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AP Fact Check: Trump wrong on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump has astonished legal scholars with his claim that he can end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen. No, they say, he can't.

Fact check: Donald Trump plays down hurricane death estimates
In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation's deadliest and blowing out...

Trump’s VA pick draws concern over thin management record
President Donald Trump's selection of his White House doctor to run the massive Department of Veterans Affairs triggered concern Thursday among lawmakers and veterans groups about whether he has the...

Thousands gather across U.S. to march for gun control and spark activism
Summoned by high school students swept up in school violence, thousands swarmed into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political...

Fact check: Trump’s speech stretches on taxes, energy
President Donald Trump took his penchant for inflated claims to his biggest stage Tuesday night, asserting in his State of the Union speech that he signed the most consequential tax...

AP Fact Check: Donald Trump doesn’t wait for facts in Amtrak crash
President Donald Trump isn't waiting for the facts to emerge from the deadly Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle before using the accident to plug his infrastructure plan.

Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn
President Donald Trump changed his story Saturday on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to...

Bible scholars take issue with Roy Moore’s defender
An Alabama state official is citing the Bible to defend the Republican U.S. Senate candidate accused of sexual advances on girls.

Solace or silence? Not all families of fallen get Trump call
Relatives of people who died in military service have recounted varied interactions with President Donald Trump in the difficult days and weeks after their loved one's death.

Family of slain Army sergeant says Donald Trump showed “disrespect”
The mother of an Army sergeant killed in Niger said Wednesday that President Donald Trump, in a call offering condolences, showed "disrespect" to the soldier's loved ones as they drove...