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McConnell misquotes Biden in an attempt to criticize his rush of executive orders

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Trump's claim that Pence can 'reject fraudulently chosen electors' quickly shot down

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

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Trump spreads Newsmax-fueled conspiracy about Brad Raffensperger's nonexistent brother

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Trump claims fired cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs was 'excoriated' during his Senate hearing. He wasn't.

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Georgia secretary of state slams Perdue and Loeffler for demanding voter data they already have

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Erick Erickson tries to talk fellow conservatives down from Trump's election 'fraud' fantasies

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RNC video of riots in 'Biden's America' is actually stock footage from Spain

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Trump is trying to distance himself from the private wall builders. His officials and family publicly supported it.

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Trump's latest criticism of mail-in voting called a 'brazen lie'

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John Kelly tacitly reminds Trump that he 'did not fire' Mattis

Police at protests outside the White House.

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Tweets about a D.C. cell service blackout appear to stem from bot-driven misinformation campaign

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The New York Times clarifies it didn't clear Biden of sexual assault allegation despite what campaign suggests

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Trump says he knew coronavirus was a 'pandemic long before it was called' one. Two weeks ago he called it a 'hoax.'

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Mike Pence crams 3 inaccuracies about 9/11 into 1 tweet while trying to justify Soleimani strike

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Trump's 'greatest honors' include a bill by Bernie Sanders and John McCain, signed into law by Obama

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Mike Pence wants to set the record straight about who the vice president is

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Trump claims he didn't have 'talking points' to degrade Rep. Ilhan Omar. Here's a picture of him holding them.

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Eric Trump says '95% of this country' is behind Trump's racist tweets. Polls suggest otherwise.

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Steven Mnuchin claims 2016 Trump voters 'knew he wasn't releasing his tax returns.' Trump said otherwise.

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Trump’s CPAC speech contained 104 false or misleading claims

Jake Tapper isn't buying Donald Trump Jr.'s claims

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CNN's Jake Tapper notes the obvious flaws in Donald Trump Jr.'s 'no actual crimes' argument

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Fox News' Shep Smith swiftly fact-checks Trump's claim that wall construction is underway

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Trump is speaking in El Paso tonight. The city isn't the slam-dunk case for a border wall he claims.

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Watch Fox News' Judge Napolitano dump cold water on Rudy Giuliani's anti-Mueller fervor

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GOP congressman explicitly counters Trump: 'Birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution'

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Fox News footage suggests Eagles kneeled during the national anthem. They were praying. Before the game.

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Trump just tweeted a bunch of sensationalist lies about campaign spying

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Trump is way off about Amazon and the post office

Chinese President Xi Jinping travels through London

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The White House denies report that Trump is demanding a golden carriage ride with Britain's queen

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President Trump gets almost everything wrong about the Kansas special election in a dumbfounding tweet

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Trump slams GM for manufacturing Chevy Cruze in Mexico. GM points out it's made in Ohio.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.

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White House: 'No evidence' to back up Trump's claims of voter fraud

Income inequality statistic that Sanders assersts is misleading.

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Bernie Sanders' income inequality statistic is very misleading

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Donald Trump is incorrectly claiming Arabs in New Jersey openly cheered the 9/11 attacks

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Politicians have always been liars. The internet just makes them easier to catch.