Q: Did the Obama administration legalize “bump stocks” for semiautomatic rifles?
A: No federal law explicitly addresses “bump stocks.” The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ruled 10 times between 2008 and 2017 that certain models could not be prohibited under existing gun laws.
Q: Is the White House enraged because Barack Obama, and not President Trump, was invited to the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
A: The guest list has not been made public, and there’s no evidence that Obama was invited and Trump wasn’t.
Q: Did an ISIS leader have former President Obama on speed dial?
A: No. That story was first shared on a website that calls its work satire.
Q: Did the FBI raid Barack Obama’s Washington D.C. home?
A: No. That claim originated in a story on a self-described satirical website.
Q: Did “two million people leave the food stamp rolls in Trump’s first year”?
A: No. That’s the decline in average monthly enrollment in fiscal year 2017, including almost four months when Trump wasn’t president.
Q: Did a federal court order former President Barack Obama to pay “$400 million in restitution”?
A: No. Multiple sites have carried the fictitious story.
Q: Did President Donald Trump order the removal of Barack Obama’s name from a Florida highway?
A: No. That rumor comes from a false headline attached to a 2015 opinion piece critical of the name change.
Congress is trying to agree on a bipartisan plan on what to do about DACA. We provide an FAQ on the program.
Q: Did Denzel Washington call Barack Obama the “criminal-in-chief”?
A: No. The actor has been a steady supporter of Obama and of other Democrats.
This week’s fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at a fanciful story that President Donald Trump tells about President Barack Obama’s last scheduled meeting with the Philippines president.