President Donald Trump touting his tax bill over Twitter. Politifact Staff Writer Jon Greenberg fact-checks claims Trump made over the impact of tax reform. The GOP tax plan signed into law last week terminates the individual mandate for Obamacare. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted this provision "essentially repeals--over time--Obamacare."
Greenberg says its encouraging to see Trump modify this claim to "over time" but the statement still is not accurate. "Getting rid of the mandate doesn't get rid of (all) those elements so there's no repeal there," says Greenberg. Eliminating the mandate does undercut the Affordable Care Act, but Greenberg says it does not completely repeal it.
Greenberg says Trump's claim that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. election is Politifact's "Biggest Lie of 2017." "It may be a lot of things but it is not made up," says Greenberg. "He wants to see this whole thing just go away."
President Donald Trump appeared in public Friday evening for first time since testing positive for COVID-19 as he boarded Marine One for what was expected to be a stay of a “few days” at a military hospital.
Police said they knocked and announced themselves for a minute or more before bursting into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, but her boyfriend said he did not hear officers identify themselves, according to Kentucky grand jury recordings released Friday.
White House chief economist Joe LaVorgna joined Cheddar to discuss the economy's current standing.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
The Democratic presidential nominee and his wife were tested earlier in the day after news of President Donald Trump's infection.
Actress Dasha Polanco joined Cheddar to discuss a voting initiative and partnership with Knorr.
Georgia Senate candidate, Matt Lieberman, joined Cheddar to discuss the mounting calls from fellow Democrats to drop out of the race and his commitment to advancing to a potential Senate runoff.
The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill with a price tag above $1.5 trillion in last-ditch, pre-election negotiations.
One topic the 2020 presidential candidates were able to cover in the first debate was manufacturing. Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher joined Cheddar to discuss whether the statements were true for his state.
A Kentucky judge has delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police.
