A large and slow-moving storm brought heavy rain to much of the eastern half of the nation on Saturday. Rainfall between 2 and 2.5 inches caused some flooding in the Washington, D.C., area o... Read more
"Saturday Night Live" took us to a world without Donald Trump as president in a send-up of the classic Christmas film "It's a Wonderful Life." The show started with the classic black-and-whi... Read more
The Texas judge who approved a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of rape to avoid jail time holds three degrees from Baylor. The criminal district attorney overse... Read more
The Texas judge who approved a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of rape to avoid jail time holds three degrees from Baylor. The criminal district attorney overse... Read more
Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of a private tomb belonging to a senior official from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs, which ruled roughly 4,400 years ago. Antiquities Minister Kha... Read more
Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of a private tomb belonging to a senior official from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs, which ruled roughly 4,400 years ago. Antiquities Minister Kha... Read more
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will leave his administration post at the end of the year, President Donald Trump announced early Saturday. Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House S... Read more
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin received her first pair of shoes several weeks ago, when her father said they would set out together for the United States, thousands of miles from this smal... Read more
When a wildfire burned across Big Sur two years ago and threatened hundreds of homes scattered on the scenic hills, thousands of firefighters responded with overwhelming force, attacking fla... Read more
When a wildfire burned across Big Sur two years ago and threatened hundreds of homes scattered on the scenic hills, thousands of firefighters responded with overwhelming force, attacking fla... Read more
Days before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced the deployment of active duty troops to the southern border to stop caravans of migrants making their way through Mexico.... Read more
Russia wants to sit down with Pentagon officials for "open and specific" talks on alleged violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturd... Read more
President Donald Trump has tapped Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget as acting White House chief of staff. "I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director... Read more
A former U.S. Army Green Beret has been charged with the 2010 murder of a man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker. The charges follow multiple investigations of Major Matthew Golsteyn... Read more
The special counsel’s office has filed court documents in response to retired Army Lt. Gen Michael Flynn’s sentencing memorandum, in which attorneys for the former national secur... Read more
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election reported spending more than $25 million through Sep. 30, according to the latest Justice Departm... Read more
Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol officials made a concerted effort Friday to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a 7-year-old girl in government custody after... Read more
Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol officials made a concerted effort Friday to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a 7-year-old girl in government custody after... Read more
Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol officials made a concerted effort Friday to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a 7-year-old girl in government custody after... Read more
With current White House chief of staff John Kelly now set to depart by year’s end, President Donald Trump has ramped up the candidate interview process as he scrambles to fill the top... Read more
On Dec. 4, President Donald Trump tweeted about French President Emmanuel Macron and the Paris Agreement, misrepresenting the foreign leader’s position on the climate accord. Macron ha... Read more
A viral meme falsely attributes a quote supportive of President Donald Trump to movie star Kurt Russell. The actor's representative has debunked it before. The post Bogus Kurt Russell Quote... Read more
An old, bogus quote claiming that Hillary Clinton suggested in 2013 that Donald Trump should run for public office is circulating again on Facebook. It's still not true. The post The Fake Cl... Read more
FactCheck.org's co-founder takes a look back at our beginnings and how the fact-checking landscape has changed. The post Our 15th Anniversary appeared first on FactCheck.org. Read more
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that $21 trillion worth of "Pentagon accounting errors" could finance two-thirds of Medicare for All. It can't. The post Ocasio-Cortez’s Mis... Read more
President Donald Trump did not call the flu shot a "scam," as is being claimed by a number of widely circulated blog articles. The post Trump Didn’t Call Flu Shot a ‘Scam’... Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not flying sick migrants from the caravan into the country, as a story that originated on a self-proclaimed "alt-news" website claims. The p... Read more
A popular website that spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories has twisted old news about a hate crimes hotline to create a bogus, anti-Muslim headline. The post Hate Crimes Hotline H... Read more
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN's Jake Tapper looks at three climate-related claims President Donald Trump made in an interview with the Washington Post. The post Video: Trump... Read more
Presidents -- regardless of party -- tend to take credit for good things that happen under their watch, regardless of how much influence their actions may have had. Exhibit A: Former Preside... Read more
