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Search results for "400M for Trump's ballroom"

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Fact-checks (6314)

Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post:
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025
Rachel Maddow stated on July 13, 2015 in a segment on her show:
Despite what Donald Trump claims, "there weren’t 15,000 people who turned out in Phoenix" to see Trump speak.
By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2015
Social Media stated on April 26, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
By Maria Briceño• April 29, 2026
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Ivanka Trump charged with major crime.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 17, 2022
Joshua Feuerstein stated on October 07, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says #MeToo movement sign suggested assaulting First Lady Melania Trump.
By Kyra Haas• October 11, 2018
Social Media stated on November 08, 2016 in a viral Tweet:
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
By Linda Qiu• November 9, 2016
Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in a CNN town hall:
Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."
By Lauren Carroll• March 30, 2016
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate in St. Louis:
"I've gotten to see the commercials that they did on you. And I've gotten to see some of the most vicious commercials I've ever seen of Michelle Obama talking about you, Hillary."
By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2016
Conor Lamb stated on March 13, 2018 in an election night speech:
Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money." 
By Colin Deppen• March 17, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in NYC days after she exposed NYPD and FBI were behind Malcolm X assassination”
By Monique Curet• December 1, 2021
Stephen Archambault stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:
Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 11, 2010
Allan Fung stated on October 21, 2014 in a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate:
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 24, 2014
Eric Trump stated on October 15, 2019 in a Fox News appearance:
"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business."
By Bill McCarthy• October 18, 2019
Kendrick Meek stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Jeff Greene can buy anything" ...  he owns two mansions.
By Aaron Sharockman• July 30, 2010
Bob Stacey stated on October 19, 2010 in a television ad:
Says Tom Hughes supports paving over thousands of acres with over-development and sprawl.
By Janie Har• October 20, 2010
Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:
U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.
By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022
Steve Adler stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin:
"The first tweet was sent from Austin."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 20, 2016
No Casinos stated on October 11, 2011 in a statement on their website:
"The (Florida) casino proposed by Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world." 
By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2011

Articles (3265)

Column: Why a correspondents’ dinner at a White House ballroom could endanger press freedom

By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2026

White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

By Maria Briceño• October 31, 2025

Donald Trump in Dallas gets Hillary Clinton/Syria claim right, other facts wrong

By W. Gardner Selby• June 17, 2016

Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026

Readers’ choice: Vote for your 2025 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• November 21, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025

France gave the US Statue of Liberty, Qatar offered Trump $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same

By Grace Abels• May 15, 2025

Fact-checking Amy Klobuchar in Waterloo, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2020

Announcing PolitiFact Readers' Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• December 15, 2025

Just how big is the proposed casino in Miami?

By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2011

We fact-checked the Democrats' closing push in Iowa before the caucuses

By Josie Hollingsworth, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 27, 2020

Disease-carrying mosquitoes are adapting. How researchers are racing, and stumbling, to keep up

By Jon Greenberg• December 21, 2016

Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended

By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Phoenix

By Aaron Sharockman, Miriam Valverde• August 23, 2017

The differences in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s classified document cases

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 13, 2023

Fact-checking Joe Biden in Somersworth, N.H.

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 5, 2020

Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025

Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 5, 2023

In Context: Rush Limbaugh on Scott Walker's lack of a degree and issue of rapes on college campuses

By Tom Kertscher• February 13, 2015

Trump indicted in classified documents case: Here’s the timeline

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• July 6, 2023