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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives on third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen
By MELISSA GOLDIN - Associated Press
Wed,07/17/24-11:23PM , 79 Reads
DONALD TRUMP, alluding that the 2020 vote was stolen: “Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail or in person, we are going to protect the vote. That’s the most important thing we have to do is protect the vote. Keep your eyes open because these people want to cheat and they do cheat. And frankly, it’s the only thing they do well.”
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Voters fill out their ballots for the Michigan primary election, Feb. 27, 2024, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
By MELISSA GOLDIN - Associated Press
Fri,07/12/24-3:22PM , 99 Reads
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.

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President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wis., following a campaign visit, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
By MELISSA GOLDIN - Associated Press
Sat,07/06/24-10:41AM , 151 Reads
False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit.

Here's a look at the facts.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Elector College certification of Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential race, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Trump on July 2, 2024, misrepresented in a social media post what the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling on presidential immunity means for his civil and criminal cases. But none of Trump's pending cases have been dismissed as a result of the ruling, nor have the verdicts already reached against him been overturned. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was
By MELISSA GOLDIN - Associated Press
Wed,07/03/24-3:01PM , 96 Reads
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday misrepresented in a social media post what the U.S.
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