Washington (CNN) has a favorite way to illustrate what he says is the strength of his relationship with the critical swing state he is visiting on Thursday.He tells a story about how he was once named Michigan's "Man of the Year," though there is .It's worth fact checking the tale again since Trump uttered it Wednesday for at least the sixth time as President. The latest version came a day before he visits a Ford plant outside Detroit -- and hours after he to deny funding to the state over a decision by its Democratic secretary of state to send applications for absentee ballots to all 7.7...…Washington (CNN) has a favorite way to illustrate what he says is the strength of his relationship with the critical swing state he is visiting on Thursday.He tells a story about how he was once named Michigan's "Man of the Year," though there is .It's worth fact checking the tale again since Trump uttered it Wednesday for at least the sixth time as President. The latest version came a day before he visits a Ford plant outside Detroit -- and hours after he to deny funding to the state over a decision by its Democratic secretary of state to send applications for absentee ballots to all 7.7...WW…

Washington (CNN) has a favorite way to illustrate what he says is the strength of his relationship with the critical swing state he is visiting on Thursday.He tells a story about how he was once named Michigan's "Man of the Year," though there is .It's worth fact checking the tale again since Trump uttered it Wednesday for at least the sixth time as President. The latest version came a day before he visits a Ford plant outside Detroit -- and hours after he to deny funding to the state over a decision by its Democratic secretary of state to send applications for absentee ballots to all 7.7...…Washington (CNN) has a favorite way to illustrate what he says is the strength of his relationship with the critical swing state he is visiting on Thursday.He tells a story about how he was once named Michigan's "Man of the Year," though there is .It's worth fact checking the tale again since Trump uttered it Wednesday for at least the sixth time as President. The latest version came a day before he visits a Ford plant outside Detroit -- and hours after he to deny funding to the state over a decision by its Democratic secretary of state to send applications for absentee ballots to all 7.7...WW…

Washington (CNN)President claimed Tuesday that , a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, said in late February that the coronavirus was "no problem." Fauci didn't say that. Trump also suggested Tuesday that he was correct when he said in February that the US would go down from 15 coronavirus cases to nearly zero -- even though he was wildly inaccurate, since the US now has more than a million cases. And the President repeated his false claims that he "inherited" a "broken test" for the virus, though there was no inherited test for a virus only identified during his...…Washington (CNN)President claimed Tuesday that , a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, said in late February that the coronavirus was "no problem." Fauci didn't say that. Trump also suggested Tuesday that he was correct when he said in February that the US would go down from 15 coronavirus cases to nearly zero -- even though he was wildly inaccurate, since the US now has more than a million cases. And the President repeated his false claims that he "inherited" a "broken test" for the virus, though there was no inherited test for a virus only identified during his...WW…

Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Daniel Dale, CNNWashington(CNN) Former Vice President made false claims in a Sunday speech in which he urged Senate Republicans to let the winner of the presidential election fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of on Friday.We're still poring over the transcript of Biden's address in Philadelphia, but here are two initial fact checks.The Trump campaign's demand for a listSee moreBiden argued that it for him to release a list of prospective Supreme Court nominees, as Trump did during the 2016 campaign and .Biden also claimed that...…Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Daniel Dale, CNNWashington(CNN) Former Vice President made false claims in a Sunday speech in which he urged Senate Republicans to let the winner of the presidential election fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of on Friday.We're still poring over the transcript of Biden's address in Philadelphia, but here are two initial fact checks.The Trump campaign's demand for a listSee moreBiden argued that it for him to release a list of prospective Supreme Court nominees, as Trump did during the 2016 campaign and .Biden also claimed that...WW…

