In a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress, President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims about his predecessors’ actions on gun control legislation and shootings in “gun-free zones.”
Trump’s Misleading Gun Rhetoric
Stories by Lori Robertson
Director, FactCheck.org
Trump on Health Insurance Costs
President Donald Trump boasted that “we’re having tremendous plans coming out now — health care plans — at a fraction of the cost that are much better than Obamacare.” No such cheap plans have come out yet, though the administration has proposed rules that would expand the sale of less expensive insurance with fewer benefits.
Q&A on the Nunes Memo
Let’s go through what we know, and don’t know, about the memo, FBI actions and the relevance to the Russia investigation.
Groundhog Friday, Groundhog Day Edition
Politicians often make the same claims over and over again, leaving us fact-checkers empathizing with Bill Murray’s character in that 1993 classic “Groundhog Day.” This week was no different.
FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union
The president exaggerates his accomplishments in his address to Congress.
Democrats’ Misleading Tax Line
The Republican tax plan was signed into law just last month, and Democrats already have a well-worn, and misleading, talking point about it.
The Facts on DACA
Congress is trying to agree on a bipartisan plan on what to do about DACA. We provide an FAQ on the program.
The DACA Population Numbers
President Donald Trump said he has “heard” varying numbers on the DACA population — from 650,000 to 3 million. In fact, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said there were 689,800 active DACA recipients as of Sept. 4, 2017.
Trump’s Aviation Boast
President Donald Trump suggested his “very strict” aviation policies were linked to zero commercial passenger jet deaths in 2017 worldwide. In fact, in the United States, there have been no deaths from U.S. commercial airline accidents since 2009 and none from foreign air carriers in the U.S. since 2013.
Video: Whoppers of 2017
In this video, we highlight six whoppers — out of a long list — told by politicians in 2017.