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During Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing Thursday, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said that President Barack Obama didn’t think he had the authority to strike Syria without congressional authorization.

Verdict: False

Source: Check Your Fact

Posted on: April 24, 2018

Three weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 30 percent tariff on imported solar energy cells and panels, the president claimed that “a lot of places are opening up” to “make solar panels again.” Two weeks later, he said that “we’re opening up at least five plants,” and by mid-April, the number had grown to “seven or eight.

Source: factcheck.org

Posted on: April 24, 2018

There is a lot of inside-the-Beltway verbiage in his response, so as a reader service, we will dissect it.

Source: Washington Post

Posted on: April 24, 2018

Trump’s tweet insisted that North Korea indeed had agreed to denuclearization, so we looked at the record. In terms of what North Korea itself has said, Trump has gotten ahead of events.

Source: Politifact

Posted on: April 24, 2018

We decided to take a closer look at how unusual it is for such officials to acknowledge not telling the press the truth. 

Source: Politifact

Posted on: March 8, 2018

The NRA has not donated to Toomey or independently campaigned on his behalf since he was first elected to the Senate in 2010. Toomey’s NRA rating fell from an “A” to a “C” after he pushed to expand background checks on gun sales.

Source: Check Your Fact

Posted on: March 8, 2018

In a preview of this fall’s midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans are airing TV ads in Pennsylvania’s special House election and in swing congressional districts across the country that stretch the facts about the impact of the new tax law:

Source: factcheck.org

Posted on: March 8, 2018

The DNC says it raised “nearly $7 million” in January, calling it the biggest monthly haul since Perez became chairman in February 2017. Was it the best January in the DNC’s history?

Source: Washington Post

Posted on: March 8, 2018

For a statement that is partially accurate but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, our rating is Half True.

Source: Politifact Wisconsin

Posted on: March 8, 2018

The Trump team faults the CIA for bungling pre-war intelligence, while Nancy Pelosi blames the Bush administration.

Source: Washington Post

Posted on: December 13, 2016