Fact Checking News
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AP FACT CHECK : US debt is not made in China
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly blames trade for the government's sea of red ink
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AP FACT CHECK : When a swoopy line on a chart misleads
AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a Medicaid chart doesn't tell a straight story
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts: ——— NOT REAL: Whataburger files for
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AP FACT CHECK : Health overhaul a prickly business
The struggle over the proposed Republican health care overhaul in the Senate has covered a lot of territory, even veering into the mating habits of porcupines. It's a prickly situation, trying to replace the Obama-era law with something palatable to enough lawmakers, and some of what is being said
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Fact check : The Senate health care bill's effect on Medicaid
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway insisted this week that the Senate GOP health care bill does not include cuts to Medicaid. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said the health care proposal would not cause Medicaid recipients to lose their health coverage. The
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AP FACT CHECK : Trump team lacks a straight story on Russia
Months after U.S. intelligence settled on Russia as the instigator of interference in the U.S. election, President Donald Trump's team struggles to tell a straight story on the matter. On Sunday, Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway wrongly credited Trump with taking Russian hacking seriously and
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AP FACT CHECK : Trump and missions unaccomplished
President Donald Trump is claiming to have spurred homebuilding, freed farmers from regulations that stopped them from plowing and secured a historic increase in military spending _ but an AP Fact Check finds that none of it's true.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Retired MI5 Agent Confesses On Deathbed: 'I Killed
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AP FACT CHECK : Trump's solar-power brainwave was borrowed
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's solar-powered brainwave was borrowed; others pitched it first
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AP FACT CHECK : Trump on solar, taxes, welfare
AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims to have thought up the idea of a solar border wall; others proposed it







