Latest Stories By Allison Graves

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How pundits twisted James Comey’s testimony

June 9, 2017

It seems like everyone in Washington tuned in for ousted FBI Director James Comey’s June 8 Capitol Hill hearing. But watching pundits, reading hot-takes and browsing Twitter afterward can make you wonder: Did we all watch the same hearing?

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 100-days interview with CBS

April 30, 2017

In a wide-ranging interview on CBS, President Donald Trump sat down with Face the Nation host John Dickerson to discuss his first 100 days in office.

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Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

April 2, 2017

Sunday, April 2, is International Fact-checking Day. To mark the day, PolitiFact conducted a "fact-check-a-thon" on fake news.

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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.

Why were Democratic women wearing white to Trump’s speech?

March 1, 2017

Dozens of Democratic women in Congress filled the aisles of Trump’s address donned in the color.

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s Florida rally

February 18, 2017

President Donald Trump celebrated his administration’s early achievements at a campaign rally Saturday in Melbourne, Fla., while declaring the media "fake news."

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Super Bowl interview

February 5, 2017

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly pressed President Donald Trump why he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he's "a killer." Trump responded: "We have a lot of killers. Got a lot of killers. What, you think our country is so innocent?"

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Kellyanne Conway’s back and forth with Chuck Todd on ‘alternative facts,’ annotated

January 23, 2017

Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump's top advisers, tells NBC's Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that Press Secretary Sean Spicer used 'alternative facts' in his first statement to the press corps on Jan. 21. 

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The Trump-O-Meter: Tracking 102 promises made by Donald Trump

January 17, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump promised coal jobs in West Virginia and manufacturing jobs in Michigan. He said he would fix the inner city of Baltimore and the airports in New York. He said he would cut taxes and grow the military. Create paid family leave and balance the budget.

Comparing Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein on five issues

November 1, 2016

With the election just around the corner, we wanted to equip voters with the knowledge of where candidates stand on key-issues highlighted by this year’s election.  

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