2020-01-28 IOWA CITY, Iowa — Our job, most days, is to fact-check what candidates say about themselves and their opponents. That usually happens from our desks in Washington and Florida. But in January, it was time to get up close and personal — in Io Go to site post…»

2019-12-16 Lie of the Year: Donald Trump's incessant claim that whistleblower got his Ukraine call 'almost completely' wrong A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009-2018 The Silence of the Year: Hunter Biden and Burisma 10 of Donald Trump's false&nbs Go to site post…»

2019-12-10 The shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola by a Saudi Arabian aviation student put a spotlight on the federal government’s long-standing practice of having foreign nationals train with the United States military. Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, a Ro Go to site post…»

2019-12-09 A reader asked, "How come Joe Biden is on film bragging about getting the Prosecutor investigating Burisma fired and fact check says there is no proof of that? Look at the film." House Republicans have also focused on a video of then-vice pre Go to site post…»

2019-12-03 PolitiFact started as a politics news website in 2007, but these days, it feels more like a mission.  Yes, we still do the political fact-checking for which we’re so well-known for. But we also fight misinformation, promote media literacy an Go to site post…»

2019-12-02 PolitiFact Michigan will launch next summer, thanks to an innovative partnership between PolitiFact and the Detroit Free Press supported by Report for America.  Report for America places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered iss Go to site post…»

2019-11-21 As the 2020 election pushes ahead, voters will be seeing poll results in their news feed — lots of them. But not all polls are created equal, and it can be hard to put the results into the proper context.  PolitiFact participated in a worksh Go to site post…»

2019-11-18 Breaking with decades of United States policy favoring free trade, President Donald Trump has pursued an agenda favoring tariffs as weapons in a widening trade war.  "We talk about it all the time, but under this administration, the great bet Go to site post…»

2019-11-01 Since we started in 2007, PolitiFact has prioritized transparency and integrity in our fact-checking. We exist to hold the powerful accountable — and we put truth at the forefront of the national conversation.  With formal impeachment procee Go to site post…»

2019-10-08 Our reporters investigated questions from readers about the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, as well as Joe and Hunter Biden, and the whistleblower who set the investigation into motion.  In this edition, we'll answer que Go to site post…»

2019-09-27 The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives has launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, for withholding aid to Ukraine while asking the government there to look into his political rival Joe Biden. Biden’s son Hunter was Go to site post…»

2019-09-16 Sen. Ted Cruz took a minute after the third Democratic debate to criticize PolitiFact on Twitter for our previous fact-checking of Cruz's 2018 attacks on Beto O’Rourke. We thought it important to address his criticism. Here’s what Cruz Go to site post…»

2019-09-03 A reader asked if there were communities in the United States that are under Sharia law, a form of Islamic law. If community means a neighborhood, town or city, then the answer is no. If anyone tried to force someone to obey a decision based on a readi Go to site post…»

2019-08-22 Twelve years ago, PolitiFact started as a one-of-a-kind idea that no one was sure would work. Full-time fact checkers covering the presidential election through an online, database-driven website.  People couldn't say our name, and politicians Go to site post…»

2019-07-26 Editor’s note: PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan has been hosting the Muller Report book club via PolitiFact’s weekly email newsletter. The book club’s final two weeks of material are below. Read the book club's first fou Go to site post…»

2019-07-08 Editor’s note: PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan has been hosting the Muller Report book club via PolitiFact’s weekly email newsletter. Sign up for PolitiFact’s weekly email with the final installments. The book club&rsq Go to site post…»

2019-06-26 Think you’re an expert on the Democratic presidential field? Let's fact-check that! We created a quiz about the candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump. You can study up first by reading our brief biographies on each of th Go to site post…»

2019-06-06 Editor’s note: Sign up for the book club by signing up for PolitiFact’s weekly email. For quite awhile, Robert S. Mueller III was one of the most mysterious men in Washington. But on May 29, he came before the cameras to make Go to site post…»

2019-04-02 PolitiFact and Kaiser Health News (KHN) have joined forces on health care coverage in an exclusive new fact-checking partnership. Under this initial two-year partnership, both organizations will produce and publish health-related fact-checks on a new c Go to site post…»

2019-03-21 PolitiFact will partner with Noticias Telemundo to offer fact-checking in Spanish ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PolitiFact is a fact-checking website owned by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Noticias Telemundo is a leading news Go to site post…»

