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March 17, 2023 | 12:21 PM

Who’s footing the bill for Silicon Valley Bank failure?

By Robby Brod
May 7, 2021 | 5:29 AM

Despite what former President Donald Trump says, he did lose the election

To be clear, no widespread corruption was found and no election was stolen from Trump.

By Hope Yen/The Associated Press
August 27, 2020 | 10:00 PM

Fact check: Donald Trump’s address to the RNC, annotated

NPR reporters are providing analysis and fact checks of the president’s remarks.

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August 25, 2020 | 4:33 PM

Republicans blast Democrats as socialists. Here’s what socialism is

The GOP has long accused Democrats of promoting socialism, but, for many Americans, it may no longer be such a frightening label.

By Brian Naylor/NPR
August 20, 2020 | 10:00 PM

Fact check: Joe Biden’s address to the DNC, annotated

NPR reporters are providing live analysis of his remarks.

By NPR
June 22, 2020 | 3:27 PM

Fact check: Trump spreads unfounded claims about voting by mail

President Trump has made it clear that he does not support allowing all registered voters access to mail ballots. But he keeps changing his story about why he’s opposed.

By Miles Parks/NPR
April 3, 2020 | 9:25 AM

Fact check: Trump claims U.S. testing for coronavirus most per capita — it’s not

Testing in the U.S. still lags behind Germany and South Korea
By Barbara Sprunt and Domenico Montanaro/NPR
March 23, 2020 | 1:39 PM

White House not using Defense powers to boost medical supplies

Here’s an updated Q&A on the Defense Production Act, the invoked-but-not-really-invoked law at the heart of the confusion.

By Camila Domonoske/NPR
February 25, 2020 | 7:30 PM

Democratic debate: Fact check and analysis of the South Carolina faceoff

By NPR
November 18, 2019 | 9:30 AM

Fact check: Trump’s attack on diplomat, impeachment myths

By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward/The Associated Press
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