Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO." Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions." Marcus Low stated on March 19, 2016 in an interview with a South African journalist: "Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health." Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen." Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "We’ve rebuilt China." Hillary Clinton stated on March 21, 2016 in a campaign speech: Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Grover Norquist stated on March 24, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half." Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years." Ron Johnson stated on February 5, 2016 in a public forum: Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country." Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."
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Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO." Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions." Marcus Low stated on March 19, 2016 in an interview with a South African journalist: "Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health." Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen." Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "We’ve rebuilt China." Hillary Clinton stated on March 21, 2016 in a campaign speech: Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Grover Norquist stated on March 24, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half." Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years." Ron Johnson stated on February 5, 2016 in a public forum: Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country." Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."
Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."
Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
Marcus Low stated on March 19, 2016 in an interview with a South African journalist: "Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health."
Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."
Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "We’ve rebuilt China."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 21, 2016 in a campaign speech: Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."
Grover Norquist stated on March 24, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."
Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Ron Johnson stated on February 5, 2016 in a public forum: Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."
Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."
