Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that $21 trillion worth of “Pentagon accounting errors” could finance two-thirds of Medicare for All. It can’t.
Ocasio-Cortez’s Misguided Tweet
PAC Attack on Kelli Ward Badly Misfires
A group calling itself DefendArizona attacks Senate candidate Kelli Ward of Arizona in a TV ad filled with images of terrorists and misstatements of facts.
Video: FactChecking Trump’s NATO Claims
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at some of the false and misleading statements that President Donald Trump made at a press conference after the NATO summit in Brussels.
Trump Inflates GDP Growth
In an interview with The Sun in England, President Donald Trump claimed “the GDP since I’ve taken over has doubled and tripled.” It hasn’t. Not even close.
Trump’s False Claims at NATO
At the NATO summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump made several false statements about the defense spending of the member countries.
Trump’s Defense Spending Exaggerations
President Donald Trump exaggerated the size of the defense budget in a couple of ways in recent speeches.
Trump Still Distorting NATO Spending
President Donald Trump continues to wrongly claim that the United States is paying as much as 90 percent of the cost of operating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Trump’s U.N. Speech
The president made misleading boasts about his record on the economy and foreign issues.
Explaining McCain’s Defense ‘Cut’
Sen. John McCain says the budget deal President Donald Trump reached with Democratic leaders “basically freezes last year’s funding in place, which is a cut of $52 billion” in defense spending. In fact, the deal doesn’t cut the defense budget at all.
Trump’s Phoenix Fiction
The president revises history, exaggerates accomplishments and makes false claims.