26 People 19773 Fact-checks 6362 Articles People (26) Occupy Providence Yes on 22 Shaun Ireland Oxfam Ireland Jobs Ohio Job Itzkowitz Providence City Council Americans for Job Security Good Jobs First Protect American Jobs Wisconsin Jobs Now Center for Western Priorities Immigration Policy Center Center for American Progress Center for Individual Freedom Centers for Disease Control Violence Policy Center Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I. National Women's Law Center Oregon Center for Public Policy Fact-checks (19773) Joseph Trillo stated on January 20, 2012 in a debate: "We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs." By Alex Kuffner• February 3, 2012 Mike Foley stated on April 23, 2013 in news release: Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation. By Robert Higgs• May 13, 2013 Robert Henneke stated on June 23, 2015 in an oped column: "Obama’s Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants." By W. Gardner Selby• July 24, 2015 Liz Krueger stated on March 05, 2026 in an op-ed: Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.” By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi• May 7, 2026 Vicki Martin stated on May 12, 2016 in a presentation at a panel discussion: Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college." By Sarah Hauer• May 27, 2016 Peter Shumlin stated on May 21, 2014 in MSNBC: "Nathan Deal cut the HOPE scholarship program so that literally 100,000 Georgians will not be able to go to college or get technical training that they so badly needed to raise -- you know, give them a chance at a good job." By Nancy Badertscher• May 30, 2014 Ron Klain stated on November 07, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2021 James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.” By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026 Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2021 Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." By Miriam Valverde• September 24, 2019 Ann Coulter stated on May 26, 2015 in an interview on "America with Jorge Ramos": "America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population." By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2015 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing: "[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply." By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012 Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet: Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land." By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2014 Lee Fisher stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech: Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China." By Stephen Koff• August 25, 2010 Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2024 in a Facebook post: "Ireland will pay you $90,000 to move to a beautiful island home.” By Jeff Cercone• November 26, 2024 Bob Gibbs stated on August 12, 2010 in an issue statement posted to his website: Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates." By Robert Higgs• August 13, 2010 Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax: “We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.” By Louis Jacobson• March 28, 2025 Jeb Bush stated on May 12, 2014 in a speech at the Manhattan Institute: "U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science." By Amy Sherman• May 15, 2014 Liz Cheney stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": “Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.” By Louis Jacobson• April 13, 2021 Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.” By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026 Articles (6362) Fact-checking the death toll estimates from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2018 Launching PolitiFact Global News Service By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016 Launching PolitiFact Global News Service By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016 Fact-checking Jeb Bush, possible presidential contender By Amy Sherman• November 18, 2014 New electric vehicle tax credit rules aim to reduce dependence on China, but present new obstacles By Matthew Crowley, Tom Kertscher• May 1, 2023 The data gaps in the fight against COVID-19: Experts point out what we still don’t know By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2021 Jeb Bush on the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• November 18, 2014 Fact-checking 5 claims Trump made at New Hampshire rally By Grace Abels, Rebecca Catalanello• December 17, 2023 Billions of dollars are being invested in pricey ‘green’ hydrogen. Is it a viable climate solution? By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2023 Updating the Walk-O-Meter By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC By PolitiFact Staff • March 4, 2019 Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2023 Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address By Emily Delgado, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• January 12, 2022 McAuliffe's car troubles persist By Nancy Madsen• August 11, 2013 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 Show the green: States ranking high in renewable energy jobs gave generous incentives By Tom Kertscher• May 22, 2023 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2025 Scott Walker kept promises to lower taxes, raise college grants; broke pledge to reduce energy costs By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2018 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 2, 2024 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020
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Joseph Trillo stated on January 20, 2012 in a debate: "We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs." By Alex Kuffner• February 3, 2012 Mike Foley stated on April 23, 2013 in news release: Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation. By Robert Higgs• May 13, 2013 Robert Henneke stated on June 23, 2015 in an oped column: "Obama’s Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants." By W. Gardner Selby• July 24, 2015 Liz Krueger stated on March 05, 2026 in an op-ed: Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.” By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi• May 7, 2026 Vicki Martin stated on May 12, 2016 in a presentation at a panel discussion: Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college." By Sarah Hauer• May 27, 2016 Peter Shumlin stated on May 21, 2014 in MSNBC: "Nathan Deal cut the HOPE scholarship program so that literally 100,000 Georgians will not be able to go to college or get technical training that they so badly needed to raise -- you know, give them a chance at a good job." By Nancy Badertscher• May 30, 2014 Ron Klain stated on November 07, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2021 James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.” By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026 Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2021 Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." By Miriam Valverde• September 24, 2019 Ann Coulter stated on May 26, 2015 in an interview on "America with Jorge Ramos": "America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population." By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2015 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing: "[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply." By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012 Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet: Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land." By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2014 Lee Fisher stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech: Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China." By Stephen Koff• August 25, 2010 Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2024 in a Facebook post: "Ireland will pay you $90,000 to move to a beautiful island home.” By Jeff Cercone• November 26, 2024 Bob Gibbs stated on August 12, 2010 in an issue statement posted to his website: Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates." By Robert Higgs• August 13, 2010 Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax: “We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.” By Louis Jacobson• March 28, 2025 Jeb Bush stated on May 12, 2014 in a speech at the Manhattan Institute: "U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science." By Amy Sherman• May 15, 2014 Liz Cheney stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": “Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.” By Louis Jacobson• April 13, 2021 Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.” By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026
Fact-checking the death toll estimates from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2018 Launching PolitiFact Global News Service By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016 Launching PolitiFact Global News Service By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016 Fact-checking Jeb Bush, possible presidential contender By Amy Sherman• November 18, 2014 New electric vehicle tax credit rules aim to reduce dependence on China, but present new obstacles By Matthew Crowley, Tom Kertscher• May 1, 2023 The data gaps in the fight against COVID-19: Experts point out what we still don’t know By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2021 Jeb Bush on the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• November 18, 2014 Fact-checking 5 claims Trump made at New Hampshire rally By Grace Abels, Rebecca Catalanello• December 17, 2023 Billions of dollars are being invested in pricey ‘green’ hydrogen. Is it a viable climate solution? By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2023 Updating the Walk-O-Meter By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC By PolitiFact Staff • March 4, 2019 Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2023 Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address By Emily Delgado, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• January 12, 2022 McAuliffe's car troubles persist By Nancy Madsen• August 11, 2013 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 Show the green: States ranking high in renewable energy jobs gave generous incentives By Tom Kertscher• May 22, 2023 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2025 Scott Walker kept promises to lower taxes, raise college grants; broke pledge to reduce energy costs By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2018 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 2, 2024 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020
