In recent days, contradictory claims have been made about border issues, including the living conditions for migrants being housed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention facilities.
Confusion at the Border
Trump on ‘Unfair’ U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
President Donald Trump described a security treaty with Japan as an “unfair agreement” negotiated by “stupid” American officials in which “Japan doesn’t have to help us at all” if the U.S. is attacked. But that ignores the benefits in the treaty for the U.S.
No Evidence Kim Jong Un Rebuffed Obama’s ‘Begging’
Prior to his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, President Donald Trump made the unfounded claim that Barack Obama tried many times to meet with Kim, but was rebuffed. Obama administration officials and experts on U.S.-North Korea relations say that’s not true, and Trump offered no evidence to back up his claim.
Bogus Stats Distort Democratic Debates
Posts on social media wildly exaggerate the number of times President Donald Trump’s name and the word “free” were used during the first 2020 Democratic presidential debates.
Are Wages Rising or Flat?
Parsing the political claims on wages is an exercise in fun with statistics. There are several different ways to measure what’s happened to workers’ paychecks, leading to disparate and conflicting claims, and confusing messages to voters.
Headlines Twist Old Report on State Department
A false story spread across social media wrongly claims that NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton “covered up” a “pedophile ring” at the Department of State. The report is from 2013 and did not say that.
Video: FactChecking the Second Debate
In this video, we review some of claims made on June 27 during round two of the first Democratic debate.
Video: Jake Tapper Breaks Down Debate Claims
In this week’s video, CNN’s Jake Tapper breaks down three false claims in the first of two Democratic debates on June 26.
FactChecking Round Two of the Democratic Debate
The second of a two-part debate offered a new crop of spin.
Trump’s Baseless Accusation of Mueller ‘Crime’
President Donald Trump — without evidence — accused special counsel Robert Mueller of illegally deleting the text messages of two people who had been assigned to the Russia investigation.