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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s United Nations speech

September 19, 2017

President Donald Trump spoke to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19, 2017, about sovereignty and how to respond to a "small group of rogue regimes." We fact-checked his remarks.

How much do we know about climate change and hurricanes?

September 12, 2017

Bill Maher and conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp clashed over the certainty in the scientific community about the relationship between climate change and hurricanes as Irma wreaked havoc in the Caribbean and later in Florida.

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Fact-checking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the DACA immigration program

September 5, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end to a program that protected some 800,000 immigrants from deportation, claiming it was created by Obama’s administration as an overreach of executive power and that it circumvented the Constitution.

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What do we know about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Harvey?

August 31, 2017

Hurricane Harvey has dumped more water on the United States than any other weather event in history, and its costs are expected to be huge.

The unprecedented storm has inevitably posed the question: What impact has climate change had on producing Hurricane Harvey? We took a look at what scientists had to say.

A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?

August 10, 2017

President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea have raised the specter -- however small -- of nuclear war.  We looked into the legality of a first nuclear strike.

Fact-checking Trump’s News of the Week video with Kayleigh McEnany

August 8, 2017

Trump’s "News of the Week" Facebook video touted success on the economy, immigration and veterans’ affairs. But the accuracy of the talking points was mixed.

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How does Trump White House turnover compare with Bush, Obama?

August 4, 2017

In the past six months, the Trump administration has seen the firing or resignation of its chief of staff, communications director, press secretary, FBI director, ethics director, national security adviser and more. But is the Trump turnover as rapid as it seems?

Could Trump end health care ‘bailout’ for Congress?

July 31, 2017

Trump threatened to pull health care coverage for lawmakers if they don’t pass a new bill quickly in a tweet on July 29, 2017.

Previewing the Alabama GOP primary

July 31, 2017

We're two weeks away from the Alabama Republican primary. Here's what you need to know about the candidates and their allegiances to President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Long Island speech to law enforcement

July 28, 2017

President Donald Trump spoke before an audience of law enforcement officials on Long Island, N.Y., about measures his administration is taking to crack down on illegal immigrant gang violence.

Fact-checking Trump’s tweets this week on health care, Russia and ‘Morning Joe’

June 30, 2017

The facts and important context behind some of Trump’s most provocative 140-character thoughts this week.

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A timeline of Donald Trump’s talk about nonexistent James Comey tapes

June 22, 2017

President Donald Trump’s intimidating tweet hinting he might have recorded conversations with former FBI Director James Comey has come up empty. We rewound the tape to show the timeline of what happened after Trump made one of his most provocative tweets.

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