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Subject: LIES & DECEPTION
`President Trump is right': The White House's go-to line about Trump's false claims
23 Mar 2026 Daniel Dale. CNN.
`Nobel prize for fiction': Trump's State of the Union provokes polarized reactions
25 Feb 2026 Joseph Gedeon. The Guardian.
The whoppers of 2025
25 Dec 2025 Lori Roberson, Robert Farley. Rollcall.
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government's case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart
21 Nov 2025 Dalla Faheld. CNN.
Election shows 'voters don't believe' Republicans anymore: analysis
8 Nov 2025 Adam Lynch. Alternet.
DHS `erroneously' told watchdog group it had no Noem text messages
7 Nov 2025 Rebecca Beitsch. The Hill.
Judge Rips CBP Chief for Lying Under Oath About Attacking Protesters
6 Nov 2025 Edith Olmsted. The New Republic.
'We deeply regret these errors': Trump DOJ admits it submitted false information
27 Oct 2025 Ailia Zehra. Alternet.
How Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland
10 Oct 2025 Anna Griffin, Aaron West. New York Times.
Trump Is Waging a Catastrophic War on Data
29 Sep 2025 Liza Featherstone. The New Republic.
Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions
17 Sep 2025 David Klepper. Associated Press.
Channel 4 to mark Trump's UK visit with `longest uninterrupted reel of untruths'
15 Sep 2025 Michael Savage. The Guardian.
Russia is pumping out disinformation that looks like legitimate news reports
17 Aug 2025 Peter Wade. Rolling Stone.
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
5 Aug 2025 Josh Boak. Associated Press.
Trump Is Desperately Trying to Rig Economic Data in His Favor
4 Aug 2025 Alex Shepard. The New Republic.
Trump's Toxic Toolkit: Lies, Corruption, Idiocy, Loyalty, Propaganda
11 Jul 2025 Michael Tomasky. The New Republic.
White House pushes B.S. about `Big Beautiful Bill' as popularity craters
30 Jun 2025 Nikki Mccann Ramirez. Rolling Stone.
Fact check: Trump makes big false claims about his big domestic policy bill
28 Jun 2025 Daniel Dale, Tami Luhby. CNN.
Obfuscating on Obliterating
28 Jun 2025 Maureen Dowd. New York Times.
Expert: Trump cuts will make misinformation problem even worse
17 Jun 2025 H. Colleen Sinclair. Salon.
New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts
19 Feb 2025 Fatima Hussein. Associated Press.
Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say
29 Jul 2024 David Klepper. Associated Press.
Black Americans aren't buying election-year falsehoods. Here's why
25 Jul 2024 Ray Block Jr.. The Hill.
Trump allies crush misinformation research despite Supreme Court loss
24 Jul 2024 Cat Zakrzewski, Naomi Nix. Washington Post.
The Method Behind Trump's Mistruths
8 Apr 2024 Angelo Fichera. New York Times.
How Trump's Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation
17 Mar 2024 Jim Rutenberg, Steven Lee Myers. New York Times.
Did Katie Britt Misrepresent the Sex-Trafficking Story in Her SOTU Response?
9 Mar 2024 Chas Danner. Intelligencer.
Pentagon to MAGA world: You need to calm down over Taylor Swift
2 Feb 2024 Lara Seligman. Politico.
AI is destabilizing `the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election
22 Jan 2024 Pranshu Verma, Gerrit De Vynck. Washington Post.
"Democrat shenanigans": Experts alarmed as MAGA fans cry "fraud" in Iowa - despite Trump's huge win
20 Jan 2024 Areeba Shah. Salon.
Iowa Exit Polls Prove the GOP Is Truly the Big Lie Party
16 Jan 2024 Matt Lewis. Daily Beast.
Opinion: Will Trump's politics of untruthfulness win again? Iowa gets its say
14 Jan 2024 Editorial Board. Washington Post.
Opinion: Trump spreads birther lie about Nikki Haley
9 Jan 2024 John Avion. CNN.
Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024
9 Jan 2024 Tiffany Hsu, et al. New York Times.
Trump Signals an Election Year Full of Falsehoods on Jan. 6 and Democracy
6 Jan 2024 Michael C. Bender, et al. New York Times.
Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
23 Sep 2023 Naomi Nix, et al. Washington Post.
Trump Tells Allies He's Skipping Debate to Punish Fox, Murdochs
22 Aug 2023 Asawin Suebsaeng, Adam Rawnsley. Rolling Stone.
MAGA Lawyer Doubles Down on Election Lie After Arrest for Trying to Steal Election Himself
