Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Molly White stated on February 3, 2015 in an online statement: The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates." Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." Scott Walker stated on January 21, 2015 in an interview: "Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance." Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard." Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy." Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States." Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program. Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment." Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years." Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." Tim Murphy stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past." Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State. Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." Chris Matthews stated on September 10, 2014 in a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)." Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool." Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
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Molly White stated on February 3, 2015 in an online statement: The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates." Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." Scott Walker stated on January 21, 2015 in an interview: "Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance." Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard." Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy." Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States." Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program. Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment." Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years." Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." Tim Murphy stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past." Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State. Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." Chris Matthews stated on September 10, 2014 in a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)." Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool." Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
Molly White stated on February 3, 2015 in an online statement: The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."
Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years."
Scott Walker stated on January 21, 2015 in an interview: "Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."
Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."
Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States."
Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.
Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."
Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
Tim Murphy stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."
Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State.
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
Chris Matthews stated on September 10, 2014 in a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
