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Facebook posts stated on December 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

A new North Carolina law “prohibits the use of wireless communication devices while driving.”

By Paul Specht • December 4, 2025

X posts stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:

“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”

By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025

Josh Stein stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post:

“Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.”

By Paul Specht • August 5, 2025

Brenden Jones stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech:

“Contractors are being rejected” from providing Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina because of racial “quotas” required by the state.

By Paul Specht • May 30, 2025

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on April 12, 2025 in an X post:

Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”

By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025

Viral image stated on January 14, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2025

TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok:

“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”

By Madison Czopek • January 30, 2025

Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:

"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.

By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025

Dana Loesch stated on January 6, 2025 in an X post:

Buncombe County “is still demanding property taxes on homes destroyed by Hurricane Helene based on pre-Helene assessments that no longer apply.”

By Paul Specht • January 17, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook:

“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”

By Madison Czopek • January 16, 2025

Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2024 in a video:

Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 5, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows 2024 ballots cast for Republicans in North Carolina that a postal worker said he was going to make “disappear.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2024

Tim Moore stated on October 21, 2024 in a press conference:

“I’ve not gotten a single call from the White House.”

By Paul Specht • October 31, 2024

Viral image stated on October 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2024

Social Media stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts:

“FEMA helicopters caught disrupting North Carolina supplies by using a ‘rotor wash’.”

By Mia Penner • October 16, 2024

Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”

By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • October 12, 2024

X posts stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts:

North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.”

By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2024

Social Media stated on September 29, 2024 in a post:

Hurricane Helene was planned to seize land in North Carolina for lithium mining.

By Sara Swann • October 8, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”

By Loreben Tuquero • October 7, 2024

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Would North Carolina bill allow the ‘murder’ of birth control users? Vague bill likely to stall

By Paul Specht • June 11, 2026

Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina

By Paul Specht, Will Doran • November 24, 2025

Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina

By Paul Specht • October 5, 2024

Border Patrol talking to a group of migrants 06-05-2024

Are noncitizens straining North Carolina services? Here are the facts.

By Paul Specht • September 9, 2024

A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

By Louis Jacobson, Paul Specht • May 13, 2022

The race for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Paul Specht • April 13, 2022

Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history

By Elizabeth Thompson • July 27, 2019

Fact-checking Trump’s misleading attacks on Omar, Ocasio-Cortez in North Carolina

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2019

North Carolina voter ID amendment debate features misleading claims

By Will Doran • November 1, 2018

What North Carolina politicians are saying about Hurricane Florence

By Bill McCarthy, Rashaan Ayesh • September 25, 2018

North Carolina ‘Raise The Age’ push: Four mini fact-checks on criminal justice reform

By Will Doran • May 3, 2017

Checking on North Carolina’s bathroom law affecting its economy

By Will Doran • March 8, 2017

North Carolina teacher pay: $50,000 or not?

By Will Doran • February 3, 2017

Dubious claims from both sides during North Carolina special session

By Will Doran • December 19, 2016

Explaining the NCAA’s logic in singling out North Carolina

By Will Doran • September 13, 2016

Roundup of HB2 fact checks: North Carolina’s controversial new LGBT law

By Will Doran • April 22, 2016

Coming soon: PolitiFact North Carolina

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2016

Tuesday night reruns in North Carolina

By Bill Adair • October 8, 2014

Previewing the North Carolina U.S. Senate debate

By Bill Adair • October 6, 2014

GOP candidates battle for Senate nod in North Carolina

By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2014

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