Fact check: The day after his indictment, Trump lies again about Pence's powers on January 6
The day after former President Donald Trump was indicted over his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, Trump repeated a lie that the indictment depicts as central to his attempt to obstruct the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory.
2023-08-04 00:45
Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits
Shares of firms such as Alibaba and video-sharing website Bilibili extended their losses in Asia on Thursday.
2023-08-03 12:30
Fact check: RFK Jr.'s misleading viral claim about Secret Service protection
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination against President Joe Biden, baselessly suggested Friday that the Biden administration is singling him out for rare treatment by denying him Secret Service protection.
2023-07-29 08:19
Fact check: After getting target letter in 2020 election probe, Trump tells another election lie
On Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump announced he had received a target letter, an indication he could soon be indicted, in special counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation into Trump's lie-filled effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.
2023-07-20 02:54
Fact Check: Sen. Tommy Tuberville overestimates number of abortions military women would seek out under new DOD policies, researchers say
Despite frequent claims from Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama that new Pentagon reproductive health policies would result in thousands more abortions a year, the number estimated by a study Tuberville himself cites is far lower, though nearly impossible to actually know.
2023-07-13 06:52
Fact check: Big differences between Hunter Biden gun case and rapper Kodak Black's
Many Republicans have criticized Hunter Biden's plea deal. Some of them have focused on how the prosecutor who negotiated the deal, an appointee of President Donald Trump, agreed not only to endorse a sentence of probation on two misdemeanor tax crimes to which Biden pleaded guilty but to also permit the president's son to avoid a conviction on a felony charge of being a drug user or addict in possession of a firearm.
2023-06-24 06:27
Fact check: Biden makes 5 false claims about guns, plus some about other subjects
President Joe Biden made false claims about a variety of topics, notably including gun policy, during a series of official speeches and campaign remarks over the last two weeks.
2023-06-22 06:15
Fact check: Trump's self-serving comparison to Hillary Clinton's classified documents scandal
Former president Donald Trump has repeatedly compared his case to the Hillary Clinton email probe, claiming unfair treatment.
2023-06-15 00:15
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims in speech after court appearance
Former President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in a speech he delivered Tuesday night following his afternoon arraignment in Miami federal court to face charges of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the federal investigation into his conduct.
2023-06-14 12:19
Fact check: Debunking Trump's blizzard of dishonesty about his federal indictment
Former President Donald Trump has responded to his federal indictment the way he has responded to various other crises -- with a blizzard of dishonesty.
2023-06-14 05:17
Fact check: Trump's baseless '1,850 boxes' attacks on Biden's legal and normal University of Delaware documents collection
In the weeks before Donald Trump was indicted over his alleged mishandling of classified defense documents and alleged attempt to cover it up, the former president kept arguing that it would be unfair to prosecute him given that President Joe Biden took "1,850 boxes" of documents to the University of Delaware.
2023-06-10 05:58
Fact check: Seven of Trump's false or unsupported claims on the documents investigation
Former President Donald Trump has made numerous false and unsupported claims about the federal investigation into his handling of government documents, a probe he announced Thursday has resulted in his indictment.
2023-06-09 08:54