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Fact-checks (21164)

Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."
By Bill McCarthy• January 21, 2020
Social Media stated on February 07, 2025 in a post:
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
By Sara Swann• February 21, 2025
Americans United for Change stated on March 31, 2011 in a news release.:
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
By Robert Farley• April 1, 2011
New Century Times stated on December 09, 2016 in a web post:
"Republicans Looking To Cut Social Security As Much As 50 percent Immediately."
By Louis Jacobson• December 14, 2016
Instagram posts stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”
By Sara Swann• April 19, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“There’s no such thing as menopause.”
By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024
Viral image stated on July 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Ukrainian air defenses in Sievierodonetsk shooting down “55 Ka 52 helicopters.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2022
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2020 in a Facebook post.:
“Because our family couldn’t afford health insurance, Obama/Biden penalized us about $10,000, then took that $10,000 and used it to pay for others’ free Obamacare. Trump ended that theft.”
By Victoria Knight• October 28, 2020
Snapchat stated on June 30, 2016 in a snapchat:
"90% of rural women and 55% of all women are illiterate" in Morocco.  
By Joseph Cariz• July 14, 2016
Lynn Jenkins stated on July 29, 2014 in a press conference:
In the "do-nothing Senate," there are 352 House bills "sitting on Harry Reid’s desk awaiting action," including 55 introduced by Democrats.  
By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2014
X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022
Joe Biden stated on April 07, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 12, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.
By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post:
It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”
By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025
Campaign for America's Future stated on April 08, 2011 in a TV ad.:
Says "Congressman Eric Cantor wants to eliminate Social Security."
By Sean Gorman• April 14, 2011
Bloggers stated on January 04, 2019 in a tweet:
New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."
By Samantha Putterman• January 9, 2019
Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in in social media posts:
Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.
By Jeff Cercone• February 26, 2025
Bloggers stated on February 18, 2014 in conservative blogs:
A YouGov.com poll shows 71 percent of Obama voters regret voting for him.
By Katie Sanders• February 25, 2014
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden said a racial slur.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 26, 2021
Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
By Madison Czopek• February 4, 2025

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In Russia, the truth of the war on Ukraine is available. The risk comes in sharing it

By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022

In Context: What did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say about police fighting ICE?

By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2026

No evidence photo of Trump watching Baghdadi raid was staged

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2019

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2025

Could $1,000 seed money in a Trump account multiply to $243,000? That’s without inflation and taxes

By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2026

'Teabagger' group makes splash with fake-quote memes

By Keely Herring• May 28, 2015

Fact-checking claims about California’s ballot measures

By Chris Nichols• October 13, 2016

Fact-checking a California reopen protest video

By Daniel Funke• May 14, 2020

How online misinformation unfolded after Election Day, boosted by Trump and his allies

By Daniel Funke• November 6, 2020

The misinformation trap: the business of misleading migrants

By Daniela Mendoza, Patricia Mercado Sánchez, Julie Ricard• July 3, 2023

What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

By Daniel Funke• September 25, 2020

Here’s why social media panic over digital currency is overblown

By Jeff Cercone• April 17, 2023

State of the Union fact-check: Trump exaggerates on economy, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • February 25, 2026

Mailbag: ‘I rate your service as Scorched Pantyhose’

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2018

Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre

By Louis Jacobson, Emily Tanaka, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2017

How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect. He was a US citizen.

By Samantha Putterman• January 2, 2025

Will curbing social media help kids’ mental health? Florida may try.

By Lawrence Mower• January 16, 2024

Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 4, 2020

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War

By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2022

What we know about the traffic stop that left Daunte Wright dead

By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• April 15, 2021