Trump’s Distorted Venezuela Elections Claim
In claiming that American voting machines are vulnerable to manipulation, President Donald Trump provided an incomplete and distorted summary of the CIA's reporting about Venezuelan efforts to manipulate electronic voting machines in that country.
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The Dubious Rags to Riches Promise of Trump Accounts
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that so-called Trump accounts, new federal investment and savings accounts for children, “could grow to hundreds of thousands of dollars” by the time children turn 18. That's only true if parents or other donors contribute thousands of dollars per year, per child, assuming that future returns are close to the historic stock market averages.
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FactChecking Trump’s Election Security Speech
In a July 16 prime-time speech that warned of "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," President Donald Trump cast doubt on the country's ability to hold "free and fair elections" but offered no evidence that widespread fraud had occurred.
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RFK Jr.’s Flawed Claims About Sperm Count and Fertility
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has baselessly tied alleged declines in sperm counts among teenagers to a “fertility crisis” or an “explosion in infertility.”
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No Clear Evidence Religion Is ‘Bigger and Stronger’ in U.S., Despite Trump Claim
President Donald Trump said at a June faith conference that “religion is back in our country, bigger and stronger than it has been in many, many years” and “it’s going up." The statement is misleading, as multiple surveys show lower religious affiliation and engagement than in past years -- despite a recent rise in the perceived influence of religion in America.
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