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Jerome Buting stated on April 11, 2016 in an interview:

Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."

By Tom Kertscher• April 20, 2016

Tim Moore stated on February 08, 2023 in presentations about his bill:

“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh

By Paul Specht• February 21, 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

Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

“I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’”

By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2025

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

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

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

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2023

Nikki Haley cites unverified number of border ‘got aways,’ official data is scarce with limitations

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 9, 2022

Ted Cruz and the Truth-O-Meter Already Hot

By W. Gardner Selby• March 22, 2015

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 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

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

By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2015