• Doug Emhoff calls Trump 'anti-Semitic' and 'toxic' for claiming Jews who back Democrats 'hate Israel': Jewish Second Gentleman says 'it's a disgusting thing to say by anyone'

    Emhoff, who is Jewish, criticized Trump for remarks he made about Democrats and their treatment of Israel. Trump said Jews should be 'ashamed' of themselves for voting Democrat. Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president

  • Trump's claim about hush money judge's daughter debunked in devastating fact-check

    Former President Donald Trump attacked Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist overseeing his Manhattan hush money trial, by claiming that his daughter posted a picture of him behind bars on social media.The problem, according to The Spectator's Jacqueline Sweet, is that that almost certainly didn't happen."The account’s veracity is dubious at best, with a creation date of April 2023. Analysis of the Twitter ID associated with the account shows that Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter Loren’s known Twitter...

  • Fox News Fact-Checks Donald Trump Bond Claim: 'Actually Not True'

    Fox News host Eric Shawn fact-checked former President Donald Trump's claim that the $454 million bond he has to pay by Monday is "unprecedented," saying it is "actually not true."In February, Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million, plus interest, and barred him from doing business in New York for three years after finding him liable for financial fraud in September 2023 in a lawsuit brought on by New York Attorney General Letitia James' office. Trump, the presumed GOP...

  • 'Newsflash': CNN fact checks Trump on claim he has 'never mocked Joe Biden's stutter'

    Donald Trump may enjoy jabbing 81-year-old Joe Biden for his frail state, but he appears to have forgotten the times that he's targeted his successor's stutter. A Washington Post story suggested former President Donald Trump's mockery of Biden might backfire as the duo close in on a potential rematch to become the 47th president. The story claims that in recent weeks Trump, 77, has been "falsely claiming that the president is stuttering during his speeches, and he has parodied the...

  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart Falsely Claims Loans to Trump Meant Fewer Loans To Other People

    When a bank makes a loan to Donald Trump, this does not leave less for loans to other customers. | Economy

  • Trump Takes Heat for Remarks About Jewish Democrats

    One of the keys to Donald Trump's mass appeal is his tendency to speak off the cuff or say things that he knows will send the opposition into low-earth orbit. But Trump's pugilistic nature, while endearing to some, provides regular fodder for his MSM critics and those who have somehow decided that they can get their news from those sources.

  • Trump: ‘Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion’

    Former President Trump on Tuesday claimed Democrats “hate Israel” and that Jewish voters who back Democrats hate their religion amid tensions between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump, speaking with conservative radio host Sebastian Gorka, was asked why Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “hate” Netanyahu, a reference to

  • India will fact-check online posts about government matters

    In India, a government-run agency will now monitor and undertake fact-checking for government related matters on social media even as tech giants expressed grave concerns about it last year. The Ministry of Electronics and IT on Wednesday wrote in a gazette notification that it is amending the IT Rules 2021 to cement into law the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Activists Are Forcing Democrats To Admit How Radical The Party Has Become On Abortion

    Democrat politicians do want unrestricted abortion care — they just don’t necessarily want to 'promote and talk about' it.

  • 'The feeling is mutual': Trump blasted over attack on Jewish Democrats

    Donald Trump targeted Jews who vote Democratic Monday, barely days after the criminally-indicted ex-president threatened there would be a “bloodbath” if voters do not put him back in the Oval Office. His remarks, which include claiming Jewish Democrats “hate” Israel and their own religion, were quickly labeled antisemitic.“I actually think they hate Israel,” Trump on Monday told far right wing radio host Sebastian Gorka, who alleged the Joe Biden administration and Democratic Senate Majority...

  • Fox News Host Fact-Checks Donald Trump After Interview

    Fox News host Howard Kurtz fact-checked former President Donald Trump on Sunday following an interview in which he shared an oft-repeated false claim about abortion.The exchange began during an interview Kurtz conducted with Trump, who is now the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, in which the host asked if he would support a nationwide abortion ban after 16 weeks of pregnancy, a proposal he has reportedly supported in private, but declined to commit to one way or the other in public.In...

  • That Fleeting Moment the Washington Post Covered a Democratic Socialist Fairly

    All Marc Elrich has to do to get fair coverage is lose. Down a thousand votes on election night, lefty incumbent Marc Elrich was a sure goner. At the Washington Post this was cause for celebration, but the paper played it cool, even classy, graciously ushering its nemesis into certain retirement. Two years ago Elrich was up for reelection More