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The Story Behind a McAuliffe Ad Touting Youngkin Praise By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2021 Federal judge dismisses lawsuit involving PolitiFact By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2021 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy • June 30, 2021 Would Joe Biden’s proposals raise taxes on 60% of Americans? Not directly By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2021 What to know about a pro-ivermectin group’s study touting the drug versus COVID-19 By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2021 Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story By Madison Black • June 28, 2021 Can we count on you to stand up for PolitiFact during our Summer Campaign? By Josie Hollingsworth • June 28, 2021 Rumors surrounding John McAfee’s death linked to QAnon conspiracy By Madison Czopek • June 25, 2021 What to do with the child tax credit coming monthly starting in July By Jon Greenberg • June 23, 2021 Michigan Republican-led investigation rejects Trump's claim that Nov. 3 election was stolen By Dave Boucher • June 23, 2021 Voting rights battle heads to the U.S. Senate By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2021 Iowa’s newest election laws, explained By Lauren White • June 21, 2021 Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2021 How should top-tier sports be handling the coronavirus? By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2021 Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong By Samantha Putterman • June 18, 2021 Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021 Explaining what Rand Paul said about vaccines for people who had COVID-19 By Victoria Knight • June 17, 2021 NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved By Madison Czopek • June 17, 2021 Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again By Julie Rovner • June 17, 2021 How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021