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Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

By Matthew Crowley • May 24, 2023
Stormy Daniels’ order to pay Trump in failed defamation lawsuit is unrelated to NY case

Stormy Daniels’ order to pay Trump in failed defamation lawsuit is unrelated to NY case

By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2023
Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries

Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries

By Yacob Reyes • April 4, 2023
La violencia armada es la principal causa de muerte entre las personas de 1 a 19 años

La violencia armada es la principal causa de muerte entre las personas de 1 a 19 años

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Donald Trump indictment: A roundup of PolitiFact’s fact-checks, stories and explainers

Donald Trump indictment: A roundup of PolitiFact’s fact-checks, stories and explainers

By Samantha Putterman • April 3, 2023
No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

By Grace Abels • March 31, 2023
¿Qué cuenta como un tiroteo masivo? La definición varía

¿Qué cuenta como un tiroteo masivo? La definición varía

By Maria Briceño • March 31, 2023
7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage

7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage

By Samantha Putterman • March 7, 2023
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2023 State of the State claims about crime, Florida’s growth

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2023 State of the State claims about crime, Florida’s growth

By Yacob Reyes • March 7, 2023
This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here's why.

This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here's why.

By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2023
Here’s what you should know about the claim that Tyre Nichols was ‘reckless driving’

Here’s what you should know about the claim that Tyre Nichols was ‘reckless driving’

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2023
PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks

PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks

By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2023
In context: What Biden said about migrants at the southern US border and Jews fleeing the Holocaust

In context: What Biden said about migrants at the southern US border and Jews fleeing the Holocaust

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2023
La comparación de Charlie Crist sobre el crimen bajo Ron DeSantis carece de datos

La comparación de Charlie Crist sobre el crimen bajo Ron DeSantis carece de datos

By Yacob Reyes • November 1, 2022
Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally

Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2022
Inmigrante acusado de agredir sexualmente a una niña no emigró durante la presidencia de Biden

Inmigrante acusado de agredir sexualmente a una niña no emigró durante la presidencia de Biden

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 26, 2022
Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters

Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters

By Tom Kertscher • September 28, 2022
Floridians with felony records face illegal voting charges. The state allowed them to register

Floridians with felony records face illegal voting charges. The state allowed them to register

By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2022
Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations

Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations

By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2022
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

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