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New York Times→ Fact-Checking Senate Races in Georgia, Alaska and Texas
Candidates’ attacks are focused on illegal immigration, faith and stock trading.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking 3 Competitive Senate Races in Maine, Michigan and Ohio
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls
Fact-check: Are 250,000 noncitizens on US voting rolls?
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump's address: What he said about China and 2020 election, what documents show
President Trump hurled a slew of allegations about China's 2020 election activities in his primetime address. What do the documents show?
FactCheck.org→ FactCheck.org Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact-Checking
FactCheck.org has won the 2025 Sigma Delta Chi award for fact-checking from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is our fourth win in the fact-checking category and our fifth award from SPJ overall. Our winning entry of three stories by Se
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate
Fact-checking campaign finance claims in MI Senate debate
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest
Fact-checking Markey, Moulton in Massachusetts Senate debate
PolitiFact→ ‘Let facts be submitted to a candid world’: Thoughts on journalism, fact-checking and the US at 250
Facts for ‘a candid world’: Journalism and the US at 250
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Inaccurate Accounts of U.S. History
We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Unabomber.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 videos that falsely depict scenes from Venezuela’s earthquakes
This isn’t footage from Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown
Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Seth Moulton and John Deaton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate
Fact-checking Moulton, Deaton in U.S. Senate debate
PolitiFact→ Steve Robinson – Is Graham Platner’s oyster farm ‘totally fake’? Fact-checking attack on Senate candidate from Maine
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Planter’s “oyster business (is) totally fake.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims that Florida’s property tax amendment will ‘defund’ essential public services
FL property tax plan: Will it ‘defund’ essential services?
PolitiFact→ James Talarico – Fact-checking James Talarico’s attack on Texas AG Ken Paxton about sex abuse plea deal
“Adam Hoffman abused a little boy” and Ken Paxton “let Hoffman off the hook.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Marco Rubio at Senate Foreign Relations Committee
We fact-checked Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate
Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes?
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis on his property tax plan
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship
Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovations
New York Times→ Fact-Checking the Trump Administration’s Inaccurate Claims About the $1.8 Billion Fund
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking JD Vance on Maine Democrats, Medicaid fraud and autism coverage
Fact-checking JD Vance’s speech in Maine on fraud
PolitiFact→ Byron Donalds – Was the Voting Rights Act created because of Democrat gerrymandering? Fact-checking Byron Donalds
Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”
PolitiFact→ Sam Sutton – Fact-checking a 152% increase in hate crimes in New York City
From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”
PolitiFact→ Fentrice Driskell – What does federal law say about partisan gerrymandering? Fact-checking Florida Democratic leader
“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Graham Platner that his campaign played a ‘key role’ in passing Maine rape kit bill
Did Graham Platner play ‘key role’ in rape kit bill?
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons?
Fact-checking claims about missing and dead scientists
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended
Fact-checking misinfo from correspondents’ dinner shooting
PolitiFact→ Jay Collins – Florida governor’s race: Fact-checking whether Byron Donalds voted against military pay raises
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted "against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years."
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Thom Tillis is retiring, but he hasn’t left the Senate yet. Fact-checking Trump
“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump: Did CNN publish a fake statement from Iran and commit a crime?
Did CNN publish a fake Iran statement and commit a crime?
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump’s conclusion that Iran war was a ‘total’ US victory
Trump, Hegseth said we won in Iran. Did we?
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Republicans’ Misleading Claims About Mail-In Ballots and Fraudulent Voting
President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them.
PolitiFact→ Trump's press conference: Fact-checking what he said on Iran’s air defenses, his bin Laden warning
Fact-checking Trump’s April 6 Iran press conference
FactCheck.org→ Happy International Fact-Checking Day
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, purposefully set the day after April Fools’ Day (when mistruths are encouraged). The day was launched in 2016 by the International Fact-Checking Network, which calls it “a global celebration of t
New York Times→ Fact-Checking the Debate Over the SAVE Act, the Republican Voting Bill
We examine claims justifying its restrictions, comparisons to current voting laws and warnings about its potential impact.
PolitiFact→ Will you pay $500 more for gas this year because of the Iran war? Fact-checking Democrat Ed Markey
Is Markey right about Iran war’s added gas cost?
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims that activists caused a Cuban hospital power outage, stayed in five-star hotel
Did activists cause power outage and patient deaths in Cuba?
PolitiFact→ Charles Schumer – Fact-checking Chuck Schumer about SAVE America Act, how many Americans register to vote in person
The SAVE America Act “would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today."