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Instagram posts stated on August 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden walked “onto an empty airplane for no reason.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 7, 2024

Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2024 in a Fox News town hall:

Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2024

X posts stated on January 24, 2024 in in a post:

“Rep. Dean Phillips received almost twice as many votes as Biden did in the New Hampshire primary.”

By Grace Abels • January 26, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“President Xi of China under house arrest” amid “coup by the PLA.”

By Jeff Cercone • September 28, 2022

Kevin McCarthy stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet:

“American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.

By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says 2010 video clip showing coffins in a field proves “COVID was planned.”

By Gabrielle Settles • September 16, 2021

Jody Hice stated on November 12, 2020 in a tweet:

Democrats “spent 4 years refusing to acknowledge Trump’s 2016 victory.”

By Hayat Norimine • November 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”

By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020

Bernie Sanders stated on February 23, 2020 in an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes":

“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”

By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Twitter is banned in Iran."

By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on November 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says four Republican representatives "voted to impeach President Donald Trump."

By Daniel Funke • November 15, 2019

Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2019 in a tweet:

Says his impeachment is a "coup."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2019

Donald Trump stated on April 25, 2019 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2019

Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2018 in in a tweet:

"I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia."

By John Kruzel • October 18, 2018

Andrea Mitchell stated on October 14, 2018 in in a panel discussion:

A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.

By John Kruzel • October 16, 2018

Conservative Stories stated on May 21, 2018 in a headline:

"Just in: John Kerry facing prison."

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018

Greg Gutfeld stated on July 15, 2017 in a broadcast of the "Greg Gutfeld Show":

Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."

By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2017

X posts stated on May 23, 2017 in a tweet:

"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."

By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2017

BuzzFeedUSA.com stated on December 20, 2016 in a website:

"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "

By Linda Qiu • December 30, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on November 27, 2016 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

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US intelligence report on journalist’s murder contradicts Trump’s defense of Saudi crown prince

By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2025

Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.?

By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier, Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024

Matt Gaetz’s motion to vacate the House speakership: what to know

By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2023

Trump on Jan. 6 in oval office looking off to the side, 1-6-2021

Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • August 2, 2023

Why ousting the House speaker could be easy in 118th Congress

By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2023

Jan. 6 committee last hearing Dec. 19, 2022

What we know about the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals

By Yacob Reyes • December 19, 2022

What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 20, 2022

Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2021

Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2021

Is this a coup? Here’s some history and context to help you decide

By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2021

Disinformation targets Republicans who criticize Trump or support the impeachment inquiry

By Daniel Funke • November 22, 2019

Donald Trump calls impeachment a coup. It’s not

By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2018

How Congress could force Donald Trump’s hand on Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi

By John Kruzel • October 16, 2018

John Kerry was in Paris. But did he meet with Iranians? He says no

By John Kruzel • May 22, 2018

Recap of Rex Tillerson’s Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde • January 12, 2017

Fact-checking claims about Cuba

By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016

Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists?

By Linda Qiu • January 4, 2016

Fact-checking Jade Helm 15

By Christian Belanger • July 14, 2015