Analysis by , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jonathan Swan, a reporter for Axios, has revealed the magic words that expose ’s lies for what they are.Who?What?How?No.In an that aired Monday night on “Axios on HBO,” Swan demolished some of Trump’s most dishonest talking points with a powerful tactic that has rarely been used by the people Trump has allowed to interview him:Basic follow-up questions.Many of Trump’s interviewers are right-wing who have no interest in challenging him. But Trump has defeated even his other interviewers by employing a strategy we can call the hit-and-run –...…Analysis by , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jonathan Swan, a reporter for Axios, has revealed the magic words that expose ’s lies for what they are.Who?What?How?No.In an that aired Monday night on “Axios on HBO,” Swan demolished some of Trump’s most dishonest talking points with a powerful tactic that has rarely been used by the people Trump has allowed to interview him:Basic follow-up questions.Many of Trump’s interviewers are right-wing who have no interest in challenging him. But Trump has defeated even his other interviewers by employing a strategy we can call the hit-and-run –...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Democratic super PAC has made multiple false claims about while pushing unproven allegations that the right-wing Colorado congresswoman has had abortions and formerly worked as an escort, all of which Boebert vehemently denies.co-founder David Wheeler acknowledged to CNN that the super PAC had been “sloppy” and had published “inaccuracies” on its anti-Boebert website, though he said it remains confident in the “main points of the story.” His comments came after CNN reporting found that the super PAC had made at least five false statements about...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Democratic super PAC has made multiple false claims about while pushing unproven allegations that the right-wing Colorado congresswoman has had abortions and formerly worked as an escort, all of which Boebert vehemently denies.co-founder David Wheeler acknowledged to CNN that the super PAC had been “sloppy” and had published “inaccuracies” on its anti-Boebert website, though he said it remains confident in the “main points of the story.” His comments came after CNN reporting found that the super PAC had made at least five false statements about...WW…

ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Fox News anchor on Monday that his show was inaccurate when it claimed on Friday that President Joe Biden is trying to require Americans to sharply reduce their consumption of red meat.John Roberts, co-host of the afternoon show “America Reports,” made the Monday concession after and other media outlets published fact check articles explaining that Biden does not have any plan to restrict red meat consumption.Roberts acknowledged Monday that “a graphic and the script” from his Friday show “incorrectly implied” that a about meat-eating and greenhouse...…ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Fox News anchor on Monday that his show was inaccurate when it claimed on Friday that President Joe Biden is trying to require Americans to sharply reduce their consumption of red meat.John Roberts, co-host of the afternoon show “America Reports,” made the Monday concession after and other media outlets published fact check articles explaining that Biden does not have any plan to restrict red meat consumption.Roberts acknowledged Monday that “a graphic and the script” from his Friday show “incorrectly implied” that a about meat-eating and greenhouse...WW…

ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Republican of , and other are falsely claiming that President Joe Biden is trying to force Americans to eat far less red meat.“Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030. They want to limit us to about four pounds a year. Why doesn’t Joe stay out of my kitchen?” Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert on Twitter on Saturday.No fewer than five Fox News or Fox Business personalities told versions of the scare story on the air starting Friday morning. For example, Fox News host Jesse Watters Saturday that “Americans are going to...…ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Republican of , and other are falsely claiming that President Joe Biden is trying to force Americans to eat far less red meat.“Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030. They want to limit us to about four pounds a year. Why doesn’t Joe stay out of my kitchen?” Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert on Twitter on Saturday.No fewer than five Fox News or Fox Business personalities told versions of the scare story on the air starting Friday morning. For example, Fox News host Jesse Watters Saturday that “Americans are going to...WW…

Washington (CNN)A group of right-wing websites and social media personalities, some with hundreds of thousands of followers, claimed that Black Lives Matter protesters "stormed" Iowa's state Capitol last week. Some of them explicitly claimed that the protesters had forced their way into the building. Another that what happened in Des Moines was "exactly" like what had happened at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6.It wasn't. Not even close. Because the Iowa protesters didn't storm the state Capitol. Facts First: Unlike the people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, the Iowa...…Washington (CNN)A group of right-wing websites and social media personalities, some with hundreds of thousands of followers, claimed that Black Lives Matter protesters "stormed" Iowa's state Capitol last week. Some of them explicitly claimed that the protesters had forced their way into the building. Another that what happened in Des Moines was "exactly" like what had happened at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6.It wasn't. Not even close. Because the Iowa protesters didn't storm the state Capitol. Facts First: Unlike the people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, the Iowa...WW…

Analysis byLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The US had just hit a for new coronavirus cases. were seeing increases in the rate of new cases. Multiple states were dealing with record numbers of coronavirus hospitalizations. Texas had hours earlier that it had to shut down in-person service at its bars again.And Vice President Mike Pence told Americans that things were going well.At a Friday press by the White House’s coronavirus task force, the first in nearly two months, task force leader Pence painted a rosy picture of a country steadily getting safer and back to normal.It was a picture...…Analysis byLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The US had just hit a for new coronavirus cases. were seeing increases in the rate of new cases. Multiple states were dealing with record numbers of coronavirus hospitalizations. Texas had hours earlier that it had to shut down in-person service at its bars again.And Vice President Mike Pence told Americans that things were going well.At a Friday press by the White House’s coronavirus task force, the first in nearly two months, task force leader Pence painted a rosy picture of a country steadily getting safer and back to normal.It was a picture...WW…