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When Pres. Donald Trump demanded funding for a border wall be included in a stop-gap budget measure this week, opponents in Congress balked. Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, said the billions needed to build the wall should be used elsewhere.

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Has Treasurer John Chiang Saved California Taxpayers More Than $5 Billion?

April 26, 2017 | Chris Nichols

California Treasurer John Chiang is known as a fiscal watchdog. But has he saved state taxpayers more than $5 billion?

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Is Congress Really Less Popular Than Hemorrhoids And Herpes As Arnold Schwarzenegger Claims?

April 14, 2017

Do voters really have a higher opinion of hemorrhoids than Congress? Do they really prefer root canals, traffic jams and colonoscopies over this branch of government? That’s Arnold Schwarzenegger’s colorful claim from a February 2017 viral video.

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Will California Soon Have The Highest Gas Tax In The Nation?

April 11, 2017 | Chris Nichols

Republican George Runner says the state’s proposed fuel tax increase "will make California gas prices the highest in the nation." PolitiFact California wades through fact and fiction on state gas prices.

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Could Gas Tax Hike Leave California With 'Highest Fuel Prices In Nation?'

April 7, 2017 | Chris Nichols

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PolitiFact CA Looks At Job Growth Claim In Central Valley, Inland Empire

April 5, 2017

Gov. Jerry Brown recently argued California is seeing tremendous job growth, particularly within the Inland Empire. Capital Public Radio's PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols investigated the claim.

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Websites Spread Fake News That Nancy Pelosi Was ‘Arrested' Over ‘Coup Attempt’

April 2, 2017 | Chris Nichols

March 2017 was a very newsy month in Washington D.C., chock-full of claims about wiretapping, health care reform and sanctuary cities. What about the "arrest" of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi?

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