Donald Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Claim
In the first video for CNN’s “State of the Union” and FactCheck.org’s new partnership, Jake Tapper discusses statements Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made about birthright citizenship....
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Emails
This week, “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper discusses Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s recent claim that “people in the government knew that I was using a personal account.”...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren on Trump’s Tax Plan
In this week’s video, Jake Tapper of CNN’s “State of the Union” looks at Jeb Bush’s claim that Sen. Elizabeth Warren supports Donald Trump’s tax plan. Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, only...
View ArticleFiorina and Planned Parenthood
“State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper this week discusses Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s insistence that she has “seen the footage” of an abortion she vividly described during the...
View Article‘Nobody Did Anything Wrong’ on Benghazi?
The subject of this week’s fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper is Hillary Clinton’s comment that all of the government investigations into the terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic...
View ArticleThree Democratic Debate Lowlights
In this week’s collaboration with FactCheck.org, Jake Tapper of CNN’s “State of the Union” tackles three claims from the first Democratic debate. First up is the claim from former Secretary of State...
View ArticleDid Biden Revise History on Bin Laden?
In this week’s collaboration with FactCheck.org, Jake Tapper of CNN’s “State of the Union” discusses a new narrative Vice President Joe Biden provided recently: that he told President Obama privately...
View ArticleCarson, Trump at the Debate
The big issue this week was the Republican presidential debates in Boulder, Colorado, and that’s the topic of the latest installment of our weekly fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper. In...
View ArticleVideo: Carson on ‘Extreme Bias’
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper gives the full account of an incident Ben Carson has described as an example of “extreme political bias” on college campuses. Carson, a Republican presidential contender,...
View ArticleClinton on White Middle-Aged Americans
The latest video in our fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper is on Hillary Clinton’s claim that a recent study showed “white middle-aged Americans without a high school education … are...
View ArticleAmericans on Terrorist Watch Lists
This week’s fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews Sen. Marco Rubio’s claim about the U.S. government’s terrorist watch lists. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rubio told Tapper there are...
View ArticleVideo: Whoppers of the Year
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper picks a whopper of the year from the top Democratic and Republican candidates for president to discuss in his weekly fact-checking video. On the Democratic side, Tapper...
View ArticleObama’s Executive Actions on Guns
Claims about President Obama’s executive actions on background checks are the subject of this week’s fact-checking collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper. First, Obama made the claim that “a violent...
View ArticleVideo: FactChecking Obama’s Address
In his latest video as part of our fact-checking partnership, CNN’s Jake Tapper highlights four claims we wrote about from President Obama’s final State of the Union to the nation: Obama cited creating...
View ArticleVideo: FactChecking Trump and Clinton
This week’s fact-checking video from CNN’s Jake Tapper focuses on two claims: one made by Donald Trump and one made by Chelsea Clinton. In an interview for ABC’s “This Week,” Donald Trump falsely...
View ArticleFacts on Rubio’s Immigration Record
In his latest fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at the facts behind Ted Cruz’s attacks on Marco Rubio’s immigration record. As part of our partnership with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tapper...
View ArticleVideo: Trump on Unemployment
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper, in collaboration with FactCheck.org, examines Donald Trump’s claim that he “heard” that the unemployment rate is 42 percent. The official unemployment rate was 4.9 percent...
View ArticleVideos: FactChecking Cruz and Clinton
This week, CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org bring you two fact-checking videos featuring claims made by Sen. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton. The first video looks at Cruz’s claim that Sen. Marco Rubio...
View ArticleVideo: Facts on Melania Trump Photo
After a brief hiatus, CNN’s Jake Tapper returns with a fact-checking video on Donald Trump’s false claim that Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign bought the rights to a racy photo of Trump’s wife, Melania. Trump...
View ArticleVideo: Sanders’ Tax Returns
This week’s fact-checking video from CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at whether Sen. Bernie Sanders has released his federal tax returns. Tapper interviewed Sanders on CNN’s “State of the Union” and asked the...
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