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20 October 2017 An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly misleading summary of official UK statistics.
13 October 2017 A left-leaning web site correctly points out that the President joked around during the playing of "Retreat," but he did not violate protocol.
13 October 2017 An article reporting that U.S. president Donald Trump mocked Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau for celebrating Thanksgiving early is satire.
11 October 2017 The White House has not yet responded to the hip hop star's high-profile freestyle rap at the BET Hop Hop Awards.
30 September 2017 A viral meme gets some facts right about an infamous 1980s lawsuit involving Donald Trump's football team but misses the mark with others.
27 September 2017 A viral quote about recent protests staged by NFL players was correctly attributed to former CIA Director Michael Hayden.
25 September 2017 News reports correctly describe the facts surrounding scheduled "Obamacare" web site downtime during November and December 2017.
25 September 2017 A "satirical" web site published a false claim that certain NFL teams issued refunds to a majority of season ticket holders due to the national anthem controversy.
25 September 2017 North Korea has been added to the list of countries whose citizens will be affected by the new rules.
22 September 2017 A 27-year-old comic strip by Peter Kuper received renewed interest on social media in 2017.
22 September 2017 Kim called Trump "a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire" after the President's threat, earlier this week, to "destroy" North Korea.
18 September 2017 A satirical web site publishes yet another entirely false story.
14 September 2017 "No deal was made" to keep protections for young immigrants known as Dreamers, President Trump tweeted.
6 September 2017 Facebook warnings accurately describe a 90 percent budget cut for publicizing the shortened 2018 enrollment period for Obamacare.
5 September 2017 A photograph that purportedly shows President Trump rescuing two cats from a flooded area in Texas was digitally manipulated.
29 August 2017 North Korea earlier fired a midrange ballistic missile that flew over Japan and fell into the Pacific Ocean.
22 August 2017 News reports exaggerate and misrepresent the extent and nature of financial problems at the Secret Service.
22 August 2017 Police in Osnabrueck found the pills, along with a large quantity of cash, after a car stop.
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