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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Pays Female Staffers Less Than Their Male Counterparts?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 6, 2017

A report claiming Sen. Warren pays women less than men doesn't take into account the differing j ...

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Did President Trump Open National Parks and Wildlife Refuges for Coal Mining?

Written by: Dan Evon

April 5, 2017

President Trump lifted a temporary moratorium on leasing federal lands for coal mining, but that ...

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Did Obama's EPA Director Say the Clean Power Plan Would Have 'No Effect' on Carbon Emissions?

Written by: David Emery

April 3, 2017

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum attributed the claim to former EPA head Gina McCarthy during a gu ...

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Did 14 Washington, D.C., Girls Go Missing Within a 24-Hour Period?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

March 24, 2017

Although there are still a number of missing teenagers in the D.C. area, local police refuted cl ...

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Paul Ryan

Did Paul Ryan Say He Wants to Destroy Health Care?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 24, 2017

An old video capturing a gaffe from House Speaker Paul Ryan reappeared in March 2017.

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Did President Trump Bestow $100 Million Upon Flint, Michigan?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 22, 2017

Partisans debate who deserves credit for the $100 million grant awarded by the EPA to Michigan f ...

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Nurse helping elderly with food

Did President Trump Announce Plans to End the 'Meals on Wheels' Program?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 16, 2017

A budget blueprint released by the Trump administration would cut funding for a program that par ...

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Image of Sean Spicer wearing one black article of footwear and one brown shoe.

Is Sean Spicer Wearing Mismatched Shoes?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 15, 2017

A photograph showing the White House press secretary wearing two different types of footwear is ...

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Is it Illegal to Take Photographs of the Eiffel Tower at Night?

Written by: Stephanie Larsen

March 13, 2017

As is often the case, a little bit of factual information is spun into something much more sensa ...

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Were Iowa High School Students Forced to Apologize for Wearing Patriotic Colors?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

March 13, 2017

Conflicting reports about Iowa high school students supposedly forced to apologize for wearing r ...

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DNA

Does H.R. 1313 Require Employees to Submit to Genetic Testing?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

March 10, 2017

The bill allows offering benefits for "voluntary" workplace programs that may include "health ri ...

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Salmon jumping upstream

Radioactive Canadian Salmon Tied to Fukushima Disaster?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 7, 2017

A single sockeye salmon found in a Canadian lake in 2015 did test positive for trace amounts of ...

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Does a Disney Cartoon Feature the Studio's First Gay Kiss?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 3, 2017

A meme urging a boycott of Disney after the studio featured a same-sex kiss in a cartoon does no ...

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A close-up composite image of a single red blood cell balanced on the very tip of a needle at high magnification.

Is This a Red Blood Cell on the Tip of a Needle?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 1, 2017

A photograph purportedly showing a red blood cell on the tip of a needle is actually a composite ...

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Did Pope Francis Say It Was Better to Be an Atheist Than a Bad Catholic?

Written by: Dan Evon

Feb. 28, 2017

Versions of a remark Pope Francis made about atheists and Catholics were misleadingly paraphrased.

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Did 179 Children Go Missing in Indiana in the First 47 Days of 2017?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Feb. 28, 2017

Many Facebook users misinterpreted a post about missing children in Indiana as suggestive of a w ...

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'Media Silence' on $12B Reduction to the National Debt During Trump's First Month?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 27, 2017

Although President Trump cited accurate national debt figures in a tweet, the newsworthiness of ...

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The Capitol building

Did House Republicans Pass a Rule Shielding Themselves from Prosecution?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 26, 2017

A new rule could make future investigations more difficult because it classifies public document ...

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Does A Proposed Tennessee Bill Classify Children Born from Artificial Insemination as "Illegitimate"?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 17, 2017

Though the bill's motivation is disputed, it would repeal a law that clarifies the legitimacy of ...

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Gun sale.

Did Congress Legalize Gun Purchases for People With Mental Impairments?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 17, 2017

More accurately, Congress passed the repeal of an Obama-era measure that would have made it easi ...

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