This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper, working with FactCheck.org, highlights four claims Hillary Clinton made in a speech in Hampton, Illinois, on Sept. 5.
Video: FactChecking Clinton Stump Speech
Fired Over VA Wait Times
Speaking at a CNN town hall about the military, President Barack Obama suggested that his administration “fired a whole bunch of people who were in charge of some of these facilities” involved in the wait-times scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s not the case.
Video: FactChecking the Veep Debate
FlackCheck.org, our sister website for political literacy, looks at a sampling of the claims that we flagged during the only vice presidential debate of the general election.
To Be or Not to Be a Wolf
Rep. Debbie Dingell claimed “the science is clear” that red wolves are not “hybrids” between coyotes and gray wolves. But the science is not clear.
Spinning Trump’s Taxes
Donald Trump’s top surrogates took to the Sunday talk shows to put the best spin on a New York Times story about the GOP presidential nominee reporting a loss of $916 million on his personal income taxes in 1995.
Video: FactChecking Trump Stump Speech
In his latest video collaboration with FactCheck.org, CNN’s Jake Tapper highlights claims regularly made by Donald Trump in his speeches on the campaign trail.
Video: FactChecking the First Debate
Several claims from the first presidential debate are highlighted in this video from FlackCheck.org, our sister site for political literacy.
Follow the Debate with FactCheck.org
Here’s how viewers can get the facts when the candidates make false and misleading statements.
Pre-Debate Patterns of Deception
Ahead of the first presidential debate, FlackCheck.org explores some patterns of deception that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have used on the campaign trail.
Video: Clinton on Russia’s Nuclear Arms
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines an exaggerated claim that Hillary Clinton made in a TV ad about “cutting Russia’s nuclear arms” through a treaty signed when she was secretary of state.