Linda Qiu
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The Obameter: Work with UN on climate change
"Will re-engage with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) – the main international forum dedicated to addressing the climate problem . . . will also create a Global Energy Forum of the world's largest emitters to focus exclusively on global energy and environmental issues." → Read More
Do Tanzania farmers face prison terms for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid?
It’s a story of foreign aid doing more harm than good. Money from western governments intended to lift farmers out of poverty has inadvertently opened a pathway to imprisonment in Tanzania, according to Danielle Nierenberg, president of the advocacy group Food Tank. Nierenberg said on Twitter that Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid. Spread this news… → Read More
What you need to know about Kellyanne Conway's endorsement of Ivanka Trump products
White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway received a talking-to from the administration after she hawked Ivanka Trump’s fashion line on Fox & Friends. → Read More
Does Melania Trump's security detail cost more than federal arts budget?
Grumbling about the first family’s taxpayer-funded trips and expenses is a time-honored political tradition, no matter the party of the president. Former President Ronald Reagan's two-week stay in Santa Barbara, Calif., ran up a Air Force One tab of at least $250,000 in 1981. President Barack Obama’s golf getaways were the subject of constant conservative consternation. Enter President Donald… → Read More
The list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t cover — but they did
After President Donald Trump wrongly accused the media of not covering terrorist attacks, the White House released a list of 78 attacks it deemed to be underreported. We rated Trump’s initial claim Pants on Fire, and the White House’s assertion that most of attacks it identified → Read More
Fact-checking the Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders health care debate
Call it the election that never was. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas debated the future of the Affordable Care Act during a 90-minute primetime debate on CNN Tuesday. President Donald Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, often referred to as Obamacare, while Democrats have vowed to defend former President Barack Obama’s landmark legislation. (Read our… → Read More
President Trump says 109 people were affected by travel ban. It's at least 60,000
President Donald Trump defended the rollout of his executive order restricting immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries in an interview before the Super Bowl with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. In addition to repeating false claims about widespread voter fraud, Trump also brushed off criticism of how his travel ban was implemented. The order has been temporarily halted by a federal judge, with… → Read More
PolitiFact Sheet: The National Security Council ‘shakeup’
When President Donald Trump decided to add chief strategist Steve Bannon to the National Security Council, Republicans and Democrats alike expressed alarm. The GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, called it a → Read More
Why comparing Trump's and Obama's immigration restrictions is flawed
After a weekend of nationwide demonstrations in protest of immigration restrictions on entry from seven nations, President Donald Trump blamed the media for misreporting his controversial executive order and said it was an extension of former President Barack Obama’s policies. → Read More
No evidence for Trump claim that it was 'impossible' for Syrian Christians to enter U.S.
On the same day as he announced a halt on entries from Syria and six other predominantly Muslim countries, President Donald Trump claimed the United States was discriminating against Christians in its refugee admission policy. Trump’s executive order declaring the ban includes an exemption for persecuted religious minorities. In an interview with the Christian Broadcast Network, Trump explained: → Read More
Here's what you need to know about California's climate change deal
California Gov. Jerry Brown offered an energetic rebuke to the Trump administration’s → Read More
Fact-checking what Donald Trump got wrong in his ABC News interview
President Donald Trump repeated a litany of false, misleading or downright illogical claims in his first major TV interview since taking the oath of office. Trump sat down with ABC anchor David Muir at the White House to defend his recent executive actions to build a border wall and reinstate CIA black sites, and also spent much of his time doubling down on debunked falsehoods about voter fraud,… → Read More
Kellyanne Conway's back and forth with Chuck Todd on 'alternative facts,' annotated
Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, presented the White House's false claims about the inaugural crowd size as → Read More
Are pads and tampons taxed but Viagra and Rogaine not?
Actress Ashley Judd declared herself a nasty woman at the Women’s March in Washington D.C., referring to President Donald Trump’s comment about Hillary Clinton during the general election campaign. Reciting a poem from 19-year-old Nina Donovan of Tennessee, Judd said she is nasty as in → Read More
Donald Trump had biggest inaugural crowd ever? Metrics don't show it
At the first press conference of the new administration, White House press secretary Sean Spicer blasted the media, saying they deliberately misled the public about the size of President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd. → Read More
Fact-checking President Donald Trump's inaugural address
President Donald Trump delivered a 16-minute inaugural address that emphasized his populist campaign themes, promising to drain the Washington swamp and revitalize manufacturing and the middle class. With his left hand atop two Bibles, Trump repeated the oath of office after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at noon on Jan. 20, 2017, to become the 45th president of the United States. → Read More
President Barack Obama's final Truth-O-Meter scorecard
President Barack Obama bids farewell to the White House after two campaigns, eight years and 596 fact-checks. We first fact-checked then-candidate Obama in May 2007, when he made a Half True claim about China and Japan surpassing the United States in fuel-efficient cars. Since then, we’ve documented more claims from Obama than any other person on our Truth-O-Meter. We’ve also been noting his… → Read More
President Barack Obama's final Truth-O-Meter scorecard
President Barack Obama bids farewell to the White House after two campaigns, eight years and 596 fact-checks. We first fact-checked then-candidate Obama in May 2007, when he made a Half True claim about China and Japan surpassing the United States in fuel-efficient cars. Since then, we’ve documented more claims from Obama than any other person on our Truth-O-Meter. We’ve also been noting his… → Read More
Trump's exaggerated claim that John Lewis' district is 'falling apart' and 'crime infested'
President-elect Donald Trump kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. weekend by sparring with Democratic Georgia Rep. John Lewis, after the civil rights icon said he doesn’t see Trump as a → Read More
Recap of Rex Tillerson's Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state
Rex Tillerson broke with President-elect Donald Trump on several key global issues in his Jan. 11 confirmation hearing to become secretary of state. Tillerson, the former chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., also faced repeated questioning about potential conflicts of interest, as he owns more than $200 million worth of the company’s stock. In contrast to Trump's attitude toward Moscow,… → Read More