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Did Barack Obama Visit Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day?

15 November 2018

A circulated photograph of President Obama at the Arlington National Cemetery was intended as a...

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Did Barack Obama Say ‘If We Don’t Do Something About This President, I Will?’

2 July 2018

A quote attributed to former president Barack Obama has him vowing to "do something" about...

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Did the Media Ignore Obama Calling Libya a ‘Shit Show’? President Obama used the term "shit show" in private to refer to the escalating violence...

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Is this a Time-Traveling Hula Hooper?

30 November 2017

The woman hula-hooping in this photograph did not time-travel to the 1930s.

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Obama Left Trump a White House Full of Roaches?

11 August 2017

Various outlets misleadingly quoted a 2013 article to blame President Obama for a 2017 roach...

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Fake "photograph" of the White House lit in an American flag design

Was an American Flag Displayed on the White House?

11 July 2017

A meme comparing White House light displays under the Trump and Obama administration used a...

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Did Presidents Obama and Trump Write Wildly Different Entries in the Yad Yashem Guestbook?

25 May 2017

An image showing what President Trump and former President Obama wrote in the Yad Yashem...

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Pope Francis Smiled with President Obama, Frowned with President Trump?

25 May 2017

An image comparing Pope Francis's mood during President Obama and President Trump's visits doesn't tell...

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NYT Sports tweet about Patriots attendance at the White House in 2017

More New England Patriots Players Attended White House Super Bowl Ceremony in 2015 than 2017? A side-by-side comparison of the number of New England Patriots players at a White House...

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President Obama Commutes Much of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

17 January 2017

The United States Army intelligence analyst had been serving a 35-year-long prison sentence after she...

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Did President Obama Award Himself a Distinguished Public Service Medal?

5 January 2017

President Obama received a medal bestowed by the Secretary of Defense, not himself, that has...

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Donna Brazile, President Obama Make Conflicting Statements About Russian Influence on the Election

19 December 2016

Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile's claim that Russian hacking continued after the election didn't fully...

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