0 People 58 Fact-checks 35 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (58) 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 Bloggers stated on February 02, 2022 in a blog post: “Marines are investigating 3 ancient pyramids discovered in Antarctica.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 27, 2022 Iowa Senate Democrats stated on January 05, 2022 in a statement on Facebook: Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.” By Nina Baker• January 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 13, 2023 Viral image stated on April 03, 2022 in a tweet: Photo shows someone in a swastika shirt giving a Nazi salute at a recent Donald Trump rally. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2022 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023 Scott Walker stated on October 05, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: Since being elected in 2002, Scott Walker has "given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county." By Tom Kertscher• October 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2025 in a Facebook post: The words “help” and “trafico” in a Google Maps aerial view of Los Angeles are connected to human trafficking. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "No hay calentamiento global, de hecho las gráficas indican que nos estamos enfriando cada vez más”. By Maria Briceño• July 28, 2023 Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings. By Andy Nguyen• August 23, 2022 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook: Estas son imágenes del “sismo de gran magnitud” en Marruecos. By Marta Campabadal Graus• September 14, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 05, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Canada just made it illegal to protest against the LGBT!” By Sara Swann• April 12, 2023 Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in en una publicación en X: Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025 Deidre DeJear stated on August 13, 2022 in remarks at the Iowa State Fair: “$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes. By Lyle Muller• August 29, 2022 Viral image stated on October 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows University of Pennsylvania students chanting, “We want Jewish genocide.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2023 Peter Kinder stated on October 16, 2015 in a tweet: "After today, @GovJayNixon will have been overridden more times than all previous governors in #MO history #moleg" By Allison Graves• October 28, 2015 Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X: A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 13, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Spain and France. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 20, 2024 Wayne Powell stated on August 21, 2012 in website posting.: "This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress." By Nancy Madsen• August 27, 2012 Mark Finchem stated on November 09, 2022 in 1.13 million votes counted shortly after Election Day in Arizona: “We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County By Chad Bradley• November 14, 2022 Articles (35) Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy By Jeff Cercone• February 20, 2025 Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year By Bill Adair• December 8, 2011 How we chose the 2011 Lie of the Year By Bill Adair• December 20, 2011 Have people been prosecuted for mishandling White House records? By Yacob Reyes• August 10, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Are Democrats offering ‘free abortions and vasectomies’ at their Chicago convention? By Sara Swann• August 21, 2024 This Supreme Court case is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights. You probably haven’t heard about it. By Grace Abels• May 20, 2024 Does Tennessee’s new law limiting drag make it ‘illegal to be publicly transgender’? By Samantha Putterman, Sara Swann• March 8, 2023 In the weeks after El Paso and Dayton, mass shooting rumors spread on Snapchat and iMessage By Daniel Funke• August 26, 2019 Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate By Natalie Dunlap, Liam Halawith, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Lyle Muller, Lauren White• October 19, 2022 Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination By Lyle Muller• May 10, 2022 Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues By Grace Abels• June 18, 2024 The $130,000 Stormy Daniels payoff: Was it a campaign expenditure? By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2018 Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address By Emily Delgado, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• January 12, 2022 Fact-checking the death toll estimates from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2018 Why the CDC has recommended new COVID-19 boosters for all By Arthur Allen• September 13, 2023 How Bill Clinton’s settlement with Paula Jones differs from Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels payment By Samantha Putterman• March 21, 2023 Cannibalism in Haiti? Fact-checking the unfounded claims By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 18, 2024 Does new research say Ebola is airborne? By Jon Greenberg• February 24, 2015
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 Bloggers stated on February 02, 2022 in a blog post: “Marines are investigating 3 ancient pyramids discovered in Antarctica.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 27, 2022 Iowa Senate Democrats stated on January 05, 2022 in a statement on Facebook: Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.” By Nina Baker• January 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 13, 2023 Viral image stated on April 03, 2022 in a tweet: Photo shows someone in a swastika shirt giving a Nazi salute at a recent Donald Trump rally. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2022 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023 Scott Walker stated on October 05, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: Since being elected in 2002, Scott Walker has "given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county." By Tom Kertscher• October 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2025 in a Facebook post: The words “help” and “trafico” in a Google Maps aerial view of Los Angeles are connected to human trafficking. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "No hay calentamiento global, de hecho las gráficas indican que nos estamos enfriando cada vez más”. By Maria Briceño• July 28, 2023 Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings. By Andy Nguyen• August 23, 2022 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook: Estas son imágenes del “sismo de gran magnitud” en Marruecos. By Marta Campabadal Graus• September 14, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 05, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Canada just made it illegal to protest against the LGBT!” By Sara Swann• April 12, 2023 Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in en una publicación en X: Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025 Deidre DeJear stated on August 13, 2022 in remarks at the Iowa State Fair: “$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes. By Lyle Muller• August 29, 2022 Viral image stated on October 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows University of Pennsylvania students chanting, “We want Jewish genocide.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2023 Peter Kinder stated on October 16, 2015 in a tweet: "After today, @GovJayNixon will have been overridden more times than all previous governors in #MO history #moleg" By Allison Graves• October 28, 2015 Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X: A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 13, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Spain and France. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 20, 2024 Wayne Powell stated on August 21, 2012 in website posting.: "This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress." By Nancy Madsen• August 27, 2012 Mark Finchem stated on November 09, 2022 in 1.13 million votes counted shortly after Election Day in Arizona: “We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County By Chad Bradley• November 14, 2022
Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy By Jeff Cercone• February 20, 2025 Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year By Bill Adair• December 8, 2011 How we chose the 2011 Lie of the Year By Bill Adair• December 20, 2011 Have people been prosecuted for mishandling White House records? By Yacob Reyes• August 10, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Are Democrats offering ‘free abortions and vasectomies’ at their Chicago convention? By Sara Swann• August 21, 2024 This Supreme Court case is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights. You probably haven’t heard about it. By Grace Abels• May 20, 2024 Does Tennessee’s new law limiting drag make it ‘illegal to be publicly transgender’? By Samantha Putterman, Sara Swann• March 8, 2023 In the weeks after El Paso and Dayton, mass shooting rumors spread on Snapchat and iMessage By Daniel Funke• August 26, 2019 Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate By Natalie Dunlap, Liam Halawith, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Lyle Muller, Lauren White• October 19, 2022 Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination By Lyle Muller• May 10, 2022 Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues By Grace Abels• June 18, 2024 The $130,000 Stormy Daniels payoff: Was it a campaign expenditure? By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2018 Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address By Emily Delgado, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• January 12, 2022 Fact-checking the death toll estimates from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2018 Why the CDC has recommended new COVID-19 boosters for all By Arthur Allen• September 13, 2023 How Bill Clinton’s settlement with Paula Jones differs from Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels payment By Samantha Putterman• March 21, 2023 Cannibalism in Haiti? Fact-checking the unfounded claims By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 18, 2024 Does new research say Ebola is airborne? By Jon Greenberg• February 24, 2015
