Melissa Goldin, The Associated Press

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FACT FOCUS: Trump claims the US subsidizes Canada. Experts say the numbers don't add up

Newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday in search of common ground during an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the his country and the U.S. Although the conversation was civil, President Donald Trump repeated erroneous rhetoric about how the U.S. provides Canada with billions of dollars in subsidies.

FACT FOCUS: Trumps claims the US subsidizes Canada. Experts say the numbers don't add up

Newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday in search of common ground during an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the his country and the U.S. Although the conversation was civil, President Donald Trump repeated erroneous rhetoric about how the U.S. provides Canada with billions of dollars in subsidies.

FACT FOCUS: Trump credited with rising military recruitment. Growth started before his reelection

FACT FOCUS: Trump credited with rising military recruitment. Growth started before his reelection

U.S. military recruitment has made a comeback following a downturn caused primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic, low unemployment and stiff competition from the private sector.

FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates revenue from tariffs

FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates revenue from tariffs

President Donald Trump makes no secret of his love of tariffs. He heralds them as a way of bringing in revenue, striking back at countries he sees as taking advantage of the U.S. in trade, and as a cudgel to push countries to do what he wants. Even Canada and Mexico have been handed heavy taxes.

FACT FOCUS: Warren Buffett did not praise Trump's recent economic policies

FACT FOCUS: Warren Buffett did not praise Trump's recent economic policies

As the stock market reeled Friday from President Donald Trump's move to institute widespread global tariffs, Trump shared a video on Truth Social that erroneously claimed legendary investor Warren Buffett praised his recent economic policies.

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump

After Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked calls this week by the Trump administration to impeach judges, social media users falsely claimed that he and other high-level legal professionals are part of a "secretive, invite only club."

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

During a signing ceremony Wednesday for the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump claimed that his administration had "identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas."

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims.

FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton

FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Back-to-back hurricanes that brought death and devastation to parts of the South were made worse by a wide range of false and misleading information, some of which still circulates even though they have been conclusively proven false.

FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context

FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have recently claimed that hundreds of thousands of migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied are missing, then criticized the border policies of the Biden administration and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California

In a press conference from his Los Angeles-area golf club, former President Donald Trump revisited several topics from Tuesday night's debate, repeating several false and misleading claims on issues including crime, the economy and immigration.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims as Trump and Harris meet for their first debate

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims as Trump and Harris meet for their first debate

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet face-to-face for the first time in a highly-anticipated debate Tuesday night. The two presidential candidates describe the state of the country in starkly different terms. Trump often paints a dark picture centered around issues such as immigration and high inflation, while Harris focuses on optimism for the future, promising...

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims and misinformation by Trump and Harris before their first debate

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims and misinformation by Trump and Harris before their first debate

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet face-to-face for the first time in a highly-anticipated debate Tuesday night. The two presidential candidates describe the state of the country in starkly different terms. Trump often paints a dark picture centered around issues such as immigration and high inflation, while Harris focuses on optimism for the future, promising...

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Republicans turned Tim Walz's outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, working on a false online narrative to paint Walz as a liar.

Republicans want voters to think Tim Walz lied about his dog. Such claims could cause real damage

Republicans want voters to think Tim Walz lied about his dog. Such claims could cause real damage

Republicans turned Tim Walz's outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, working on an online narrative to paint Walz as a liar.

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention

The second night of the Democratic National Convention was filled with excitement as a celebratory roll call marked Vice President Kamala Harris' nomination to be the party's candidate for president. As speaker after speaker addressed the convention extolling her qualities to the lead the country, they also spelled out differences with her opponents, former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen...

FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference

FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference

With fewer than 100 days until the 2024 election, social media users are claiming that a lack of Google autocomplete results about former President Donald Trump and his attempted assassination is evidence of election interference.

FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen

FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen

DONALD TRUMP, alluding that the 2020 vote was stolen: "Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail or in person, we are going to protect the vote. That's the most important thing we have to do is protect the vote. Keep your eyes open because these people want to cheat and they do cheat. And frankly, it's the only thing they...

FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a 'medical emergency' on Air Force One

FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a 'medical emergency' on Air Force One

False reports that President Joe Biden had a "medical emergency" while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit.

FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn't exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was

FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn't exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday misrepresented in a social media post what the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling on presidential immunity means for his civil and criminal cases.

FACT FOCUS: Biden's pause as he left a star-studded LA fundraiser becomes a target for opponents

FACT FOCUS: Biden's pause as he left a star-studded LA fundraiser becomes a target for opponents

Video from a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles for President Joe Biden on Saturday is circulating on social media with claims that he froze up onstage as he exited the event.

FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims

FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims

Former President Donald Trump on Friday addressed his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors have called a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to silence the accounts of women who claimed to have extramarital sex with him. While making his comments he repeated numerous false or unsupported claims that...