Syrian refugees?

In Context: Did Susan Rice lie about unmasking Trump associates?

April 7, 2017

Critics of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice say she’s caught in a lie about misusing intelligence for political purposes.

High Five: Trumpcare vs Obamacare

April 7, 2017

Intense coverage of the Republicans' attempt to replace Obamacare led to clicks on fact checks we did on both plans.

Could gas tax hike leave California with ‘highest fuel prices in nation?’

April 6, 2017

Republican George Runner says the state’s proposed fuel tax increase "will make California gas prices the highest in the nation." PolitiFact California wades through fact and fiction on state gas prices.

Revisiting the Obama track record on Syria’s chemical weapons

April 6, 2017

In 2014, Secreatary of State John Kerry said all of Syria's chemical weapons were gone from the country. We now have good reason to think that was wrong.

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Denver man chokes to death on ‘Tex-Ass’ donut

April 5, 2017

A Colorado man died trying to wolf down a gigantic "Tex-Ass" donut.

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Fact-checking Trump’s CEO town hall

April 4, 2017

The president got his facts straight on illegal border crossings and long-term factory closures. On the failure of the stimulus law and who's out of work, not so much.

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Four things to know about Russia’s 2016 misinformation campaign

April 4, 2017

All six witnesses before the Senate agreed that Russia was behind a misinformation and propaganda campaign intended to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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