The AP is fact-checking remarks from President Donald Trumpβs State of the Union speech. Hereβs a look at some of the claims weβve examined (quotations from the speech as delivered or as released by the White House before delivery):
The White House and the FBI are at odds over a controversial memo that alleges abuse of surveillance powers.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned because of financial conflicts of interest, government officials announced Wednesday.
The White House is confirming one fatality and one serious injury after a chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia hit a garbage truck.
Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump summoned the country to a βnew American momentβ of unity in his first State of the Union, challenging Congress to make good on long-standing promises to fix a fractured immigration system and warning darkly of evil forces seeking to undermine Americaβs way of life.
President Donald Trump will call for a βnew American momentβ in Tuesday nightβs State of the Union address, as he seeks to rally a deeply divided nation and infuse his presidency with a sense of optimism, for at least one high-profile night.
A long-awaited U.S. list of Russian businessmen and officials who have flourished under Vladimir Putinβs presidency appears to be mainly a list of people in Russian government, along with 96 βoligarchsβ from a Forbes magazine ranking of Russian billionaires.
President Donald Trump will herald a robust economy and push for bipartisan congressional action on immigration in Tuesdayβs State of the Union address, as he seeks to rally a deeply divided nation and boost his own sagging standing with Americans.
Brushing aside opposition from the Department of Justice, Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted Monday to release a classified memo that purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia investigation.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is leaving his position ahead of a previously planned retirement this spring.
Talks about how to resolve the immigration continue heading into President Trump's first State of the Union speech.
Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Saturday as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee amid allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
As President Trump talks economics in Switzerland, back in the U.S. a new angle emerges in the Russia investigation.
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President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed as βfake newsβ a New York Times report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign.
President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called βDreamerβ immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25 billion in border security, the White House said, putting forward an outline likely to find resistance from some of Trumpβs conservative allies and deep opposition from immigration activists.
President Donald Trump says heβs open to an immigration plan that would provide a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the country as children and are now here illegally.
President Donald Trump declared heβs βlooking forwardβ to being questioned β under oath β in the special counselβs probe of Russian election interference and Trumpβs possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director.
President Trump is taking part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for hours in the special counselβs Russia investigation, the Justice Department said, as prosecutors moved closer to a possible interview with President Donald Trump about whether he took steps to obstruct an FBI probe into contacts between Russia and his 2016 campaign.
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