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Social Media stated on September 10, 2024 in social media posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris wore NOVA H1 audio earrings in the Sept. 10, 2024, presidential debate.

By Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2024

John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013

X posts stated on September 11, 2024 in una publicación en X:

Kamala Harris “descubierta usando unos zarcillos con audífonos inhalambricos, para que le soplaran las respuestas durante el debate contra Donald Trump”.

By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 12, 2024

Andrew Cuomo stated on January 17, 2017 in his executive budget presentation:

"Thirty years ago we were the most college-educated country on the globe. Today we are No. 11."

By Dan Clark• January 27, 2017

Barack Obama stated on October 01, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."

By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2012

Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

By Samantha Putterman• December 4, 2019

Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:

Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012

Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 6, 2016

Facebook posts stated on September 12, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 10, 2022

John Faulk stated on June 12, 2010 in a speech:

Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 30, 2010

Woody Thrasher stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet:

"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."

By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli• December 6, 2019

X posts stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post:

Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.

By Maria Briceño• October 2, 2025

Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Biden ‘child porn’ shock” headline was “front page news in Australia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 17, 2022

Donald Trump stated on July 08, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur:

"The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."

By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015

Ralph Reed stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.

By Julie Kliegman• April 22, 2014

Janet Adkins stated on March 26, 2015 in a discussion about school uniforms:

A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."

By Joshua Gillin• April 2, 2015

Laura Ingraham stated on February 04, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":

Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."

By Jon Greenberg• February 17, 2015

Donald Trump stated on August 06, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over."

By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2015

Threads posts stated on November 28, 2024 in a photo:

“Elon Musk is not a citizen of the United States.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 5, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the word newspaper stands for "north, east, west, south, past and present event report."

By Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2019

Digging up dirt on Michelle Obama

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 30, 2008

Who is Cory Booker? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019

What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them?

By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2025

Mailbag: The non-Obamacare edition

By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2013

What causes most gun violence in Philly

By Cassie Owens• April 4, 2016

Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• June 10, 2024

A scorecard on President Obama's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan, J.B. Wogan• September 1, 2012

Inside fact-checking: A conversation with Lucas Graves, author of 'Deciding What's True'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 14, 2016

Rick Perry’s count of $10,000 college degrees

By W. Gardner Selby• June 4, 2013

Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks

By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2017

By the numbers: Is college worth the cost?

By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020

Fact-checking the Aug. 3 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• August 3, 2014

Drilling down on the state economy

By April Hunt• January 13, 2015

The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it?

By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019

All about education

By April Hunt• January 28, 2015

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

By Jeff Cercone• February 20, 2025

Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, 6.1 billion hours of tax preparation: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• April 15, 2014

McDonnell sums up his term

By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• January 9, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 3 news shows