22 Aug 2023 Nikki Mccann Ramirez. Rolling Stone.
Deprogramming Fox News Viewers After the Latest Trump Indictment
7 Aug 2023 Thom Hartmann. Common Dreams.
Fact check: The day after his indictment, Trump lies again about Pence's powers on January 6
3 Aug 2023 Daniel Dale. CNN.
Sure, Impeach Clarence Thomas-but That's Just for Starters
5 Jul 2022 Michael Tomasky. The New Republic.
A predictable outcome of Jan. 6 hearings: Opinions about Trump won't change
16 Jun 2022 Bernard Goldberg. The Hill.
Draft abortion opinion puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings
4 May 2022 Seung Min Kim. Washington Post.
What the conservative justices said about Roe v. Wade during confirmation hearings
3 May 2022 Lexi Lonas. The Hill.
Press: McCarthy is a bigger liar than Trump
26 Apr 2022 Bill Press. The Hill.
Opinion: McCarthy's lying at the border cements him as the Great Prevaricator
26 Apr 2022 Dana Milbank. Washington Post.
Opinion: No Republican who participates in the war on truth deserves your vote
25 Apr 2022 Dana Milbank. Washington Post.
Juan Williams: GOP is stirring up crime fears
21 Feb 2022 Juan Williams. The Hill.
Trump To Mark Jan. 6 Anniversary With More Election Fraud Lies
21 Dec 2021 Liz Skalka. Huffington Post.
Juan Williams: A guide to combating right-wing lies
15 Nov 2021 Juan Williams. The Hill.
Our paper-thin line of defense against Marjorie Taylor Greene
20 Jul 2021 Jill Filipovic. CNN.
`A hack job,' `outright lies': Trump commission's `1776 Report' outrages historians
19 Jan 2021 Gillian Brockell. Washington Post.
The American Abyss
9 Jan 2021 Timothy Synder. New York Times.
The GOP's sudden and convenient distancing from Trump's voter fraud claims
8 Jan 2021 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lies That Biden's Inauguration Can Be Postponed
2 Jan 2021 Allison Quinn. Daily Beast.
CDC's Redfield told staff to delete email, official tells House watchdog
10 Dec 2020 Dan Diamond. Politico.
Trump's White House largely silent as he refuses to concede
9 Nov 2020 Ben Gittleson. ABC.
Goodbye Principled Conservatism
30 Oct 2020 Bret Stephens. New York Times.
Trump Just Told His Biggest Coronavirus Lie Yet
30 Oct 2020 Dan Friedman. Mother Jones.
MAGA scrambles to repair the Hunter Biden narrative
28 Oct 2020 Tina Nguyen. Politico.
White House lawyer helped shop controversial Hunter Biden story to Wall Street Journal: NYT
25 Oct 2020 Brooke Seiple. The Hill.
How Mark Mark Meadows Became the White House's Unreliable Source
4 Oct 2020 Tim Alberta. Politico.
This is the moment when the White House's lack of credibility becomes an immediate crisis
2 Oct 2020 Chris Cillizza. CNN.
Liberals Ask: Why Should We Believe Trump Has the Virus?
2 Oct 2020 Davey Alba. New York Times.
Trump's appointees sought to censor what government scientists said about the coronavirus, emails show
18 Sep 2020 Lena H. Sun. Washington Post.
Another presidential assault on science as fires and pandemic rage
15 Sep 2020 Stephen Collinson. CNN.
Top HHS spokesman runs through conspiracies in video and claims without evidence CDC scientists are working to resist Trump
14 Sep 2020 Devan Cole, Jim Acosta. CNN.
Trump appointees sought to alter CDC scientific reports so they don't contradict or undermine the president
12 Sep 2020 Charles Davis, Sarah Al-Arshani. Businessinsider.Com.
Kayleigh McEnany has crossed a line
11 Sep 2020 Joe Lockhart. CNN.
The RNC weaponized exhaustion
28 Aug 2020 Zack Beauchamp. VOX.
Trump distorts record; BLM falsely accused
28 Aug 2020 David Klepper, et al. Associated Press.
Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises
27 Aug 2020 Stephen Collinson. CNN.
Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention
27 Aug 2020 Glenn Kessler, et al. Washington Post.
GOP taps distortions to heap praise on Trump
26 Aug 2020 Josh Boak, et al. Associated Press.
The Epic Shamelessness of the Republican Convention
26 Aug 2020 Frank Bruni. New York Times.
Fact-checking the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention
26 Aug 2020 Glenn Kessler, et al. Washington Post.
Trump's convention offers misleading portrait of his presidency
25 Aug 2020 Stephen Collinson. CNN.
Fact check: Trump delivers blizzard of false claims in Pennsylvania speech attacking Biden