2019-02-13 Flowers are great, chocolates are stellar, but what PolitiFact would really love is for you to become a member. Key to PolitiFact’s success is our Truth Squad membership program, which connects you, fact-checking’s biggest fans, with behind Go to site post…»

2018-12-27 Claims we rated Pants-on-Fire ranked high among readers in 2018 –– accounting for four out of the 10 most popular fact-checks. President Donald Trump  was also popular. Readers put four of his claims –– on Saudi Arabia, Ira Go to site post…»

2018-12-27 Claims we rated Pants-on-Fire ranked high among readers in 2018 –– accounting for four out of the 10 most popular fact-checks. President Donald Trump  was also popular. Readers put four of his claims –– on Saudi Arabia, Ira Go to site post…»

2018-12-13 Here are links and summaries of our 2018 Lie of the Year coverage. The 2018 Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students. Read our special report on how attacks after the Florida school shooting were the mos Go to site post…»

2018-12-13 Here are links and summaries of our 2018 Lie of the Year coverage. The 2018 Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students. Read our special report on how attacks after the Florida school shooting were the mos Go to site post…»

2018-12-13 Editor's note: PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan wrote this column for the media news website Poynter.org. You might expect a website that fact-checks American politics to use the word "lie" a lot. But at PolitiFact, we don&rsquo Go to site post…»

2018-12-13 Editor's note: PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan wrote this column for the media news website Poynter.org. You might expect a website that fact-checks American politics to use the word "lie" a lot. But at PolitiFact, we don&rsquo Go to site post…»

2018-12-11 In the days after 17 people were viciously gunned down at a high school in Florida, the state’s Republican governor called for tighter gun laws and President Donald Trump hosted victims’ families in the State Dining Room. The nation seemed Go to site post…»

2018-12-11 In the days after 17 people were viciously gunned down at a high school in Florida, the state’s Republican governor called for tighter gun laws and President Donald Trump hosted victims’ families in the State Dining Room. The nation seemed Go to site post…»

2018-11-27 This is big. Thanks to a generous donation from one of our supporters, every dollar you donate to PolitiFact now through Dec. 31 is tripled. That's right. Tripled! For a small nonprofit newsroom like ours, these donations make the difference for us Go to site post…»

2018-11-18 The conversation may start out innocently enough, but there will be hints of what’s to come after the turkey’s been carved. "I love all of you, regardless of your pre-existing conditions." "My, my, you’re getting tall! Go to site post…»

2018-11-06 "PolitiFact is biased," our critics charge.  We see this in emails and on social media, especially in the heat of election season. We expect it. Afterall, as an independent group measuring accuracy, we are disrupting the agendas of parti Go to site post…»

2018-11-02 This article is for you. Ahead of Election Day, we asked our readers what claims they would like to see checked. Dozens responded to us, from coast to coast, with questions and requests, so we got to work on finding answers. We addressed the topics of Go to site post…»

2018-11-01 With Election Day fast approaching, PolitiFact is happy to announce its latest state affiliate: PolitiFact Vermont, a partnership of PolitiFact and VTDigger.com. VTDigger.com is a statewide news website that publishes watchdog reports on state governme Go to site post…»

2018-10-22 President Donald Trump said the United States was under assault by some Central American countries because many of their citizens were trekking north in a caravan and seeking entry into the United States. People in the caravan have cited violence and e Go to site post…»

2018-09-07 Starting today, PolitiFact is bolstering its coverage of pivotal 2018 U.S. House races to help sort out fact from fiction on the campaign trail. We’ve hired additional fact-checkers to monitor claims in closely contested races, and we’re ma Go to site post…»

2018-08-21 Just this past Sunday, Rudy Giuliani told journalist Chuck Todd that truth isn’t truth. Todd asked Giuliani, now one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers on an investigation into Russia’s interference with the 2016 election, wheth Go to site post…»

2018-08-02 Here are the 16 states we're paying special attention to in the 2018 midterm elections. Hear something that needs a fact-check? Email us at truthometer@politifact.com. Arizona Likely candidates: Open seat; primary is Aug. 28 The top Republican cont Go to site post…»

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2018-06-04 PolitiFact has been recognized for our work in accountability journalism with two Green Eyeshade awards. Since 1950, the Green Eyeshade awards have recognized the very best journalism in the southeastern United States.  PolitiFact w Go to site post…»