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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominees don’t often bite the hand that picks them and President Donald Trump is having trouble accepting the fact that his hand was bitten. Trump on Thursday disputed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During an appearance in the White House press briefing room, President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims about the ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump took credit in an interview for coining the phrase "prime the pump," seemingly unaware that it was popularized during the Great Depression more than 80 years ago ...

About 30 years ago, The Associated Press began systematically checking claims by public officials — work that grew into AP Fact Check, which focused on covering presidential addresses, debates and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s habit of peddling hype and fabrication emerged unabated in the first presidential debate while Hillary Clinton played it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final remarks as president, Donald Trump tried to take credit for accomplishments of his predecessor and even those to come under President Joe Biden. Falsehoods suffused his ...