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Search results for "New book by Haberman and Swan sparks alarm in White House"

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Joe Biden stated on September 03, 2020 in a community meeting:
“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”
By Eric Litke• September 4, 2020
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview:
Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”
By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020
Bloggers stated on February 21, 2022 in in a blog post:
Joe Biden was holding a medical device in a photo he tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
By Gabrielle Settles• March 1, 2022
Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board:
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
By Becky Bowers• December 1, 2011
Donald Trump stated on April 11, 2017 in media comments:
Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."
By Aaron Sharockman• April 12, 2017
Instagram posts stated on July 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Klaus Schwab “publicly admitted he is planning to implement China-style forced COVID lockdowns all over the world during the ‘next pandemic.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 24, 2023
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech:
On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States.
By Aaron Sharockman• September 16, 2016
Bloggers stated on March 27, 2017 in :
"The Notebook is finally getting a sequel. Producers of the upcoming film confirmed .... that filming will begin in Jacksonville, North Carolina this summer."
By Will Doran• April 2, 2017
Marco Rubio stated on January 24, 2012 in a prepared statement:
Says Mitt Romney "was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse" Marco Rubio.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 25, 2012
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2023 in a video:
"Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 28, 2023
Jesse Watters stated on May 28, 2024 in a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News:
Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial.
By Madison Czopek• May 31, 2024
Social Media stated on January 29, 2024 in an X post:
Elon Musk is not allowing X users to search for Taylor Swift on the platform “out of fear they will find this pro-Biden image of her.”
By Katelyn Ferral• January 30, 2024
John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
"(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."  
By Steve Contorno• September 11, 2014
Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet."
By Madison Czopek• August 16, 2022
John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message:
"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."
By Robert Farley• June 12, 2009
John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in a TV ad:
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
By Bill Adair• June 17, 2008
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 04, 2017 in CNN:
"Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
By John Kruzel• May 9, 2017
Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in Kenansville, N.C.:
"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."
By Louis Jacobson• September 22, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.”
By Jeff Cercone• April 26, 2022
Kevin Flynn stated on November 25, 2014 in a website story:
"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."
By Katie Mulvaney• January 16, 2015

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By Jon Greenberg• April 14, 2020

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 8, 2020

A fact-checker's guide to Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 9, 2018

What you need to know about Kellyanne Conway's endorsement of Ivanka Trump products

By Linda Qiu• February 9, 2017

PolitiFact Texas at the Texas Tribune Festival

By W. Gardner Selby• September 23, 2012

The facts behind Paul Revere's ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech

By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017

Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview

By PolitiFact Staff • August 4, 2020

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

By Maria Briceño• October 31, 2025

We'll be back!

By Bill Adair• November 6, 2008

Hope Hicks and the history of White House 'white lies'

By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2018

Unwinding the Camp David clock conspiracy

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 17, 2021

Half-truths in the White House half-staff flag controversy

By Linda Qiu• July 22, 2015

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's 'dead broke' comment and her book

By Louis Jacobson• June 10, 2014

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's 'dead broke' comment and her new memoir

By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2014

Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death

By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020

Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested?

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022

Fact-checking Trump’s video, images about South Africa during Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 22, 2025

Politics and the Gulf oil spill: separating fact from fiction on the one-year anniversary

By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• April 19, 2011

Fact-checking Joe Biden on Day 1 of 2024 Democratic National Convention

By PolitiFact Staff • August 20, 2024