Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time

NPR reporters and editors annotated Monday night’s debate as it happened. Read the final fact check, analysis and context here.

By NPR Staff

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head to head Monday night in the first presidential debate.

NPR’s politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security, immigration, business, foreign policy and more, live annotated the debate. Portions of the debate with added analysis are underlined in yellow, followed by context and fact check.

You can follow more highlights of the debate at nprpolitics.org.

Note: The transcript on this page was updated live as the debate proceeded. We are working to correct the transcript as it comes in, but owing to the live nature of the event, there may be some discrepancies.

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