Trump’s repeated claim that he won a ‘landslide’ victory

By any objective measure, Trump did not win a landslide. Here's what the numbers show.

Trump camp’s repeated use of dubious sources on voter fraud

Dear staff members of the president-elect: Please drop this talking point. We are tired of telling you it is false.

The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions’s bid for a judgeship

We take a deep look at a controversial case prosecuted in 1985 by Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.

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The 2016 Election Fact Checker

Every fact check of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in one place.

The Four-Pinocchio claim that ‘on average, girls first become victims of sex trafficking at 13 years old’

Once again, politicians and the media blithely repeat a Four-Pinocchio statistic on sex trafficking that does not hold up to scrutiny.

Why you should be wary of statistics on ‘modern slavery’ and ‘trafficking’

Depending on the estimate cited, the number of victims changes by tens of millions.

Donald Trump’s bogus claim that millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton

Trump makes a bold tweet--based on no evidence.

Trump’s claim that ‘the president can’t have a conflict of interest’

There is an exemption for the president, but there's more to the story.

The Fact Checker’s guide for detecting fake news

Please read this story before you share it

Hillary Clinton’s email controversy: Was classified information transferred via thumb drive?

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) suggests State Department officials deliberately transferred information from classified to unclassified systems.

Trump’s claim taking credit for Ford ‘keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky’

Trump can't take credit for stopping something that was never going to happen.

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