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WEBThe first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump generated a lot of work for fact-checkers.
Trump's Final Numbers - FactCheck.org
WEBOct 8, 2021 · The statistics for the entirety of Donald Trump’s time in office are nearly all compiled. As we did for his predecessor four years ago, we present a final look at the numbers. The economy lost 2 ...
The Facts on the Increase in Illegal Immigration - FactCheck.org
WEBMar 23, 2021 · By October, 69,022 people were apprehended on the southwest border, up 79% from July. In February, the figure was 96,974. While the bulk of the increase comes from single adults, the number of ...
FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
WEBPosted on January 6, 2022. The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald ...
How to Spot Fake News - FactCheck.org
WEBNov 18, 2016 · Here’s our advice on how to spot a fake: Consider the source. In recent months, we’ve fact-checked fake news from abcnews.com.co (not the actual URL for ABC News), WTOE 5 News (whose “about ...
A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine - FactCheck.org
WEBApr 19, 2024 · The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S. and the first to be fully approved by the FDA. The companies released promising interim results from a ...
Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Feb. 29, 2020 — U.S. and Taliban sign an agreement that sets the terms for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, but do not release two classified annexes that set the conditions ...
Illegal Immigration Statistics - FactCheck.org
WEBJun 28, 2018 · Apprehensions on the Southwest border peaked in 2000 at 1.64 million and have generally declined since, totaling 396,579 in 2018. Those numbers, which come from the U.S. Customs and Border ...
Obama's Final Numbers - FactCheck.org
WEBSep 29, 2017 · From there they climbed even higher, setting more new annual records in 2012 and 2014, when they reached $1.86 trillion. Profits slipped a bit in 2015, but in Obama’s final year profits were ...
Biden's Numbers - FactCheck.org
WEBJan 20, 2022 · Biden was president for all but 19 days of that time period. The figure for 2020 was 31.6 million — “not significantly different” from the latest figures, NHIS said. In percentage terms, 9.6 ...