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Can Donald Trump run for president if charged and convicted of removing official records?

Can Donald Trump run for president if charged and convicted of removing official records?

By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2022
PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for May 2022

PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for May 2022

By D.L. Davis • June 6, 2022
Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings

Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings

By Bill McCarthy • May 25, 2022
What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy • May 16, 2022
The faulty premise of the ‘2,000 mules’ trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election

The faulty premise of the ‘2,000 mules’ trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election

By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2022
In context: What Jen Psaki said about ‘soft-on-crime consequences’

In context: What Jen Psaki said about ‘soft-on-crime consequences’

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2022
How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack

How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2021
The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 15, 2021
How many newly elected officials and Congressional candidates were ‘involved’ in the Capitol riot?

How many newly elected officials and Congressional candidates were ‘involved’ in the Capitol riot?

By Gabrielle Settles • December 3, 2021
What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers

What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers

By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2021
Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests

Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021
Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy • November 5, 2021
How the GOP spun a 'dead voter' allegation in Nevada

How the GOP spun a 'dead voter' allegation in Nevada

By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2021
Fact-checking Joe Biden at CNN’s town hall

Fact-checking Joe Biden at CNN’s town hall

By Monique Curet • October 22, 2021
‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2021
Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention

Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention

By Noah Y. Kim • September 22, 2021
Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later

Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later

By Vanessa Swales • August 24, 2021
Murders spiked in 2020. Why?

Murders spiked in 2020. Why?

By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2021
Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong

Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong

By Samantha Putterman • June 18, 2021
Update: Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes

Update: Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes

By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2021

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