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

"You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college."

By Noah Y. Kim • September 30, 2020

Adam Kinzinger stated on February 15, 2015 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':

The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief."

By Steve Contorno • February 19, 2015

Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24:

"Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States."

By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014

Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 25, 2026 in an ad:

Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson hit a female colleague.

By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2026

Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:

“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025

Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax:

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025

Threads posts stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post:

A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2025

Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”

By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post:

“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2024

Donald Trump stated on October 9, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview may be “a major Campaign Finance Violation.”

By Sara Swann • October 12, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in the ABC News presidential debate:

“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”

By Jacob Gardenswartz • September 30, 2024

Elissa Slotkin stated on September 11, 2024 in a TV ad:

Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 13, 2024

X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in a video posted on X:

On June 7, 2011, Kamala Harris was involved in a San Francisco hit-and-run crash that injured a woman named Alicia Brown.

By Loreben Tuquero, Madison Czopek • September 5, 2024

Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post:

“Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 16, 2024

Kelly Daughtry stated on April 1, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”

By Paul Specht • April 25, 2024

Instagram posts stated on April 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 4, 2024

Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”

By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on January 22, 2024 in Speech:

"After Roe was dismantled, extremists evoked a law from 1849 to stop abortion” in Wisconsin.

By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2024

Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post:

Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on July 21, 2023 in in a speech in Jacksonville, Florida:

"Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”

By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 7, 2023

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Did Andrew Yang break the law? We may never know

By Libby Stanford • September 20, 2019

Abdul El-Sayed said US aid to Israel violates Leahy laws. What are they, and is he right?

By Caleb McCullough • November 9, 2026

desantis 2025 state of state view of legislature

Will Florida’s Supreme Court have to review lawmakers’ property tax proposal? Only if someone sues.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2026

DeSantis with Alligator Alcatraz plans in poster behind him 07-01-2025

DeSantis said ‘everybody’ at Alligator Alcatraz has a deportation order. Lawyers say he’s wrong.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2025

Macrons with King Charles III and Queen Camilla 07-09-2025

Beyond the Macrons’ lawsuit against Candace Owens: Why do people accuse powerful women of being men?

By Madison Czopek • July 24, 2025

Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before

By Amy Sherman, Gabrielle Lazor • June 12, 2025

LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines

By Amy Sherman, Gabrielle Lazor • June 10, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his Senate confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary at the Capitol, 1-29-2025

‘I never said it’: RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing

By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman • January 30, 2025

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., 2-23-2024

Is Matt Gaetz ‘an accomplished attorney’? Digging into Trump AG pick’s record as a Florida lawyer

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2024

Kamala Harris the day after Biden dropped out at White House, 7-22-2024

Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2024

Poll workers sort out ballots on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. 11-03-2020

The fallout from spreading election falsehoods: lawsuits, settlements and bankruptcy filings

By Madison Czopek • June 13, 2024

Mifepristone on West Alabama Women's Center shelf in Tuscaloosa, Ala., 3-16-2022

At stake in mifepristone case: abortion, FDA’s authority and return to 1873 obscenity law

By Sarah Varney • March 25, 2024

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a conference on border security, 2-6-2024

Sen. Chris Murphy said ‘the border never closes.’ What does that mean?

By Samantha Putterman • February 7, 2024

Trump lawyer’s claim that indictment attacks First Amendment rights is dubious, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 7, 2023

Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Looking back at false claims about voting machine company

By Jeff Cercone • April 17, 2023

Tennessee Justins celebrate reinstatement 4-13-2023

State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years.

By Madison Czopek • April 13, 2023

Abortion debate March for Life, January 2023

With Roe reversed and Congress deadlocked, states take up new abortion laws

By Julie Rovner • January 23, 2023

Why an analysis of COVID-19 vaccines from Florida’s surgeon general is flawed

By Gabrielle Settles • October 13, 2022

Mailbag: The stolen election myth, abortion laws, defending fact-checkers

By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2022

What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting

By Hana Stepnick • July 12, 2022