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Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2023 in Instagram posts:
"Biden admin negotiates deal to give WHO authority over US pandemic policies.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 21, 2023
Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 13, 2020
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in a Facebook post:
"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."
By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2016
Rick Scott stated on October 25, 2010 in a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.:
"Your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones."
By Aaron Sharockman• October 26, 2010
The Gateway Pundit stated on November 26, 2021 in an article:
Because of omicron, “the Biden administration has decided to leave the U.S. southern border completely open.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 2, 2021
Donald Trump stated on July 26, 2024 in remarks at Turning Point USA summit:
Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
By Grace Abels• August 29, 2024
Viral image stated on September 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2020
Arlen Specter stated on April 28, 2009 in interviews.:
On switching parties.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 1, 2009
Club for Growth stated on July 12, 2012 in a radio ad.:
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."  
By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2012
Bloggers stated on April 05, 2021 in a blog post:
“Report: Biden administration busing ‘thousands’ of illegals to red states to get permanent status.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2021
Marco Rubio stated on February 09, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
"The majority of Americans are conservatives."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 24, 2012
Dana Loesch stated on September 04, 2014 in a tweet:
"Obama admin gutted @ProjChildSafe budget to provide trigger locks and safety kits."
By Jon Greenberg• September 8, 2014
Americans for Prosperity stated on November 02, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
By Becky Bowers• November 15, 2011
Instagram posts stated on September 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"Debate moderators made the false claim to Donald Trump that there is nowhere in the United States where abortion is legal up until birth."
By Jeff Cercone• September 13, 2024
Sean Spicer stated on February 08, 2022 in a tweet:
The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• February 10, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 08, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Kansas City Chiefs said they refuse to participate in Pride Month because ‘it’s extremely woke.’
By Jeff Cercone• June 10, 2024
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 01, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.”
By Madison Czopek• March 3, 2022
TikTok posts stated on September 29, 2021 in a TikTok post:
“The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights.
By Gabrielle Settles• November 1, 2021
Yesli Vega stated on July 11, 2022 in Facebook post:
“Abigail Spanberger still votes with and shares Joe Biden’s positions 100% of the time.”
By Warren Fiske• August 11, 2022

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Mute buttons and more: The 2020 debate moderators on what worked, what didn’t

By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2020

Inside fact-checking: A conversation with Lucas Graves, author of 'Deciding What's True'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 14, 2016

Ask PolitiFact: Did President Joe Biden grant ‘mass amnesty’ to over 350,000 immigrants?

By Madison Czopek• June 7, 2024

The CDC’s new guidelines on COVID-19 risk and masking send confounding signals

By Colleen DeGuzman• March 9, 2022

What's in a name?

By Cynthia Needham• October 15, 2010

Fact-checking the 'Ground Zero mosque' debate

By Robert Farley• August 20, 2010

New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided

By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2023

Flag pin flap tarnishes Obama, journos

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 18, 2008

‘We have nothing to hide.’ How Donald Trump shifted on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2025

15% is the Super Tuesday number you’ll be hearing about a lot

By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2020

COVID-19 booster shots: What we know so far

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2021

A fact-checker’s advice for debate moderators

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 21, 2016

Did the rules of the debate say there would be no fan?

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2014

NY comptroller Brad Lander demanded a ‘judicial warrant’ in courthouse. Do ICE agents need that?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 18, 2025

Democrats’ playbook for stopping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick

By Katie Akin, John Kruzel• July 3, 2018

Calling Dewhurst a moderate

By W. Gardner Selby• July 19, 2012

Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’

By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021

Flipping and flopping

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 24, 2008

How to watch the Georgia Senate runoff election results

By Amy Sherman• January 5, 2021