During floor addresses urging Congress to act on President Obama’s $1.9 billion request for emergency funds to combat the Zika virus, a number of senators made claims that were either misleading or lacked context.
What Zika Means for Americans
Person: Marco Rubio
Clinton Wrong About Wall Street Attacks
Hillary Clinton falsely claimed she is “the only candidate” in the presidential campaign “on either side” who has been attacked in advertising funded by “Wall Street financiers and hedge fund managers.”
FactChecking the 12th GOP Debate
The candidates’ factual stumbles touched on ISIS, ethanol, climate change and more.
FactChecking the 11th GOP Debate
Claims by and about Donald Trump dominate our report.
Rubio Oversimplifies FBI-Apple Battle
Sen. Marco Rubio said the FBI has asked Apple to disable “the auto-erase mode on one phone in the entire world.” But the FBI, which is seeking access to the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, has asked Apple to write software that could do more than that.
FactChecking the 10th GOP Debate
In a Texas showdown, Republican presidential candidates stretched the truth in the last debate before Super Tuesday.
Repeat Debate Claims: GOP Version
This video from FlackCheck.org covers some of the claims most often repeated during the Republican presidential debates.
Videos: FactChecking Cruz and Clinton
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org bring you two fact-checking videos featuring claims made by Sen. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton.
Rubio’s Plan on ‘Sanctuary Cities’
An ad from a pro-Ted Cruz super PAC falsely claims that Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan for so-called sanctuary cities is to “ignore” them.
Cruz, Rubio Twist Court ‘Precedent’
Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz distort the history of Supreme Court appointments in arguing that President Obama should not be allowed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.