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April 17, 2019 at 8:18 am

AP-NORC Poll: Many want Congress to probe Trump-Russia VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation awaits the release of the special counsel's report Thursday, a new poll finds that many Americans aren't ready to...

President Donald Trump holds up his fist as he finishes his speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting, Saturday April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) NVJM119 NVJM119

April 7, 2019 at 9:25 pm

AP fact check: Trump mocks migrants, retreats on health care VIEW

The president's speech playing migrants for laughs capped a week of unreal political rhetoric as Donald Trump retreated on two broad fronts, the border and...

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April 2, 2019 at 12:20 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s disdain for traditional census

WASHINGTON (AP) — In President Donald Trump's estimation, the 2020 census will be pointless unless a question is added that asks people if they are...

March 31, 2019 at 9:30 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s exaggerations about the Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking his interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation well beyond the facts. He says he's been...

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President Donald Trump holds a campaign-style rally at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., March 28, 2019. Fresh off what he claims was vindication in the still-unreleased special counsel’s Russia investigation, Trump told supporters here on Thursday that “after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.” (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) XNYT177 XNYT177

March 28, 2019 at 11:45 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on health care, Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rallying in Michigan, President Donald Trump bragged about a surging auto industry that isn't surging, a Republican rescue for health care that...

March 24, 2019 at 9:39 pm

AP fact check: Trump hails an exoneration not offered VIEW

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, claiming vindication from a summary of the Mueller report...

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March 24, 2019 at 4:17 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Mueller probe doesn’t totally exonerate Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday celebrated a "total exoneration" that special counsel Robert Mueller explicitly did not provide in his report on...

March 21, 2019 at 5:25 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump blames media for his McCain rant WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is offering a distorted account of John McCain's actions in the Russia investigation and trying to blame the media...

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March 17, 2019 at 9:15 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down white nationalist threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to be oblivious to the threat of white nationalism. Following a deadly mosque shooting in New Zealand, he...

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March 16, 2019 at 5:31 am

AP FACT CHECK: O’Rourke on climate, Trump on ‘no collusion’ WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O'Rourke opened his Democratic presidential campaign this past week with a call to action on global warming that misrepresented the science....

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