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President Donald Trump will take to national TV Tuesday night to make his case for a border wall – a $5.7 billion barrier that continues to divide Congress as the government shutdown churns toward a third week with no end in sight.

Throughout the shutdown, as well as his presidency, Trump has made assertions and claims that lack context or are outright false. In the two years he has been president, USA TODAY has published 88 fact checks on his statements, on topics ranging from the border to Russia to the NFL.

When he steps into the Oval Office to discuss the wall, we'll have a team of journalists who have covered the topic for years standing by to fact check his comments in real time. We invite you to follow along on Twitter, @usatodayDC.

The instant fact checks you'll see there will be the work of reporters and editors from USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network who worked on The Wall, the Pulitzer Prize-winning project that examines the 2,000-mile border with an interactive map and tells the stories of those who live, work and play along the boundary.

The Wall - An in-depth examination of Donald Trump's border wall

The fact checkers:

Alan Gomez, immigration reporter, USA TODAY

Daniel Gonzalez, immigration reporter, The Arizona Republic

Dennis Wagner, senior reporter, The Arizona Republic

Kristen DelGuzzi, managing editor, politics & world, USA TODAY

Dan Nowicki, national politics editor, The Arizona Republic

Michael Squires, investigations editor, The Arizona Republic

Josh Susong, senior news director, The Arizona Republic

Zahira Torres, editor, El Paso Times

Louie Villalobos, politics NOW editor, USA TODAY

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