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Celine Gounder stated on February 03, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."
By Katie Sanders• February 4, 2015
Sherrod Brown stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2011
Jeff Flake stated on July 08, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour":
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2014
Bill Nelson stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website:
"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
By Joshua Gillin• June 23, 2014
Tammy Baldwin stated on September 14, 2018 in a radio interview:
Says as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana carries a designation that means it "should not be researched"  
By Eric Litke• November 21, 2018
Robert Gibbs stated on July 08, 2012 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Mitt Romney "has a corporation in Bermuda (but) failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures."
By Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2012
One America News stated on April 06, 2022 in a post:
Suggests ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19
By Monique Curet• April 13, 2022
Barack Obama stated on July 14, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "had millions in a Swiss bank account."
By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2012
Bruce Rauner stated on October 20, 2017 in a press conference:
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
By Matt Dietrich• October 27, 2017
Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
By Andy Nguyen• July 27, 2022
Ohio Federation of Teachers stated on March 12, 2012 in a news release:
"The (Jackson) plan (for reforming Cleveland schools) lacks any data or methods proven to raise student achievement."
By Aaron Marshall• March 28, 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 03, 2024 in a newsletter for constituents:
“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier• February 20, 2024
Winning Our Future stated on January 10, 2012 in the online video "King of Bain":
Mitt Romney is worth "at least a quarter billion dollars" and the bulk of his wealth "remains in blind trusts and overseas bank accounts."
By Molly Moorhead• January 13, 2012
John McCain stated on June 03, 2008 in a campaign e-mail:
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
By Adriel Bettelheim• June 4, 2008
Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
By John Kruzel• May 1, 2017
Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Ivermectin sterilizes the majority (85%) of the men who take it."
By Andy Nguyen• September 9, 2021
Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post:
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 23, 2024
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."
By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2012
Barack Obama stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
By Jon Greenberg• September 20, 2012
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 13, 2016 in CNN's "State of the Union":
Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."
By Lauren Carroll• November 16, 2016

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Arnold Schwarzenegger pumps up California’s clean energy debate

By Chris Nichols• January 5, 2016

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a worm ate part of his brain. Experts said that’s unlikely.

By Loreben Tuquero• May 10, 2024

Fact-checking Andrew Yang in Muscatine, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2020

What's at stake in the midterms: A primer on 8 key issues for 2018

By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2018

5 facts about vaccines

By John Kruzel• November 1, 2019

Crist, Scott TV battle heats up

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• September 22, 2014

Fact-checking viral video alleging some New York hospitals are ‘murdering’ COVID-19 patients

By Tom Kertscher• May 14, 2020

Fact-checking a claim raised at WVU about a coronavirus study in Israel

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2021

Tonight: Obama's town hall on guns

By Lauren Carroll• January 7, 2016

Reports offer multiple takes on the benefit of film tax credits like Rhode Island's

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 19, 2010

Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal's failure

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Income gap is big, but so are its causes

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