Donald Trump tweeted that GM, Ford and others announced investments and U.S. job creation “because of me!” But industry experts and company officials say the moves were largely market-driven and were in the works before Trump was elected.
In his inaugural address, President Trump portrayed the United States as a nation in decline. But his rhetoric did not always match reality.
These are some of the numbers by which the future successes or failures of the new presidency will be measured.
In this video, we look back at some of the more egregious falsehoods uttered by President Obama during his two terms in office.
President Obama boasted that a treaty he signed with Russia in 2011 “has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles, both Russia and the United States.” In fact, Russia has increased its deployed strategic nuclear warheads since the treaty took effect.
Some of the many false viral claims about Barack Obama’s faith and citizenship.
A look back at fact-checking the 44th president of the United States
Rep. John Lewis said he will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, claiming it will be the first time he has missed a presidential inauguration since joining Congress 30 years ago. In fact, Lewis also skipped George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration in protest.
On Twitter, President-elect Donald Trump falsely wrote that a reporter “totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad.” As we have written before, the reporter never changed his story about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made some misleading claims this week on the Affordable Care Act.