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Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
Pants on Fire!
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2023
False
Allen Frances stated on August 25, 2019 in remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources":
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2019
Pants on Fire!
Dave Hansen stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview:
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
Mostly True
Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.:
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2011
Pants on Fire!
MoveOn.org stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
Half-True
John McCain stated on April 25, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark.:
By Bill Adair • May 9, 2008
Mostly True
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Netanyahu addresses joint session of congress, 7-24-2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • July 25, 2024
Antislavery cartoon
A primer on Civil War history and what Donald Trump and Nikki Haley got wrong
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2024
Pentagon briefing on cluster munitions
Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know
By Louis Jacobson, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 11, 2023
LOTY Lies that Kill graphic 2022
Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine
By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 13, 2022
Fiona Hill testifying
Fiona Hill and conspiracy theories about Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2019
George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
George Washington’s lessons and the future of political civility
By Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2018
Research
The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter: PolitiFact’s methodology for independent fact-checking
By Katie Sanders • February 12, 2018
TRUMP-TIGHT2
Trump says Clinton and Obama paid people to cause violence at his rallies
By Steve Contorno • October 20, 2016
Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns?
By Molly Moorhead • July 16, 2012
Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns?
By Molly Moorhead • July 13, 2012
McCain and the sinister ministers
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
A terrorist endorsement for Obama?
By Bill Adair • May 9, 2008
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