21 Aug 2020 Daniel Dale. CNN.
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show
20 Aug 2020 Aaron Gordon. Vice.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump muddies facts on mail ballots, Harris
17 Aug 2020 Hope Yen, Josh Boak. Associated Press.
Barr Makes It Official-He's Trump's New "Fixer"
1 Aug 2020 Victoria Basetti, Norman Eisen. Politico.
McEnany sidesteps questions on Russian bounty intel
29 Jun 2020 Brett Samuels, Morgan Chalfant. The Hill.
The central feature of Trump's presidency: False claims and disinformation
2 Jun 2020 Glenn Kessler, et al. Washington Post.
Trump campaign is creating an alternate reality online about coronavirus
28 May 2020 Meg Kelly, Elyse Samuels. Washington Post.
A metrics-obsessed White House struggles to define success on coronavirus
14 May 2020 Ryan Lizza, Daniel Lippman. Politico.
Criticized on Virus, Trump Goes to His Playbook: Deflect, Reject and Minimize
8 May 2020 Linda Qiu. New York Times.
White House blocks Fauci from testifying before House panel next week
1 May 2020 Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis. Washington Post.
Trump now says he's open to entitlement cuts, including Medicare
23 Jan 2020 Maegan Vazquez. CNN.
White House continues stonewalling on slew of issues
10 Jan 2020 Maegan Vasquez. CNN.
CNN special attempts the impossible: gauging the fallout from Trump's lies
25 Nov 2019 Erik Wemple. Washington Post.
Trump press secretary faces backlash over claim that Obama aides left `you will fail' notes
19 Nov 2019 Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey. Washington Post.
The Trump team is now lying about lying
29 Aug 2019 Chris Cillizza. CNN.
Trump falsely accuses Sherrod Brown, Dayton mayor of misrepresenting his hospital visit
7 Aug 2019 Daniel Dale. CNN.
What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas
22 Apr 2019 Paul Farhi. Washington Post.
Mueller's biggest bombshell? Trump told the White House counsel to lie
19 Apr 2019 Daniel Hamel. Washingtion Post.
A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty
19 Apr 2019 Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman. New York Times.
`Your boss lied': Sanders, Gidley face vastly different Mueller questions on CNN, Fox News
19 Apr 2019 Tim Elfrink. Washington Post.
Juan Williams: Trump's witches' brew has made America sick
4 Mar 2019 Juan Williams. The Hill.
The president's and Ivanka Trump's egregious deception on security clearans
1 Mar 2019 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
The scariest thing about Trump's tweets
31 Jan 2019 Eugene Robinson. Washington Post.
Trump advisers lied over and over again, Mueller says. The question is, why?
27 Jan 2019 Rosalind S. Helderman, et al. Washington Post.
Trump claims support from past presidents for the wall: Clinton, Bush and Obama beg to differ
4 Jan 2019 Andrew Restuccia. Politico.
The truth is finally catching up with Trump
27 Nov 2018 Dana Milbank. Washington Post.
President Trump's crowd-size estimates: Increasingly unbelievable
19 Nov 2018 Salvador Rizzo. Washington Post.
How Trump bobs and weaves to avoid the truth
15 Oct 2018 Glenn Kessler. Washington Post.
Trump subverts our democracy with his lies
15 Oct 2018 Eugene Robinson. Washington Post.
University offering course on 'Trumpaganda'
9 Oct 2018 Avery Anapol. The Hill.
Trump praises author whose book falsely claims she has a PhD in psychology
14 Sep 2018 Morgan Gstalter. The Hill.
Trump is less lucid than normal
27 Aug 2018 Jennifer Rubin. Washington Post.
Not just misleading. Not merely false. A lie.
22 Aug 2018 Glenn Kessler. Washington Post.
`Truth isn't truth': Giuliani weighs risks of possible Trump interview
19 Aug 2018 Elise Viebeck. Washington Post.
Fox News host hits Giuliani: Dossier isn't why Mueller probe was started
15 Aug 2018 Emily Birnbaum. The Hill.
The Trump team's new `alternative facts'-esque ways to expain its lies
6 Aug 2018 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
Trump's shallowness runs deep
3 Aug 2016 George F. Will. Washington Post.
Once again, `fake news' decried by Trump turns out to be true
26 Jul 2018 Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly. Washington Post.
I Was a White House Stenographer. Trump Wasn't a Fan
17 Jul 2018 Beck Dorey-Stein. New York Times.
Ex-CIA chief Brennan compares Trump to Bernie Madoff
5 Jul 2018 Emily Birnbaum. The Hill.
I never said that! High-tech deception of 'deepfake' videos
3 Jul 2018 Associated Press. via Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Trump claims Sanford remarks booed by lawmakers were well-received
