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X posts stated on July 12, 2026 in X posts:

A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.

By Caleb McCullough • July 13, 2026

X posts stated on February 11, 2025 in a post:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.

By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025

Cheri Beasley stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:

Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”

By Paul Specht • October 24, 2022

Barbara Gaskins stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:

“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott's extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”

By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022

Mitch McConnell stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing:

The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”

By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2022

Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release:

“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”

By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."

By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019

Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018

Chris Ruddy stated on December 3, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.

By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017

Bob Casey stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet:

The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.

By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017

Richard Durbin stated on February 1, 2017 in a interview on Morning Joe :

Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choices."

By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017

Mitch McConnell stated on January 9, 2017 in an op-ed on FoxNews.com:

"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017

Cory Booker stated on January 8, 2017 in an interview on 'Face the Nation':

"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "

By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017

Ted Cruz stated on April 3, 2016 in ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz:

Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."

By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016

Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday":

Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."

By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on December 5, 2015 in a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015

Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."

By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015

Mitch McConnell stated on January 7, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015

Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability:

The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2014

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Baltimore bridge collapse: Why the federal government is paying upfront to fix it

By Loreben Tuquero, Jeff Cercone • April 2, 2024

Kevin McCarthy talking to reporters about debt ceiling 4-26-2023

The battle over the debt limit: What to know after the House GOP passed its bill

By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2023

Coal-fired Plant Scherer emitting carbon dioxide

CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat

By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2023

Supreme Court building and Trump protesters

The continuing battle over ‘court packing’ and the Supreme Court

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2021

Your questions about the government shutdown, answered (part 2)

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2019

Fact-checking 9 things Trump overstated, got wrong in his Cedar Rapids speech

By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • June 22, 2017

McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses

By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2015

McConnell and Boehner’s goals for the 114th Congress

By Lauren Carroll • November 10, 2014

PolitiFact Florida previews the Florida governor’s debate

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2014

Previewing the second Florida governor’s debate

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2014

Is there a corporate tax break that ships jobs overseas?

By Lauren Carroll • September 16, 2014

Fact-checking McConnell, Cruz on the Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman • January 26, 2014

What’s fueling fear about ICE at the polls in November? What have Trump officials said?

By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2026

Markey-Moulton composite for debate 7-8-26

Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest

By Alex Min, Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2026

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A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone • December 26, 2024

Trump 1,000 thumbnail image from Washington speech to Teamsters, 1-31-2024

What PolitiFact learned in 1,000 fact-checks of Donald Trump

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • February 1, 2024

Carbon storage Wyoming rock samples, 8-10-2022

Clean slate? ‘Carbon capture’ of CO2 emissions seen as technology that’s a climate solution and risk

By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2023

Randi Weingarten April 26, 2023, congressional subcommittee hearing

Here’s what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19

By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2023

US versus China: Which nation is doing more to address climate change?

By Tom Kertscher • March 27, 2023