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Fact-checks (13821)

Jim Bridenstine stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2013
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview:
"Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."
By John Kruzel• February 19, 2019
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech:
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 12, 2015
John McCain stated on February 08, 2016 in remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered:
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
By Anthony Cave• February 16, 2016
Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.:
"The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..."
By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011
Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech:
"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 18, 2014
X posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a tweet:
Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”
By Jon Greenberg• July 20, 2021
Bjorn Lomborg stated on September 03, 2021 in an column in the Wall Street Journal:
“The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 9, 2021
Hank Johnson stated on April 18, 2012 in a speech:
"The United States imprisons more than any nation in the world."
By Eric Stirgus• May 7, 2012
Yard sign stated on June 15, 2011 in a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.:
Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."
By John Gregg• June 30, 2011
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on August 23, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee:
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• August 24, 2023
Don Beyer stated on March 24, 2016 in a website post.:
"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."
By Sean Gorman• April 4, 2016
Tim Pawlenty stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with the 'Miami Herald.':
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor• August 14, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House:
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 4, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2023 in an Instagram post:
NASA space rockets can’t reach space.
By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2023
Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Three rockets NASA is launching during the April 8 solar eclipse is “a ritual causing mass psychosis.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2024
Instagram posts stated on March 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Climate change is caused by corporations using "weather modification patents.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 29, 2023
@thesavoyshow stated on January 07, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. airbases in Iraq.
By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023

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What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?

By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2021

How Iran and the United States came to the brink

By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2020

A look back at our climate-change fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2013

A look back at our climate-change fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2013

Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

Climate change isn’t the sole cause of any hurricane, but it might affect them

By Kristin Hugo• September 29, 2022

Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat?

By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015

Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• January 11, 2024

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

Ron DeSantis dismisses climate change link to stronger hurricanes. Here’s what the science says.

By Samantha Putterman• October 17, 2024

The article: PolitiFact expands to Australia

By Bill Adair• May 13, 2013

PolitiFact expands to Australia

By Bill Adair• May 12, 2013

Corralling the facts on herd immunity

By Aneri Pattani• September 29, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech on Greenland, US economy

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 21, 2026

In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021

Meet the 'zombie stat' that just won't die

By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2014

Mailbag: 'Show me your better side,' and other reader reactions

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• July 28, 2021

Fact-check: Does milk consumption increase breast cancer risk? More research is needed, experts say

By Maria Briceño• June 19, 2023

Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus

By Daniel Funke• May 8, 2020

What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness

By Sara Swann• August 10, 2023