21 Jun 2018 Brett Samuels. The Hill.
Merkel responds to Trump claims: German crime stats 'speak for themselves'
19 Jun 2018 Brett Samuels. The Hill.
`You're a parent!' Things got personal in the White House briefing room
14 Jun 2018 Callum Borchers. Washington Post.
Sanders lies because that is what this White House does
5 Jun 2018 Jennifer Rubin. Washington Post.
Sanders: 'My credibility is probably higher than the media's'
5 Jun 2018 Jordan Fabian. The Hill.
Giuliani on contradictions about Trump tower meeting letter: 'I swear to God, it was a mistake'
4 Jun 2018 Morgan Gstalter. The Hill.
Sanders's illogical claim - she's not the person to answer questions About her own false statement
4 Jun 2018 Callum Borchers. Washington Post.
President Trump's fog of `scandals' and outrages about the Mueller investin
25 May 2018 Glenn Kessler, Meg Kelly. Washington Post.
The president and his attorney didn't tell the truth. Now Giuliani has
3 May 2018 Dan Balz. Washington Post.
Trump's medical deceptions should be a scandal
2 May 2018 Paul Waldman. Washington Post.
Ex-CIA director defends Clapper,tells Trump 'Your hypocrisy knows no bounds
28 Apr 2018 John Bowden. The Hill.
The Puzzle of Sarah Huckabee Sanders
27 Apr 2018 Jason Schwartz. Politico.
Trump breaks his tax returns promise - for the third year in a row
16 Apr 2018 Editorial Board. Washington Post.
As Trump rages at Comey, a new poll shows his lies are failing
13 Apr 2018 Greg Sargent. Washington Post.
Sunshine Week brings Trump's information darkness to light
13 Mar 2018 Joe Davidson. Washington Post.
Alex Jones is a menace to society. I'm suing him
14 Mar 2018 Brennan Gilmore. Washington Post.
When it comes to this White House, the fish rots from the head
7 Mar 2018 Jennifer Rubin. Washington Post.
A Ranting Old Guy With Nukes
5 Mar 2018 Paul Krugman. New York Times.
Hope Hicks told the truth about lying for Trump. Now she's gone
28 Feb 2018 Dana Milbank. Washingtion Post.
Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump
27 Feb 2018 Nicholas Fandos. New York Times.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is at a loss for words on Rob Porter
14 Feb 2018 Dana Milbank. Washington Post.
White House's evolving explanations in Rob Porter scandal Are making less and less sense
14 Feb 2018 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final FBI Report
13 Feb 2018 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Michael D.Shear. New York Times.
Trump budget highlights disconnect btwn populist rhetoric & plutocratic rea
13 Feb 2018 James Hohmann. Washington Post.
Kelly offers account of Porter exit That some White House aides consider untrue
9 Feb 2018 Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey. Washington Post.
'Our democracy will not last': Jeff Flake's speech comparing Trump to Staln
17 Jan 2018 Amber Phillips. Washington Post.
This way madness lies
16 Jan 2018 Dana Milbank. Washington Post.
The Trump `shithole countries' flap takes an even more ridiculous turn
16 Jan 2018 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
Fact-checking the Trump administration's claims on `saving' coal country
16 Jan 2018 Nicole Lewis. Washington Post.
Sens. Cotton and Perdue are outed for lying on Trump's behalf
16 Jan 2018 Jennifer Rubin. Washington Post.
Trump's ambassador to the Netherlands just got caught lying about the Dutch
22 Dec 2017 Amanda Erickson. Washington Post.
Michael Flynn Charged With Making False Statements To The FBI
1 Dec 2017 Chuck Ross. Daily Caller.
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
1 Dec 2017 Carol D. Leonnig, et al. Washington Post.
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.
1 Dec 2017 Eileen Sullivan, Adam Goldman & Michael D. Shear. New York Times.
The Russia investigation's spectacular accumulation of lies
16 Nov 2017 Michael Gerson. Washington Post.
When the subject is Russia, Trump's advisers have spotty memories
15 Nov 2017 Matt Zapotosky. Washington Post.
Has Jeff Sessions got the world's worst memory, or what?
14 Nov 2017 Jennifer Rubin. Washington Post.
This Harvard student's takedown of Sean Spicer's fellowship is spot on
3 Nov 2017 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
3 Nov 2017 Frank Bruni. New York Times.
Jared Kushner registered to vote as a woman. Not his first paperwork error
27 Sep 2017 Rachel Chason. Washington Post.
Those Calls to Trump? White House Admits They Didn't Happen
2 Aug 2017 Julie Hirschfeld Davis. New York Times.
Kellyanne Conway just set the modern record for political spin
14 Jul 2017 Aaron Blake. Washington Post.
Sean Spicer had another very bad week
19 Mar 2017 Chris Cillizza. Washington Post. Go to Top of Page