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Search results for "75 years ago, the path to the European Union began"

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Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
By Lauren Carroll• June 26, 2016
Barack Obama stated on December 03, 2014 in a speech to business leaders:
"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."
By Steve Contorno• December 9, 2014
Alex Epstein stated on May 05, 2023 in a post:
A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”
By Andy Nguyen• May 31, 2023
Barack Obama stated on June 01, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2015
Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2021 in a post:
“SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.”
By Monique Curet• December 7, 2021
Bloggers stated on July 08, 2017 in a blog post:
"Obama goes to G20 summit ...  Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."
By Miriam Valverde• July 11, 2017
Scott Walker stated on April 01, 2014 in an interview:
A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
By Tom Kertscher• April 6, 2014
Scott Walker stated on March 19, 2012 in a television interview:
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
By James B. Nelson• April 9, 2012
Sam Brownback stated on September 05, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H.:
In countries that allow gay marriage, the rates of heterosexual marriage "have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 6, 2007
Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2017 in a tweet:
Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2017
Marco Rubio stated on May 01, 2015 in the National Review Forum:
"We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that."
By Amy Sherman• May 13, 2015
Bill Kristol stated on February 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."
By Julie Kliegman• February 23, 2014
Steve Deace stated on August 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2021
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."
By Lauren Carroll• March 29, 2016
Elizabeth Warren stated on February 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 14, 2019
Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
By Catharine Richert• July 2, 2009
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:
Video shows “Italians take down an EU flag and replace it with an Italian flag” after the 2022 national election.
By Andy Nguyen• September 28, 2022
Karen Lewis stated on September 04, 2017 in a blog post:
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
By Matt Dietrich• September 12, 2017
Paul Broun stated on September 29, 2013 in a newspaper op-ed:
According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.
By Janel Davis• October 22, 2013
Newt Gingrich stated on March 11, 2012 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."
By Molly Moorhead• March 14, 2012

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By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Fact-checking the Jan. 11 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Reflections on the Obameter and Obama's campaign promises

By Bill Adair, Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, J.B. Wogan• December 28, 2012

One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023

Fact-checking Obama's State of the Union speech

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• January 26, 2011

Is gel nail polish safe? Answers on UV lights and ‘banned’ chemicals

By Grace Abels• March 2, 2026

Fact-checking Obama's State of the Union

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• January 27, 2011

A cancer ad gone wrong for Rudy

By Lisa Greene• October 31, 2007

Global fact-checkers investigate claims about women

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 9, 2015

Bad report about European Union countries providing airplanes for Ukraine stokes confusion

By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022

What we know about Steve Scalise attending a white power event

By Steve Contorno• January 6, 2015

A $50 million question

By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2014

Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021

PolitiFact previews Donald Trump's State of the Union address

By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2018

March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine

By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2014

Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges

By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2023

PolitiFact Sheet: 6 things to know about the Iran nuclear deal

By Linda Qiu• September 8, 2015

What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022

What's coming up on the Sunday talk shows

By Jon Greenberg• December 20, 2013