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How Donald Trump performed on 11 key promises

How Donald Trump performed on 11 key promises

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2021
Our fact-checks of the pivotal Georgia Senate runoff races

Our fact-checks of the pivotal Georgia Senate runoff races

By Miriam Valverde • January 5, 2021
A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2019

A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2019

By PolitiFact Staff • December 16, 2020
Why you shouldn’t worry about getting Bell’s Palsy from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Why you shouldn’t worry about getting Bell’s Palsy from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

By Noah Y. Kim • December 11, 2020
Biden's health care speech gets the figures mostly right

Biden's health care speech gets the figures mostly right

By Victoria Knight • November 10, 2020
What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court

What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court

By Julie Rovner • November 9, 2020
Fact-checking the Montana Senate race between Bullock, Daines

Fact-checking the Montana Senate race between Bullock, Daines

By Noah Y. Kim • October 30, 2020
Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy

Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy

By Miriam Valverde • October 18, 2020
Based on past practice, COVID likely to be pre-existing condition if federal protections are removed

Based on past practice, COVID likely to be pre-existing condition if federal protections are removed

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 7, 2020
Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump?

Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump?

By Julie Appleby • October 7, 2020
Preexisting conditions — a cudgel Democrats are using to batter Republicans in the 2020 campaigns

Preexisting conditions — a cudgel Democrats are using to batter Republicans in the 2020 campaigns

By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2020
The art of the oversell: 10 times Trump’s bombastic rhetoric didn’t match reality

The art of the oversell: 10 times Trump’s bombastic rhetoric didn’t match reality

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 29, 2020
Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2020
Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
Fact-checking Mike Pence, night 3 of the 2020 RNC

Fact-checking Mike Pence, night 3 of the 2020 RNC

By PolitiFact Staff • August 27, 2020
Could an undercounted 2020 Census afflict a range of federal statistics?

Could an undercounted 2020 Census afflict a range of federal statistics?

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2020
Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview

Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview

By PolitiFact Staff • August 4, 2020
Did the Supreme Court grant Trump new powers to reshape immigration and health care?

Did the Supreme Court grant Trump new powers to reshape immigration and health care?

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2020