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Fact-checks (15759)

X posts stated on November 08, 2022 in a tweet:
“There is no chain of custody” for ballots placed in Box No. 3 at Maricopa, Arizona, polling sites.
By Jon Greenberg• November 8, 2022
Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech:
"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.    
By Lauren Carroll• November 22, 2015
Joseph Cryan stated on December 19, 2013 in an Assembly session:
"What do Rutgers University, Kean University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, Stockton College, Rowan University and William Paterson all have in common? They all graduate less than 50 percent of their students within four years."
By Caryn Shinske• January 12, 2014
Facebook posts stated on April 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The President of Ukraine owns a $35 million home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account.”
By Andy Nguyen• May 2, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Voting machines found in bus in Arizona.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 10, 2020
Tucker Carlson stated on January 09, 2023 in in a broadcast:
The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2023
Instagram posts stated on November 08, 2022 in a post:
Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.
By Andy Nguyen• November 11, 2022
Sean Parnell stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
By Amy Sherman• February 23, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Arizona BANS Electronic Voting Machines.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 31, 2023
Bloggers stated on July 20, 2016 in a headline:
"Police find 19 white female bodies in freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ carved into skin."
By Joshua Gillin• April 6, 2017
Barack Obama stated on June 26, 2012 in a speech:
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
By Eric Stirgus• July 9, 2012
Bloggers stated on October 07, 2017 in :
"Man dug tunnel from home to the pub and drank every night while his wife slept."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 23, 2018
Dick Greco stated on May 01, 2002 in city report reprinted as 2011 mayoral campaign material:
"Financed the largest parking expansion program without a rate increase."
By Richard Danielson• February 12, 2011
Bloggers stated on March 14, 2022 in an article:
"Documents were published confirming Moderna created the COVID-19 Virus.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 24, 2022
Jennifer Horn stated on October 23, 2013 in remarks at a party fundraiser:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "got behind the idea of using the IRS to target American citizens for their political views."
By Kaitlin Mulhere• October 16, 2013
John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference:
"We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
By Tom Feran• December 12, 2011
Paul Workman stated on June 15, 2017 in an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says it’s documented that City of Austin fees for building an apartment complex are nearly 10 times what Dallas levies.
By Shonda Novak, W. Gardner Selby• July 13, 2017
Jim Kyle stated on September 29, 2012 in a story in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle:
"All legislative mail, from the content to the timing, is approved by the speaker's office."
By Tom Humphrey• October 8, 2012
Chris Bollwage stated on January 15, 2012 in a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth:
"Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey."
By Erin O'Neill• January 27, 2012
Tim Ryan stated on July 14, 2011 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
"We’re only spending 2 percent of our GDP on our infrastructure, while China and India are spending 10 percent of their GDP reinvesting back into their country."  
By Sabrina Eaton• August 10, 2011

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New information doesn't fix Donald Trump's 9/11 claim

By Lauren Carroll• December 2, 2015

How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020

What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one?

By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025

PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• November 22, 2015

Fact-checking the Nov. 22 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• November 22, 2015

¿Quién es Tim Walz? Te contamos sobre el compañero de fórmula de Kamala Harris

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already.

By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2023

Mailbag: A few readers say they're with Trump on 9/11 celebrations

By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015

DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right?

By Jeffrey S. Solochek• April 30, 2024

Was Feingold really in front of his house?

By James B. Nelson, Don Walker• September 29, 2010

Fact-checking Joe Biden about sharing classified materials, keeping them in lockable cabinets

By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• February 9, 2024

Acusación contra Trump: todo lo que debes saber

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2023

Tim Ryan targets China's trade practices

By Sabrina Eaton• March 16, 2012

Joe Biden classified documents timeline: Where, when were files found?

By Amy Sherman• January 25, 2023

Joe Biden is pushing for more electric cars. Will there be enough charging stations?

By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2023

Is the titanium dioxide in tampons toxic?

By Grace Abels• August 12, 2022

Science shows mask-wearing is largely safe for children

By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2021

Claims mislead about California forcing jail time for using wrong transgender pronoun

By Chris Nichols• September 26, 2017

PolitiFact road-tests Donald Trump’s claim about driving an electric vehicle in New Hampshire

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• November 27, 2023

What we know about the source of the coronavirus pandemic

By Daniel Funke• April 17, 2020