26 People 20928 Fact-checks 6886 Articles People (26) Internet commenters Back to Basics Preserve America PAC Public Notice Public Citizen Never Back Down PAC 18% of the American public Public employee unions Chicago Public Schools Coalition for Public Schools Portland Public Schools The Coalition for Public Schools Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs State Public Service Announcement Texas Public Policy Foundation Georgia Department of Public Health Public Interest Legal Foundation Oregon Center for Public Policy Ohio Public Defender's Office Virginia Center for Public Safety Fact-checks (20928) George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections." By Lauren Carroll• January 23, 2017 Charlie Kirk stated on February 04, 2020 in a tweet: "Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2025 Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. By Laura Schulte• September 30, 2021 Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement to the media: "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!" By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• August 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 06, 2020 in an image: Gates Foundation stands to make nearly £31.5 billion on a coronavirus vaccine in U.K. By Daniel Funke• May 14, 2020 Mike Lee stated on February 16, 2015 in an email through Protect Internet Freedom: The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase." By Lauren Carroll• February 26, 2015 Donald Trump stated on February 07, 2020 in a comment to reporters: "I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law." By Bill McCarthy• February 7, 2020 Ted Strickland stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate: Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio." By Allison Graves• October 21, 2016 Brad Woodhouse stated on June 05, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": The New York Times "had to retract" its story that Hillary Clinton’s email handling had broken certain laws. By Jon Greenberg• June 11, 2015 Instagram posts stated on December 03, 2022 in an Instagram post: Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68. By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2022 Mitt Romney stated on April 12, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress." By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2015 Michelle Obama stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia: "I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves." By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2016 WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet. By Robert Farley• July 28, 2009 Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2015 John Boehner stated on September 10, 2009 in a statement from the Minority Leader's office: As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president." By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2009 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2014 in a Facebook meme: "McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer." By Linda Qiu• September 3, 2014 The Manila Times stated on April 22, 2019 in a newspaper story: Says Filipino news organizations are part of a plot to discredit President Rodrigo Duterte and destabilize his government. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence. By Madison Czopek• April 7, 2023 Articles (6886) What does the law say about Donald Trump’s deleted tweets? 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The risk comes in sharing it By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025 Secret behind Trump University’s A rating: Doing nothing By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2016 5 ‘essential understandings’ of the fact-checking movement By Neil Brown• June 18, 2014 New PolitiFact reporter focuses on fact-checking LGBTQ+ issues and rhetoric By PolitiFact Staff • June 8, 2023 3 takeaways from the 2014 Global Fact-checking Summit By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2014 What is net neutrality? 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George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections." By Lauren Carroll• January 23, 2017 Charlie Kirk stated on February 04, 2020 in a tweet: "Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2025 Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. By Laura Schulte• September 30, 2021 Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement to the media: "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!" By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• August 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 06, 2020 in an image: Gates Foundation stands to make nearly £31.5 billion on a coronavirus vaccine in U.K. By Daniel Funke• May 14, 2020 Mike Lee stated on February 16, 2015 in an email through Protect Internet Freedom: The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase." By Lauren Carroll• February 26, 2015 Donald Trump stated on February 07, 2020 in a comment to reporters: "I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law." By Bill McCarthy• February 7, 2020 Ted Strickland stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate: Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio." By Allison Graves• October 21, 2016 Brad Woodhouse stated on June 05, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": The New York Times "had to retract" its story that Hillary Clinton’s email handling had broken certain laws. By Jon Greenberg• June 11, 2015 Instagram posts stated on December 03, 2022 in an Instagram post: Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68. By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2022 Mitt Romney stated on April 12, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress." By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2015 Michelle Obama stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia: "I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves." By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2016 WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet. By Robert Farley• July 28, 2009 Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2015 John Boehner stated on September 10, 2009 in a statement from the Minority Leader's office: As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president." By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2009 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2014 in a Facebook meme: "McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer." By Linda Qiu• September 3, 2014 The Manila Times stated on April 22, 2019 in a newspaper story: Says Filipino news organizations are part of a plot to discredit President Rodrigo Duterte and destabilize his government. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence. By Madison Czopek• April 7, 2023
What does the law say about Donald Trump’s deleted tweets? By John Kruzel• September 27, 2017 Obama's birth certificate: Final chapter. This time we mean it! By Robert Farley• July 1, 2009 PolitiFact and Capital B partner to counter election-year misinformation aimed at Black audiences By PolitiFact Staff • August 20, 2024 At Democratic debate, Clinton said private email use was 'allowed' By Lauren Carroll• October 16, 2015 7 steps to better fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2014 Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026 Hillary Clinton's email: Did she follow all the rules? By Lauren Carroll• March 12, 2015 In Russia, the truth of the war on Ukraine is available. The risk comes in sharing it By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025 Secret behind Trump University’s A rating: Doing nothing By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2016 5 ‘essential understandings’ of the fact-checking movement By Neil Brown• June 18, 2014 New PolitiFact reporter focuses on fact-checking LGBTQ+ issues and rhetoric By PolitiFact Staff • June 8, 2023 3 takeaways from the 2014 Global Fact-checking Summit By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2014 What is net neutrality? By Lauren Carroll• November 13, 2014 The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter: PolitiFact’s methodology for independent fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 12, 2018 Decoding the Clinton records ruckus By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 9, 2007 Digging deeper on gun background check legislation By Molly Moorhead• June 3, 2013 Now on YouTube: Our Guide to Fact-Checking By Bill Adair• June 29, 2009 Obama's vacation observation, Mitch McConnell's millions: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• August 26, 2014 Claims about McDonald's hit the Truth-O-Meter By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu• September 4, 2014
