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Instagram posts stated on August 07, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Beyonce paid $100K for Maryland Metro to run later following weather delays for her concert.”

By Jeff Cercone• August 9, 2023

Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 27, 2018 in in a TV ad:

"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."

By Kyra Haas• September 7, 2018

Pat Toomey stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:

"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."

By Anna Orso• July 8, 2016

Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska:

Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2014

Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:

Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2025

Pramila Jayapal stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.

By Sevana Wenn• June 6, 2023

West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:

“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”

By Natalie Ribar• October 15, 2025

X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X:

Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.

By Maria Briceño• October 27, 2025

Fake news in the Alabama Senate race surges before Election Day

By Jon Greenberg• December 11, 2017

Fact-check: The epic pay battle between Wonder Woman and Superman

By Joshua Gillin• June 21, 2017

The food pyramid was phased out in 2011, but it still gets hate. We looked back at why

By Grace Abels• November 7, 2025

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015

Ted Cruz photos by Associated Press included several of gun seemingly pointed at him

By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2015

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2013

As Joe Biden announces his reelection bid, how has the economy fared on his watch?

By Louis Jacobson• April 25, 2023