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What a Nixon-era law means for Trump, Ukraine aid
Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns, trends
The State of PolitiFact in 2019: A report to our readers
7 questions about the House impeachment hearings, answered
Solar jobs are growing, but haven't overtaken oil
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."
— PolitiFact California on Friday, December 6th, 2019
Red-flag gun laws have nuances
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, December 6th, 2019
Study cited is credible
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 6th, 2019
It's probably not that high
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
They have the same travel advisory
Says the cartels are so bad in a Mexican border state that the U.S. government issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning -- the same warning it issued for Syria.
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Her own evidence contradicts this
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has held numerous "invite-only" town halls.
— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Possible, but highly unlikely
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
‘On very shaky ground.’
"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’"
— PolitiFact Health Check on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Not according to news reports
Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Even the address is wrong
Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Not quite, but close
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
MAYBE vets. Maybe.
"The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Lots of data on welfare, but this claim is a mystery
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"
— PolitiFact New York on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Different, unrelated soldier
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Admitted error 11 days later
Says a Republican bill he vetoed would have implemented a "mandate" to make public the names of all students’ parents or guardians.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Trends started before him, continued after
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, December 2nd, 2019
Language is important here
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Lots to unpack here
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
No firm data, but charges appear rare
Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
'Vast' sets a high bar
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
