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Fact-checking President-elect Trump’s news conference

Here's a guide to 15 fishy and often debunked claims made by President-elect Donald Trump at his news conference

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What the bleep happened at the Trump news conference?

He doesn't have to do this.

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Democrats can’t win until they recognize how bad Obama’s financial policies were

He had opportunities to help the working class, and he passed them up.

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Decision to brief Trump on allegations brought a secret and unsubstantiated dossier into the public domain

The U.S. intelligence community was trying to anticipate headlines, but it may have accelerated them.

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A super-cool science story about a really cold thing

Scientists just supercooled an object beyond the quantum limit.

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Obama's moving farewell, Trump's terrifying hello

Tuesday night, Obama warned about our democracy. Wednesday morning, Trump proved the president's point.

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EPA: Fiat Chrysler used software to cheat on emissions tests

Another Volkswagen in the making.

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Trump says he has 'nothing to do with Russia.' The past 30 years show otherwise.

"Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets," his son once said.

By Michael Kranish • Read more »

It was a mad, mad day in American politics. Is it also our new normal?

On the cusp of the Trump era, what it felt like on a day everything happened all at once.

By Monica Hesse • Read more »

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The potential consequences are ominous.

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