Number of Trump's 'false claims' (or lies) nears 5,000, The Washington Post reports

Cartoonist Dave Granlund lampoons President Trump's reaction to an anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times written by a senior administration official. 

From cartoonist Taylor Jones: Federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh wouldn't be pinned down at his confirmation hearing last week on whether he believes Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving women the right to an abortion, is settled law.

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail in the run-up to the Nov. 8 congressional elections, and President Trump's lies accelerated over the summer.

Those were only two of the developments in another week packed with news from the White House and the media Trump has been warring with since he took office.

"Buckle up," The Washington Post's Fact Checker said on Friday. "President Trump is on the cusp of making 5,000 false or misleading claims since his inauguration [on Jan. 20, 2017].

"In fact, things have accelerated sharply this summer. In June, 534 claims. In July, 448. In August, 469."

Meanwhile, "in a sprawling, highly anticipated book by Bob Woodward, the White House is depicted as an often-out-of-control operation where former aides stole papers from the president's desk and derided the commander-in-chief," The New York Times said.

In an appearance in California, Obama joined the front lines of the Democratic battle to take back Congress, describing the coming election "as a pivotal moment for a divided nation and a chance 'to restore some sanity to our politics,'" The Times said.

The former president urged Democrats to vote.

Cartoonist Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News portrays Trump as a rabid dog.

Cartoonist Joe Heller of the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Wisconsin shows Trump's reaction to excerpts from the Bob Woodward book and the anonymous op-ed piece in The Times.