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PolitiFact's election fact-checking can't happen without you

PolitiFact's election fact-checking can't happen without you

By Josie Hollingsworth • October 5, 2020
Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts

Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 4, 2020
COVID-19 contact tracing for Donald Trump: Who else should isolate?

COVID-19 contact tracing for Donald Trump: Who else should isolate?

By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2020
Fact-checking misinformation about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Fact-checking misinformation about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis

By Daniel Funke • October 2, 2020
What happens if a president or nominee dies or is incapacitated? Around elections, it gets thorny

What happens if a president or nominee dies or is incapacitated? Around elections, it gets thorny

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2020
What’s Allowed And What’s Not At Voting Sites In California?

What’s Allowed And What’s Not At Voting Sites In California?

By Chris Nichols • October 2, 2020
The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test

The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test

By Noah Y. Kim • October 2, 2020
Trump’s health and COVID-19: Here’s what we know

Trump’s health and COVID-19: Here’s what we know

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020
Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks

Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 1, 2020
Ask PolitiFact: Why did Hunter Biden leave the Navy?

Ask PolitiFact: Why did Hunter Biden leave the Navy?

By Noah Y. Kim • October 1, 2020
In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020
Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2020
Trump campaign’s bingo card of ‘Biden’s lies’ is full of falsehoods

Trump campaign’s bingo card of ‘Biden’s lies’ is full of falsehoods

By Daniel Funke • September 30, 2020
Examining Trump claim that Hunter Biden got $3.5 million from wife of Moscow ex-mayor

Examining Trump claim that Hunter Biden got $3.5 million from wife of Moscow ex-mayor

By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020
Debates and commercial breaks: A brief history

Debates and commercial breaks: A brief history

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020
Corralling the facts on herd immunity

Corralling the facts on herd immunity

By Aneri Pattani • September 29, 2020
Live fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate: Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Live fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate: Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

By PolitiFact Staff • September 29, 2020
Video livestream, live fact-checking of first 2020 presidential debate

Video livestream, live fact-checking of first 2020 presidential debate

By PolitiFact Staff • September 29, 2020
How has Joe Biden fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

How has Joe Biden fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2020
How has Donald Trump fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

How has Donald Trump fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2020