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July 11, 2020 at 4:59 am

AP FACT CHECK: If he’s said it once, he’s said it 100 times VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — If saying things 100 times could make them true, President Donald Trump's account of how the U.S. is doing with the coronavirus... Updated 3:21 am

Business

July 9, 2020 at 1:32 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump team distortions on Biden and police

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign team is misrepresenting Democratic rival Joe Biden's stance on improving police practices following George Floyd's death. In ads...

July 7, 2020 at 1:37 pm

US government launches campaign to reduce high suicide rates VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government launched a broad national campaign Tuesday aimed at reducing high suicide rates, urging the public to reach out to...

July 5, 2020 at 9:16 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely says 99% of virus cases benign VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is understating the danger of the coronavirus to people who get it, as more and more become infected in...

July 4, 2020 at 6:05 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s empty assurance on controlling virus VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — “We have it totally under control,” President Donald Trump said in late January. A month later: “The Coronavirus is very much under...

June 29, 2020 at 3:51 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Actually, 20% of US lives in a virus hot spot VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a frequent Trump administration talking point on the recent spike in COVID-19 infections: Don’t worry, only a small sliver of...

FILE – This Sunday, June 7, 2020 file photo shows visitors, left, and members of the U.S. Park Police, right, at the Lincoln Memorial as sunrise nears in Washington, the morning after massive protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. On Friday, June 12, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a manipulated photo circulating online depicting the statue of Abraham Lincoln covered in graffiti and â€œBLACK + BROWN LIVES MATTERâ€ written on the wall. The Lincoln statue and surrounding monument were not vandalized during recent protests, according to a spokesman for the National Mall and Memorial Parks, although some graffiti was left at the steps leading up to the monument. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) NYNR201 NYNR201

June 29, 2020 at 9:22 am

Fact checks: Trump on virus testing, monument vandalism and more VIEW

The president cited powers he actually doesn't have as he suggested he had imposed 10-year prison sentences for vandalism of monuments — one of this...

Nation & World

June 23, 2020 at 3:29 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Sober science weighs in on Trump’s virus take VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's top public health leaders on Tuesday shot down assertions by President Donald Trump that the coronavirus pandemic is under...

Nation & World

Supporters of President Donald Trump listen as he speaks at the BOK Center in Tulsa on Saturday, June 20, 2020, during his first campaign rally since March 2. Many of the arena’s 19,000 seats remained empty as Trump spoke. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT139 XNYT139

June 22, 2020 at 9:12 am

Fact checks: Trump on Tulsa turnout, coronavirus, Juneteenth and more VIEW

Many of the president’s statements — on the pandemic, public unrest over police brutality, his record on veterans and more — were inaccurate.

Business

June 20, 2020 at 5:24 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump blames protesters for low rally turnout VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump falsely said at his rally Saturday night that Democratic rival Joe Biden apologized for opposing his restrictions on travel...