Donald Trump has maintained his lead in the swing state since July.
The Dispatch→ How the Trump Team is Preparing to Claim Fraud
The former president and his acolytes are laying the groundwork for claims of election malfeasance.
The Dispatch→ Polling, What Is It Good For?
‘I don’t trust anybody who’s confident right now.’
The Dispatch→ Jobs Report Revisions, Explained
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its jobs reports often to bring a cloudy picture into better focus.
The Dispatch→ The Most Dangerous Job in the World
Not for the one who wins the election—for the rest of us.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Registration On File For ‘Haitians’ Who Claim They Voted In Georgia For Kamala Harris — State Official Calls It ‘Classic Disinformation’
Does a video show "illegal Haitians" saying they're voting for Kamala Harris in Georgia in Fulton and Gwinnett counties with driver's licenses they got after becoming citizens with just six months in the United States? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Rigged’ Voting Machines NOT Seized By ‘White Hats’ In Georgia, North Carolina
Have rigged voting machines in Fulton County, Georgia, and North Carolina been seized or destroyed by "white hats," as an article by Real Raw News said? No, that's not true: State election boards in North Carolina and Georgia told Lead St
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Crowd At Trump Madison Square Garden Rally — It’s Crowd In Ireland At 2011 Event With Then-President Obama
Does a photo on social media show people crowding the street outside Madison Square Garden in New York in 2024 for a Trump rally? No, that's not true: Images from the street scene first appeared in 2011, showing people in Dublin lined up
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Actual Evidence Rapper P. Diddy Paid Harris and Emhoff $500,000 For Tip Before Raid — Source Is AI Generated Video
Did Sean "Diddy" Combs pay Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff $500,000 for a tip that alerted him to the police raids that were about to search his homes in Florida and California, according to a video with an article? No, that's n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kentucky Voting Machine Did NOT Switch Trump Votes To Harris
Are voting machines in Kentucky changing votes from Donald Trump to Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: There was an incident involving a single ballot marking device in Laurel County but it wasn't switching votes; instead, one voter was
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Glynn County, Georgia, incident isn’t evidence of ‘voter fraud’
In Glynn County, Georgia, it was 'voter fraud' when poll workers found no record of a person who already voted.
PolitiFact→ A Pennsylvania Republican said she was arrested for telling voters to stay in line. Was she?
A viral video showed police handcuffing a Republican elector in a Pennsylvania voter service center. The woman claimed she was just encouraging voters to stay in line, but county officials say her behavior was disruptive.
FactCheck.org→ Donald Trump’s Closing Arguments
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his third campaign for the nation’s top office, former President Donald Trump’s closing messages have run the gamut, touching on the economy, immigration, the militar
FactCheck.org→ Kamala Harris’ Closing Arguments
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In the closing weeks of the campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris has portrayed former President Donald Trump as a danger to democracy. She also has warned he will enact policies t
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Formatting error in Michigan doesn’t mean voters cast ballots from multiple addresses
Data shows some voters cast multiple votes, meaning "at least 164,568 illegal votes have been cast” in Michigan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows Comedian, NOT Man Who Drove Trump’s ‘Garbage Force One’
Does a widely shared video feature a man who drove "Trump's garbage truck"? No, that's not true: The video came from an account that labels its content as satire. The man seen in the footage is a stand-up comedian. The claim originated fr
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t say New York, California are ‘flipping red’
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on X, “New York and California are absolutely flipping red.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Harris responded to question about cognitive tests, though social media posts suggest otherwise
Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t respond to questions about a cognitive test in a CBS News interview that aired Oct. 28, 2024.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Donald Trump campaigned at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, but the chain’s E. coli outbreak came first
An E. coli outbreak followed former President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.
The Dispatch→ Magic Beans
Do Trump’s populist voters even know what they’re voting for?
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t authentic photos of Kamala Harris as a call girl
Photos show Vice President Kamala Harris when she was “a former call girl in California.”
The Dispatch→ Insights From the Zeitgeist
On social media behavior, misinformation, and not taking sides.
The Dispatch→ Video of Voter Unable to Select Trump Is an Isolated Case, Kentucky Officials Say
Claims of widespread vote flipping are unfounded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Suspicious ‘Guy’ Who Dropped Off ‘A Ton Of Ballots’ In Pennsylvania After Polls Closed — He’s A Postal Worker Delivering Ballots
Does a photograph on social media show a suspicious "guy" who dropped off "a ton of ballots" after polling closed in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: Pennsylvania's Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure told Lead Stories the man s
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – No, Jon Tester did not vote to let men compete against girls in sports
Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Wear Hat With Proud Boy Colors To Madison Square Garden Rally
Did Donald Trump wear a hat in the Proud Boys colors of black and yellow at his Madison Square Garden rally on October 27, 2024? No, that's not true: Trump wore the black-and-yellow baseball hat in Traverse City, Michigan, two days before
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unfounded Claim About Beyoncé’s Endorsement of Harris
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Singer-songwriter Beyoncé endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president at a campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 25. Social media posts have made the unfounded cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Massive Charlotte, North Carolina Crowd Was NOT Related To Harris Campaign As Post Implies
Was a large crowd shown in a viral video on X.com related to the Kamala Harris campaign? No, that's not true: The footage showed a crowd at a concert for Hurricane Helene relief. Contrary to the implication made in a social media post, th
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No evidence Trump’s experimental drug program for terminal patients saved ‘thousands and thousands’
"Right to Try" experimental drug program saved "thousands and thousands of lives."
PolitiFact→ Tim Moore – Misleading: State House Speaker says White House didn't call him after Helene hit North Carolina
“I’ve not gotten a single call from the White House.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Say A Harris Administration Would Make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez House Speaker
Did Tim Walz tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that his administration would make her Speaker of the House if Democrats win the election? No, that's not true: Walz suggested Democratic lawmakers should make her chair of a House committee, not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Progress 2028 Ads On Facebook Are NOT Official Kamala Harris Campaign Ads — Created By Conservative Group
Are Progress 2028 ads on Facebook authentic ads supporting Kamala Harris' presidential campaign? No, that's not true: These ads are not affiliated with the campaign or its supporters; instead, a conservative group paid for them to misrepr
PolitiFact→ Overwhelming majority of ballot boxes are secure, rare for ballots to be lost or destroyed
Election officials face new challenges with attacks on ballot boxes, but they have long been trained in how to handle damaged ballots. That means making sure every vote is counted.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Baldwin falls short with claim on Hovde’s stance on prescription drug prices
Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the New Hampshire gubernatorial debate on WMUR
The two candidates in New Hampshire’s gubernatorial race met on the debate stage at WMUR-TV. We fact-checked claims by each of the candidates.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Harris hasn’t appeared on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast. This video is AI-generated
Video shows Kamala Harris saying, “Trump is literally Hitler,” on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Full Fact→ Did the Budget break Labour’s National Insurance commitment?
The government’s announcement that it is raising employer NI contributions has led to debate about exactly what Labour promised in its manifesto.
Full Fact→ Photo of ancient human brain shared with claims it shows a ‘drinker’s brain’
A photo of a 2,600-year-old human brain has been shared in an online image supposedly comparing the brains of a drinker and a non-drinker.
Full Fact→ Video of 2017 Jerusalem lorry attack reshared with suggestion it shows recent incident
The clip being shared is unrelated to a recent incident involving a truck in Tel Aviv.
The Dispatch→ Was an Indiana Woman Arrested for Pre-Marking 400 Mail-In Ballots for Democratic Candidates?
A woman was arrested in 2020, but her crime involved primary ballot applications, not general election ballots.