Fact-checking Biden's one-year anniversary press conference

President Joe Biden marked his first year in office by giving a rare press conference — during which he made a series of false or misleading claims about his record to date.

Biden defended his administration's policies on everything from the pandemic to the economy amid flagging approval ratings and dimming prospects for his party ahead of the midterm elections.

Here are some of the inaccurate arguments Biden made during his nearly two-hour encounter with reporters at the White House.

'My plan cuts the deficit, and it boosts the economy by getting more people into the workforce'

Biden and his aides received intense scrutiny in the fall after they clung to a line that claimed the president's spending plans would cost zero dollars — even after multiple analyses found that was not the case.