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Fact-checks (3554)

Kendrick Meek stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 22, 2010
Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech:
"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019
Kendrick Meek stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Jeff Greene can buy anything" ...  he owns two mansions.
By Aaron Sharockman• July 30, 2010
John Boehner stated on July 13, 2010 in a news release:
"The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state."
By Sabrina Eaton• July 23, 2010
Tony Evers stated on March 10, 2017 in an interview:
A study of where teachers apply to work found that "less than 5 percent wanted to work in rural Wisconsin."
By Dave Umhoefer• March 31, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2024
Donald Trump stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:
The media "never show crowds."  
By Allison Graves• November 3, 2016
Facebook posts stated on March 03, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Biden took down Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 5, 2021
Glenn Beck stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on his radio program:
"The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings."
By Robert Farley• August 27, 2010
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on October 18, 2024 in an X post:
"Reports from Whitfield County, GA that Dominion machines are flipping votes. This is exactly the kind of fraud we saw in 2020."
By Loreben Tuquero• October 23, 2024
X posts stated on September 29, 2024 in X posts:
A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election.
By Sofia Ahmed• October 1, 2024
Republican National Committee stated on July 19, 2012 in a web video:
Over the last six months, President Barack Obama has golfed 10 times and held 106 fundraisers, but his jobs council has never met.
By Louis Jacobson• July 19, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on September 19, 2012 in a speech:
Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.
By Eric Stirgus• September 20, 2012
Viral image stated on December 06, 2022 in an Instagram post:
News clip showing Herschel Walker with early lead in Georgia U.S. Senate runoff is evidence of fraud.
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 8, 2022
Jeb Bush stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.:
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
By Linda Qiu• September 9, 2015
John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013
Jeff Greene stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Kendrick Meek was named one of the two most corrupt Democrats in Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
By Aaron Sharockman• August 3, 2010
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview:
On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’"
By Grace Abels• April 1, 2025
Donald Trump stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech:
"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."
By Miriam Valverde• May 24, 2019
Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video:
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
By Manuela Tobias• July 10, 2017

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Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

Is Obama a liberal?

By Bill Adair• June 16, 2008

Romney, RNC correct about Obama golfing, jobs meetings

By Louis Jacobson• July 19, 2012

GOP health care reform: A simple explanation, updated

By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2010

What Biden video keeps, ignores about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s speech seemingly praising him

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Louis Jacobson• July 20, 2023

Counting Obama's campaign promises

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 14, 2009

After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2023

What is 'a pathway to citizenship'?

By Molly Moorhead• April 2, 2013

Lawmakers rock the Truth-O-Meter needle

By W. Gardner Selby• March 28, 2011

Reflections on the Obameter and Obama's campaign promises

By Bill Adair, Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, J.B. Wogan• December 28, 2012

What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021

Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested?

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022

Donald Trump: Comey's leak of memo 'totally illegal?'

By Miriam Valverde• June 11, 2017

Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter

By Bill McCarthy• August 11, 2021

Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2020

Donald Trump credited this immigration graphic with saving his life. What did it show?

By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 18, 2024

GOP health care reform: A simple explanation

By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2009

Obama on the meters

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 1, 2010

Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026

Sorting out the truth on health care

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 14, 2008