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Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025

Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2022 in a post:

California’s Senate Bill 107 means “your child can now be taken from your custody if you do not affirm gender-reassignment surgery.”

By Andy Nguyen • October 10, 2022

Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline:

An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”

By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021

Viral image stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021

Facebook posts stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.”

By Isabella Fertel • October 1, 2021

Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.”

By Sasha Hupka • July 23, 2021

Gavin Newsom stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address:

“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”

By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally:

"Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”

By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2020

Gavin Newsom stated on April 17, 2019 in a news release:

California is leading the nation in holding drug companies accountable and fighting prescription drug prices.

By Samantha Young • April 25, 2019

John Cox stated on July 30, 2018 in a Fox Business Network interview:

"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."

By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018

Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet:

"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018

Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video:

Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."

By Manuela Tobias • July 10, 2017

Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address:

"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017

No on 56 campaign stated on August 16, 2016 in radio and online advertisements:

"Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million."

By Chris Nichols • August 26, 2016

Safety For All Initiative stated on July 6, 2016 in an email.:

"There are at least twice as many licensed firearm dealers in California as there are McDonald’s."

By Chris Nichols • July 19, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on June 1, 2016 in a news conference:

"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 7, 2016 in a speech after several primaries concluded:

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Scott Walker stated on November 26, 2012 in an interview:

Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain

By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:

Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.

By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos stated on February 1, 2012 in a speech at his campaign kickoff:

"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."

By Bill Wichert • February 13, 2012

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COVID-19 is rising as kids are headed back to school. Are 2026 flu and COVID vaccines available?

By Madison Czopek • August 26, 2026

Debra Smith holds medical bills in 2021 in Tennessee

Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit

By Julie Appleby • December 11, 2025

Whooping cough pertussis bacteria microbe

Whooping cough cases are rising. Know the symptoms and how to avoid infection.

By Grace Abels • November 25, 2025

Sun rises behind Palisades neighborhood home destroyed by California wildfires, 1-12-2025

Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention?

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2025

Lakewood church shooting photo with officer in Houston, 2-18-2024

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or ‘trans terrorism’

By Grace Abels • February 26, 2024

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 6, 2022

Fact-checking a California reopen protest video

By Daniel Funke • May 14, 2020

‘The California price’: Why it costs so much to build a home in the Golden State

By Chris Nichols • November 19, 2019

Fact-checking claims on California’s unsheltered homeless population

By Chris Nichols • July 25, 2019

Who is Eric Swalwell? Meet the latest California Democrat running for president

By Chris Nichols • May 1, 2019

Fact-checking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Inauguration Speech

By Chris Nichols • January 7, 2019

Who’s telling the truth in California’s 10th Congressional District?

By Chris Nichols • October 24, 2018

Fact-checking claims about California’s rent control measure Prop 10

By Chris Nichols • October 11, 2018

Dispelling myths about California’s homeless

By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2018

Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2017

Bold claims about California’s drug price measure persist, despite unknowns

By Chris Nichols • November 4, 2016

Fact-checking Maine debate between Susan Collins, Troy Jackson on Roe v. Wade, electric rates, Iran

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2026

Fact-checking Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek in first Iowa US Senate debate

By Caleb McCullough • October 8, 2026

Trump’s midterm rallies: A fact-checked guide to talking points, falsehoods

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2026

¿Qué es el kratom y dónde es ilegal en Estados Unidos?

By Madison Czopek • July 15, 2026