Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917
We look into the history and evolution of a talking point -- the claim that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships now than it has at any time since World War I.
We look into the history and evolution of a talking point -- the claim that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships now than it has at any time since World War I.
Donald Trump leads the field of Republican presidential candidates coming into the Aug. 6 Fox News debate, prompting several of his competitors to fire up their attacks in Sunday show interviews.
GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump phoned in four interviews as other Republicans in the presidential race turned up their attacks.
A reader asked us to check out a social-media meme critical of Hillary Clinton, so we did. Most of what it says isn't very accurate.
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently revived one of his old talking points about middle-class income stagnation. Sanders doesn't make the claim anymore, but it was interesting enough for us to take a deeper look at whether it's accurate.
Donald Trump claimed that "tremendous infectious disease" is coming across the border. Experts said it’s a dubious claim.
Donald Trump tried to explain his comments about Sen. John McCain, while Republicans criticized the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would not apologize Sunday for claiming Sen. John McCain wasn't a war hero.
Three historians commented on our fact-check of a neo-Confederate claim about Abraham Lincoln and resettling former slaves in Central America after the Civil War. Here's what they had to say.
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