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Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:

In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.

By Kristin Hugo• July 29, 2022

Viral image stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2021

Marco Rubio stated on March 04, 2010 in a press release:

"Crist stays in $2,000 a night luxury hotel suites where he racks up $1,300 in mini-bar charges, and doesn't pay for a dime of it himself."

By Aaron Sharockman• March 12, 2010

Instagram posts stated on January 09, 2024 in a post:

Suggests there have been 17 million deaths from the COVID-19 vaccines.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 17, 2024

League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter:

Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”

By Laura Schulte• August 19, 2022

Ted Cruz stated on June 04, 2022 in a tweet:

"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."

By Nusaiba Mizan• June 21, 2022

Donald Trump Jr. stated on October 29, 2020 in a Fox News appearance:

The number of coronavirus deaths is “almost nothing.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 30, 2020

Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram:

“Haaretz investigation reveals discrepancies in Israel’s reporting on October 7th death toll.”

By Madison Czopek• October 31, 2023

Instagram posts stated on March 31, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Report proves that COVID-19 vaccines caused 300,000 excess deaths in 2022.

By Jeff Cercone• April 6, 2023

Steve Deace stated on August 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2021

Jay Hottinger stated on January 11, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:

"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."

By Tom Feran• January 21, 2011

Viral image stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“COVID ends next Wednesday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020

Steve Kirsch stated on September 14, 2021 in a tweet:

"Pfizer vaccine kills more people than it saves."

By Tom Kertscher• September 22, 2021

Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination.

By Loreben Tuquero• February 23, 2023

State Public Service Announcement stated on December 28, 2015 in :

By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.

By Nancy Badertscher• December 30, 2015

Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado":

"The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."

By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2015

Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Italy drastically reduced the country’s official COV1D-19 death count by over 97%. This means Covid killed fewer people than an average seasonal flu.”

By Samantha Putterman, Luiz Romero• November 10, 2021

Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2020 in news release:

“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

By Haley BeMiller• June 8, 2020

Sloan Roach stated on November 06, 2014 in a television interview:

Georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.

By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• November 11, 2014

Why Europe took a closer look at AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

By Noah Y. Kim• March 18, 2021

How an alternative gateway to VAERS data helps fuel vaccine misinformation

By Gabrielle Settles• February 28, 2022

One year in: How does COVID-19’s toll compare with other causes of death?

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2021

How COVID-19 death counts become the stuff of conspiracy theories

By Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight• November 2, 2020

How helpful can herd immunity be in ending the coronavirus pandemic?

By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2020

Fact-checking the death toll estimates from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2018

Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists?

By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016

Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

By Phillip Reese• September 11, 2023

Super Bowl legends explored and exposed

By Alex Kuffner• February 5, 2012

18 fact-checks of things that were wrong on the Internet

By Louis Jacobson• December 28, 2014

What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use-of-force cases: The civilian’s race or the officer’s?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2023

Stakes high for AJC PolitiFact Georgia

By Willoughby Mariano• September 19, 2010

Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear

By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022

Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine

By Sophie Austin, Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg• July 28, 2020

Super Bowl Ad Watch: Mike Bloomberg on gun control

By Bill McCarthy• February 3, 2020

10 of Donald Trump’s big falsehoods about COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg• September 27, 2020

Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News

By PolitiFact Staff • August 24, 2023

Is vaping safer than smoking?

By John Kruzel• October 21, 2019

There’s no evidence that the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death

By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2019

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero• August 8, 2022

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