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Live replay: Fact-checking Trump's inauguration

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Tue Jan 21 2025

Live replay: Fact-checking Trump's inauguration

Jan 20, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; President-elect Donald J. Trump speaks after being sworn in during the ceremony for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025. It is the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second non-consecutive inauguration of Trump as U.S. president. Mandatory Credit: Kenny Holston-Pool via Imagn Images

The USA TODAY Fact Check Team analyzes claims from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

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President Donald Trump addresses guests and supporters in an overflow room in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol for his Inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Monday, January 20, 2025. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS

What Trump got right and wrong about the Panama Canal | Fact check

Trump was wrong about American deaths building the Panama Canal, but right about its cost addressing the topic during his inaugural address

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 09: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks with former U.S. President Barack Obama as Melania Trump looks on during the state funeral for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral on January 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Image of Melania Trump at Jimmy Carter funeral is altered | Fact check

The image is digitally altered. NBC News footage of former President Jimmy Carter's funeral shows Melania Trump holding the program right-side up.

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Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14, 2025.

Hegseth said sexual assault claim is false in hearing

Hegseth's comment came in response to a question on whether he'd pledged to be faithful in his marriages, not whether he'd sexually assaulted a woman.

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USA TODAY Fact Check: Standards and methodology

Our Fact Check Team is a signatory of the IFCN and is committed to accuracy, transparency and fairness.

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