Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the “latest research” shows “polar bear numbers are strong and healthy” in her state. Polar bears are listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Of the two populations in Alaska, one is declining, and the status of the other is unknown.
A super PAC formed by Republicans in January 2016 to thwart Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
This time Bernie Sanders cherry-picks the facts about the auto bailout of 2008 and 2009 — which has become a point of contention between Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the final days before the Michigan presidential primary.
Clinton and Sanders stretched the facts on the auto bailout, fracking, trade deals and more.
Claims by and about Donald Trump dominate our report.
Keep the Promise is a network of five independent super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz.
An ad from a pro-Ted Cruz super PAC says, “Ted Cruz argued nine cases in front of the Supreme Court, and won.” He did not win all nine cases, as the ad implies.
A new TV ad boasts that Ohio Gov. John Kasich has created 400,000 jobs in his state and will do the same for Michigan as president. But Michigan actually has gained more jobs than Ohio during Kasich’s time in office, both in raw numbers and in the rate of job growth.
This video from FlackCheck.org addresses some of the claims that the Democrats have repeatedly made during debates.