Latest Stories By Manuela Tobias

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The facts behind the court case Vladimir Putin said ‘falls apart’

July 18, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s charges of Russian election interference. We looked into his claims.

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A look at White House turnover under Trump, Obama following Scott Pruitt’s exit

July 11, 2018

Scott Pruitt’s resignation marks the latest in a series of speedy departures from President Donald Trump’s White House. Inching toward the year and a half mark of Trump’s presidency, we decided to check back in on the turnover rate of his administration.

The facts behind a Texas Democrat’s viral campaign ad

June 28, 2018

Mary Jennings Hegar, a veteran, mom and Democratic candidate for the Congress in a deep red Texas district, made a splash when her campaign ad went viral. We took a closer look.

Donald Trump’s unusual North Korea video, explained

June 14, 2018

We had a lot of questions about Donald Trump's North Korea movie trailer, so we looked into who made it, why it was produced, and whether anything like this had ever happened before.

Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea

June 12, 2018

President Donald Trump detailed his discussion with Kim Jong Un during a lengthy press conference following the North Korea-United States summit. Trump touched on everything from the troops in South Korea and denuclearization, the main objective of the summit, to human rights, trade deficits and NATO.

In Context: What Justin Trudeau said that made Donald Trump angry

June 11, 2018

Justin Trudeau's comments after the G7 Summit

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Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins’ posters on prisons and police shootings

June 7, 2018

Malcolm Jenkins tried to redirect the message to the fuel behind NFL player protests: inequities in the criminal justice system. Jenkins remained silent while holding up a series of placards with statements about prisons and police shootings. We fact-checked those.

The facts behind Donald Trump’s pardoning Dinesh D’Souza

May 31, 2018

President Donald Trump announced he would pardon controversial conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza on May 31, 2018. Here’s a closer look at Trump’s fifth presidential pardon.

A look into the business practices of Indiana’s Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun

May 21, 2018

A Democratic Super PAC attacked GOP Senate candidate Mike Braun's business record. We took a closer look.

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A preview of Indiana’s Republican Senate primary

May 7, 2018

The Indiana Republican Senate primaries taking place on May 8 will determine who takes on Sen. Joe Donnelly, one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the country, in November. We fact-checked the candidates on support for Trump, raising taxes, and trade deals.

The facts behind Trump’s jabs at Amazon on taxes, USPS and lost retail jobs

March 29, 2018

President Donald Trump returned to one of his favorite punching bags March 29: Amazon. We decided it was time to revisit Trump’s takedown of the online giant for accuracy.

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Comparing unprecedented Trump White House turnover with Bush, Obama

March 15, 2018

High turnover has become synonymous with President Donald Trump’s White House.

Following the recent departures of Hope Hicks, Gary Cohn, Rob Porter and Rex Tillerson, we're revisiting the shortest tenures for the most high-profile Trump staffers and comparing the number of people who filled each position in the three most recent administrations.

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