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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."
PolitiFact→ Live: Fact-checking Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s DHS secretary confirmation hearing
Sen. Mullin's DHS secretary confirmation: Live fact-checks
PolitiFact→ Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability’? Fact-checking President Donald Trump
Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability’?
PolitiFact→ Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem
Fact-checking Kristi Noem on migrant children
PolitiFact→ James Fishback – Fact-checking Florida governor candidate James Fishback on AI data center water, energy use
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
Full Fact→ Strengthening Arab fact checking: lessons from partnering with the Arab Fact-Checking Network
A timely reminder of how our AI tools can help journalists and fact checkers identify falsehoods in multiple languages at internet scale.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for Attacking Iran
The president made unsupported and exaggerated claims in a speech announcing the attack on Iran.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address
State of the Union 2026: Fact-checks of Democrats' responses
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump on inflation rate at State of the Union
President Donald Trump inflated his administration’s success in reducing inflation at his Feb. 24 State of the Union add
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address: Start time, how to watch
Live fact-checking Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections
Fact-checking Kristi Noem on DHS role in elections
PolitiFact→ Claudia Tenney – Fact-checking Rep. Claudia Tenney on efforts to build Micron’s big semiconductor facility in NY
Said she has led the House effort to build a large Micron semiconductor facility near Syracuse.
PolitiFact→ Do 70% of immigrant detainees have criminal convictions or charges? Fact-checking Kristi Noem
What percent of ICE detainees have criminal histories?
PolitiFact→ Live fact-checking Donald Trump’s Davos speech
Live fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump's text message to Norway’s prime minister about Nobel Peace Prize, NATO
Fact-checking Trump's message to Norway’s prime minister
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s marathon press briefing at one-year mark of second term
Fact-checking Trump’s marathon press briefing at 1 year