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Fact-checks (24648)

Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference:
Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2015
Bloggers stated on April 08, 2018 in in a blog:
The "moon has more than 250 million citizens." 
By John Kruzel• April 13, 2018
Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image:
The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth.
By Andy Nguyen• April 28, 2023
Rush Holt stated on September 16, 2011 in an opinion article:
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
By Erin O'Neill• September 26, 2011
Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video:
Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids."
By David DeCamp• October 28, 2010
Viral image stated on May 19, 2017 in a Facebook post:
Says Albert Einstein said, "Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart."
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 5, 2019
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
By Dave Umhoefer• December 4, 2013
Facebook posts stated on November 02, 2024 in a post:
“Elon Musk unveils UFO fighter jet that defies physics.”
By Grace Abels• November 8, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."
By Samantha Putterman• May 21, 2019
Nate McMurray stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet:
"Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 23, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
By Samantha Putterman• March 22, 2019
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on February 12, 2010 in a television ad:
Says one in three Texas children drop out of high school.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 25, 2010
Tommy Thompson stated on October 04, 2011 in a campaign fundraising email:
"During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN."
By Dave Umhoefer• October 23, 2011
Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”
By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023
Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in an interview with Piers Morgan:
"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."
By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2018
Mo Brooks stated on May 16, 2018 in a congressional hearing:
"You’re going to have an increase in the amount of ice in Antarctica because of global warming."
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018
Mandela Barnes stated on September 02, 2022 in News release:
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
By D.L. Davis• September 22, 2022
Bernie Sanders stated on June 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"30,000 Americans a year die waiting for health care because of the cost." 
By Shefali Luthra• June 24, 2019
Marie Newman stated on April 24, 2019 in a radio interview:
"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• April 28, 2019
Barack Obama stated on February 16, 2016 in a press conference:
"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."
By Lauren Carroll• March 1, 2016

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In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center

By Dylan Baddour• November 14, 2014

Deflategate and the limits of science

By Jon Greenberg• June 22, 2015

MovieFact: ‘Oppenheimer’ sticks close to historic record, with some liberties

By Jon Greenberg, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2023

Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015

Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015

The White House exaggerated how sharply illegal immigration has dropped. Here’s what you should know

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 20, 2025

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall in Pennsylvania

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024

The Trump-O-Meter: Tracking 102 promises made by Donald Trump

By Allison Graves, Aaron Sharockman• January 17, 2017

Yes, Donald Trump, Chevys are a rare sight in Japan, but why?

By Katie Sanders• November 27, 2015

Mailbag: PolitiFact Texas's pants are on fire

By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2013

Marco Rubio said someone could blow up a ballot drop box, ignoring safe track record

By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• October 19, 2022

Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech

By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012

Noncitizen voter purge makes a comeback in Florida

By Amy Sherman• September 12, 2013

John Boehner and the state of the economy

By Tom Feran• February 14, 2012

Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target

By Amy Sherman• May 19, 2021

On eve of the State of the Union address, a look at income inequality

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2014

On eve of the State of the Union address, a look at income inequality

By Louis Jacobson• January 24, 2014

8 things you might hear

By Tom Kertscher• January 22, 2014

What Clarence Thomas said about fetal cell lines and COVID-19 vaccines

By Andy Nguyen• July 8, 2022

How both sides play tricks with stimulus numbers

By Louis Jacobson, Catharine Richert• July 15, 2009