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Search results for "Gunshots were reported from the White House correspondents' dinner"

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Daily World Update stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline:
"CNN shocks America, fires ‘journalist’ who made fun of Sarah Sanders’ face"
By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018
Jeb Bush stated on November 11, 2015 in Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.:
Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office. 
By Jason Noble• November 23, 2015
Instagram posts stated on February 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays mainstream media $600 million to report in favor of him.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022
The Liberty Raise stated on May 02, 2018 in a headline:
"Breaking: Michelle Wolf fired -- Comedy Central apologizes to Sarah Sanders."
By Amy Sherman• May 4, 2018
Snooki stated on June 07, 2010 in a video promo for "Jersey Shore":
"Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."
By Robert Farley• June 21, 2010
Instagram posts stated on October 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“There isn't a single video or photo suggesting that 250 people were killed (by Hamas) at a concert or that a mass shooting took place” on Oct. 7 in Israel.
By Loreben Tuquero• October 13, 2023
Michelle Wolf stated on April 29, 2018 in a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner:
"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
By Louis Jacobson• May 1, 2018
Instagram posts stated on March 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A photo shows former President Barack Obama’s “old boyfriend,” to whom he paid “hush money.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 29, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing:
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2023
Drudge Report stated on March 20, 2014 in a post on their website:
"Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary)."
By Jon Greenberg• March 20, 2014
Leo Berman stated on April 27, 2011 in a Texas Tribune article:
Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke• April 27, 2011
Rachel Maddow stated on June 03, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.  
By Aaron Sharockman• June 5, 2014
Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2017 in a White House cabinet meeting:
"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 18, 2017
Donald Trump stated on November 06, 2025 in remarks at a dinner:
Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 14, 2025
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."
By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on October 02, 2017 in a tweet:
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."
By Manuela Tobias• October 4, 2017
American Leadership Action stated on September 01, 2022 in an ad:
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
By Tom Kertscher• September 12, 2022
Jerrold Nadler stated on February 06, 2019 in a committee hearing:
"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
By Yanqi Xu• February 14, 2019
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 14, 2015 in :
Says Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Jason Kander is "attending fancy dinners all over the country."  
By Rachel Brooks• October 2, 2015
Rick Perry stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show:
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 10, 2010

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Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026

Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended

By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026

Fact-checking President Trump’s attorney after Comey's testimony

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• June 9, 2017

In Context: Tirade against Reince Priebus

By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2017

Three times James Comey’s testimony contradicted Donald Trump

By Lauren Carroll• June 8, 2017

8 times the Mueller report shows Trump, White House spread false or misleading claims

By Miriam Valverde• April 19, 2019

Read James Comey's opening remarks for the June 8 Senate hearing

By Lauren Carroll• June 7, 2017

PunditFact Madness Elite 8

By Aaron Sharockman• March 26, 2014

Sunday shows turn to Sochi, CBO report on Obamacare

By Katie Sanders• February 7, 2014

Seth Rich: Separating fact and speculation

By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2017

The 3 things Comey’s advance testimony corroborates from press reports, Trump

By Lauren Carroll, John Kruzel• June 7, 2017

Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’?

By John Kruzel• March 27, 2018

Sunday shows to dish on Michael Sam, extreme weather, 'House of Cards'

By Katie Sanders• February 14, 2014

Ask PolitiFact: Are the White House press briefings ‘staged?’

By Daniel Funke• February 17, 2021

In context: Obama's comments on eating dog in Indonesia

By Louis Jacobson• April 20, 2012

PolitiFact wins online journalism award

By Bill Adair• December 5, 2008

Talk of Donald Sterling, Benghazi on tap for May 4 Sunday shows

By Katie Sanders• May 2, 2014

Donald Trump says he doesn’t know his accusers. Does he?

By Jon Greenberg• December 15, 2017

Does Clinton save 200 animals by being vegan?

By Martha M. Hamilton• August 31, 2011