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The federal government crackdown in Portland: What you need to know

The federal government crackdown in Portland: What you need to know

By Bill McCarthy • July 22, 2020
Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement?

Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement?

By Tom Kertscher • July 21, 2020
How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse

How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse

By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2020
Ask PolitiFact: What is PolitiFact's agenda?

Ask PolitiFact: What is PolitiFact's agenda?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 20, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform

Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform

By Sophie Austin • July 19, 2020
Why did Texas remove 3,000 cases from its coronavirus count?

Why did Texas remove 3,000 cases from its coronavirus count?

• July 17, 2020
Are schoolchildren not vectors for COVID-19 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said?

Are schoolchildren not vectors for COVID-19 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said?

By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2020
The Trump-O-Meter: Where President Donald Trump’s campaign promises stand in the summer of 2020

The Trump-O-Meter: Where President Donald Trump’s campaign promises stand in the summer of 2020

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 16, 2020
Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

By Julie Appleby • July 16, 2020
The legal challenge to mailing absentee ballot applications to Michigan voters, explained

The legal challenge to mailing absentee ballot applications to Michigan voters, explained

By Clara Hendrickson • July 16, 2020
How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

By Daniel Funke • July 15, 2020
In Context: As Trump criticizes, a look back at Fauci’s early coronavirus statements

In Context: As Trump criticizes, a look back at Fauci’s early coronavirus statements

By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2020
Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

By Bill McCarthy • July 14, 2020
Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2020
A coronavirus vaccine: Where does it stand?

A coronavirus vaccine: Where does it stand?

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2020
The week in fact-checking: Trump’s ‘defunding the police’ ad

The week in fact-checking: Trump’s ‘defunding the police’ ad

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2020
The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric

By Sophie Austin • July 10, 2020
Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2020
COVID-19 and children: What we know, what we don’t

COVID-19 and children: What we know, what we don’t

By Sophie Austin • July 10, 2020
Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

By Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020