In announcing that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a global accord aimed at addressing climate change, President Donald Trump made more than a few false and misleading claims.
FactChecking Trump’s Climate Speech
Stories by Eugene Kiely
Former Director, FactCheck.org
NASA Won’t Pay You to Smoke Weed
Q: Does NASA pay $18,000 for people to stay in bed and smoke weed for 70 straight days?
A: No. NASA conducts bed-rest studies, but it does not allow participants to smoke marijuana or even drink alcohol.
Gingrich Spreads Conspiracy Theory
Newt Gingrich claimed that a Democratic National Committee staffer “apparently was assassinated” after “having given WikiLeaks something like … 53,000 [DNC] emails and 17,000 attachments.” But there’s no evidence for his claim.
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.
Why Did Trump Fire Comey?
Why did President Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey? The president and top administration officials have offered contradictory accounts in recent days.
Trump’s ‘Nothing to See Here’ Spin
The Trump administration has offered some “nothing to see here” spin in response to the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. But President Donald Trump and White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders have twisted some facts to fit that narrative.
Republican Health Care Spin
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and House Speaker Paul Ryan engaged in partisan spin in talking about the Republican health care bill that was passed by the House last week.
Video: Trump’s Tax Plan
CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org look at President Donald Trump’s statement that he will “end up paying more than I pay right now” under his tax-cut proposal.
Clinton Wrong on Debate Claim
Hillary Clinton, who declared that she is “now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance,” falsely claimed that no debate moderator ever asked Donald Trump, “how are you going to create more jobs”? It was asked in two of the three debates.
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.