President Trump monopolizes our list of the year’s worst falsehoods and bogus claims.
The Whoppers of 2017
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Trump’s Claims Don’t Add Up
The president’s speech on the Republican tax plan oversold the benefits of tax cuts and strayed from the facts on other issues.
GOP, Democrats Spin Tax Plan
Leaders in both parties make false and misleading claims about the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax cut plan.
Obama’s Final Numbers
The numbers are nearly all in now. What they show about what really happened during the eight years that Barack Obama was president is sometimes different from what politicians claimed.
Trump’s U.N. Speech
The president made misleading boasts about his record on the economy and foreign issues.
Trump’s Phoenix Fiction
The president revises history, exaggerates accomplishments and makes false claims.
Timeline of Russia Investigation
Key moments in the FBI probe of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election
Trump vs. Comey
The president and the former FBI director have offered conflicting accounts of private conversations that they had about the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign.
Trump’s 100-Day Boasts
President Donald Trump did a flurry of TV interviews and held a campaign-style rally to mark his first 100 days, and he left a trail of false, misleading and sometimes puzzling statements in his wake.
100 Days of Whoppers
Donald Trump, the candidate we dubbed the ‘King of Whoppers’ in 2015, has held true to form as president.