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Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."

By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2019

Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet:

Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."

By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018

Jon Ossoff stated on June 27, 2026 in a campaign speech:

President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”

By Ben Brasch • July 16, 2026

Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House:

The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2025

Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech:

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025

Cory Booker stated on April 1, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:

"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."

By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2025

X posts stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post:

“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2025

Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."

By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021

Donald Trump stated on October 29, 2020 in a rally in Tampa, Fla.:

“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Anti-poaching organizations dye elephant tusks and rhino horns with “the same pink dye that is used to mark stolen banknotes.”

By Noah Y. Kim • September 11, 2020

Elizabeth Warren stated on July 22, 2019 in a post on Medium:

"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2019

Patricia Fahy stated on January 14, 2019 in a radio interview:

As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019

John Cornyn stated on September 22, 2017 in a letter to a constituent:

Says that under the Obamacare law, health insurance "premiums have increased by more than 105 percent since" 2013.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2017

Barack Obama stated on March 23, 2017 in a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act:

"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017

American Future Fund stated on September 1, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says "Patrick Murphy was named one of America's least effective congressmen."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • September 9, 2016

Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."

By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015

Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz:

Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations."

By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2015

Tammy Baldwin stated on September 23, 2015 in an interview:

"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.

By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2015

Mark Drewniak stated on January 6, 2015 in in a press interview:

Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015

Rick Santorum stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."

By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014

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Inflation after one year under Trump: Prices continue to rise, but some key items are cheaper

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 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

9 charts show how consumers, businesses have soured on the economy in Trump’s first 100 days

By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2025

Musk and Trump at SpaceX Starship rocket test flight, Boca Chica, Texas, 11-19-2024

On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI

By Loreben Tuquero • November 20, 2024

Debate watchers in San Antonio, 9-10-2024

How an unsubstantiated, anonymous affidavit about the ABC presidential debate was amplified online

By Jeff Cercone • September 20, 2024

Why do so many Americans think the economy is bad when the data says otherwise?

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2024

Donald Trump in New York court, 11-6-2023

United Facts of America: What experts say about the Trump trials and the 2024 election

By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2023

baby interacts with caregiver at daycare

What to know about the CDC’s updated developmental milestones for infants and young children

By Samantha Putterman • February 28, 2022

Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Emily Delgado • January 12, 2022

Hy-Vee supermarket Nebraska empty shelves for Fox News, Newsmax story

Newsmax, Fox News air outdated, out-of-context photos of empty shelves in segments bashing Biden

By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2021

How big is the threat of inflation in the post-pandemic era?

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2021

State of vaccine supply is ‘opaque,’ ‘hard to pin down,’ experts say

By Julie Appleby • February 4, 2021

Biden’s COVID-19 challenge: 100 million shots in the first 100 days. It won’t be easy

By Victoria Knight • January 20, 2021

Donald Trump’s immigration promises: failures and achievements

By Miriam Valverde • July 27, 2020

Trump in Oval on coronavirus, from outside

Timeline: How Donald Trump responded to the coronavirus pandemic

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • March 20, 2020

How would an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump work?

By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2019

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

By Chris Nichols • January 7, 2019

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s book ‘What Happened’

By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2017

Trump shaking hands with west virginia gov

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s rally in West Virginia with Gov. Jim Justice

By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2017

PolitiFact Sheet: Understanding Ted Cruz’s health care amendment and pre-existing conditions

By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2017