In this fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines false and misleading claims made on the Sunday political talk shows by Larry Kudlow, the chief economic adviser to the president, about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Stories by Lori Robertson
Director, FactCheck.org
Trump Jumps the Gun (Again) on Health Plans
President Donald Trump touted “record business” for new health insurance plans under a federal rule that hasn’t yet gone into effect. In fact, since at least December 2017, he has periodically, and prematurely, boasted that “millions” of people are already signing up for these association health plans.
FactChecking Russian President Putin
Trump’s Remarks on Putin and the Russia Investigation
Kavanaugh and the Preexisting Conditions Debate
Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Doesn’t Affect All Muslims
Illegal Immigration Statistics
Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
More Bogus Border Claims
Did the Obama Administration Separate Families?
In defending its “zero tolerance” border policy that has caused the separation of families, the Trump administration has argued that the Obama and Bush administrations did this too. That’s misleading. Experts say there were some separations under previous administrations, but no blanket policy to prosecute parents and, therefore, separate them from their children.