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Checking on North Carolina’s bathroom law affecting its economy

March 8, 2017

Stopping in Texas, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest aired claims about North Carolina's experience with its bathroom law adopted in 2016.

To the fact checks...

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Fact-checking Gov. Rick Scott’s 2017 State of the State address

March 7, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott reflected on the state's tragedies over the past year and encouraged the Legislature to increase money for Florida tourism and business incentives.

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Fact-checking N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s pro-HB2 press conference in Texas

March 7, 2017

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest spoke in Texas about North Carolina's experience with House Bill 2. Texas is considering a similar bill. Here are several quick fact-checks of claims Forest made.

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7 takeaways from the GOP health care plan to replace Obamacare

March 7, 2017

Walking a fine line between the free market and a safety net, Republicans recently released their legislative plan to replace Obamacare -- more formally known as the Affordable Care Act -- without throwing millions of people off their health insurance coverage.

Did Donald Trump invent claim that Barack Obama tapped his phone?

March 6, 2017

In a series of early morning tweets March 4, Trump claimed that Obama ordered telephone surveillance on him during the election. Is there any reason to believe Trump? So far, we can’t find any.

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Trump’s travel ban executive order, take 2

March 6, 2017

After the judicially challenged rollout of President Donald Trump’s initial executive order on refugees and immigration from Muslim-majority countries, the White House has now put forth a revised version. But how different is the new one from the old one?

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Mailbag: ‘You contribute to the distrust of media’

March 3, 2017

There’s a new administration in Washington, but there’s been no let-up in emails from readers criticizing (or, occasionally, praising) our coverage. Here’s a rundown of some of the comments we’ve received from readers over the past few weeks.

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President Donald Trump’s deportation of ‘bad dudes’

March 3, 2017

An overview of deportations in the early days of President Donald Trump's administration.

Four questions about when senators meet with ambassadors

March 2, 2017

The scrutiny over Attorney General Jeff Sessions and whether he met with Russian officials has put a spotlight on a little-noticed corner of statecraft -- lawmakers’ meetings with foreign diplomats.

In Context: What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about meeting Russian officials

March 2, 2017

Some Democrats are claiming Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have perjured himself in his confirmation hearing by claiming he had no contact with Russian government intermediaries. We examine Sessions' words, in context.

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What Donald Trump left out about the Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL Ryan Owens

March 1, 2017

During his first speech to Congress, President Donald Trump cast the U.S. military raid of an al-Qaida affiliate complex in Yemen as a success, despite Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens' death. But the event and its aftermath have been much more controversial than Trump’s description let on.

Did Trump inherit a mess? 8 charts show otherwise

March 1, 2017

At most, the list of economic shortcomings that Trump offered in the House chamber provides a partial portrait of the economy — a portrait carefully crafted, in the reverse of the old song lyrics, to accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive.

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