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Fact-checking the 21st International AIDS Conference

July 17, 2016

Two major gatherings take place this week. In Cleveland, Republicans hold their nominating convention where Donald Trump will formally, once and for all, end any doubts that he is the party’s nominee. Meanwhile, 8.500 miles away, about 18,000 people converge in Durban, South Africa, for the 21st International AIDS Conference.

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Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration

July 15, 2016

We compare the candidates' positions on immigration. 

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Donald Trump’s top 10 campaign promises

July 15, 2016

We'll be tracking the next president's campaign promises. Here are the major promises we've identified from Donald Trump. 

The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained

July 14, 2016

Yes, there will be Pokémons at the Republican National Convention — security concerns and all. 

Fact-checking Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s VP pick

July 14, 2016

Donald Trump is expected to announce his vice-presidential nominee July 15, and many suspect Indiana Governor Mike Pence will get the nod. 

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What Ruth Bader Ginsburg said about Donald Trump

July 13, 2016

In Context: House Speaker Paul Ryan said remarks made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about Donald Trump show she is biased. Here's a look at the remarks, which led Trump to say "her mind is shot."

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Introducing PolitiFact Illinois

July 13, 2016

Reboot Illinois now is the exclusive home of PolitiFact Illinois, joining the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact team as the 18th partner state.

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Fact-checking the July 10 Sunday shows

July 10, 2016

Politicians and pundits searched for answers Sunday following the police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, and the deadly shooting in Dallas that killed five police officers.

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PolitiFact annotates Barack Obama’s statement on shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile

July 8, 2016

As part of PolitiFact's partnership with Medium, we annotated President Barack Obama's remarks from Poland on the police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. 

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Trump/Gingrich 2016?

July 8, 2016

The presumptive Republican nominee had some nice things to say about the 2012 presidential hopeful, TV pundit and former House speaker.

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Texas allows rifles to be toted publicly, but not in manner ‘calculated to alarm’

July 8, 2016

The sniper attacks in Dallas reminded us we'd confirmed Texas allows residents to openly carry rifles in public.

 

However, no one may legally display any gun in a "manner calculated to alarm."

 

See the 2014 fact check.

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