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Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.

By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2021

X posts stated on March 07, 2022 in a tweet:

“We haven’t seen a single American megachurch offer anything to help Ukrainians.”

By Samantha Putterman• March 16, 2022

Bernie Sanders stated on May 16, 2016 in a town hall in San Juan:

"Puerto Rico’s $70 billion debt is unsustainable and it is unpayable. And the reason why it is unsustainable has everything to do with the greed of Wall Street vulture funds."

By Linda Qiu• May 19, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:

“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."

By Brandon Mulder• July 2, 2021

Tavis Smiley stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."

By Lauren Carroll• October 19, 2014

António Guterres stated on March 18, 2024 in in a speech in New York:

Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.”

By Madison Czopek• March 26, 2024

Shirley Turner stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:

"The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."

By Bill Wichert• August 2, 2012

Ted Budd stated on January 09, 2019 in a tweet:

Says there are "2,000 inadmissible migrants arriving every day"

By Paul Specht• January 17, 2019

Joseph Crowley stated on April 07, 2017 in a tweet:

"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."

By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017

Rick Scott stated on February 23, 2011 in comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.:

Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.

By Aaron Sharockman• February 25, 2011

Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech:

On a government spending freeze.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 28, 2010

Alex Jones stated on August 13, 2017 in a video on his website:

Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."

By Aaron Sharockman• August 14, 2017

Instagram posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:

Martha’s Vineyard “deported 50 illegals after only 24 hours.”

By Madison Czopek• September 21, 2022

Chain email stated on April 09, 2010 in chain e-mail:

Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 9, 2010

Tom Barrett stated on September 08, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:

When each faced a pension funding crisis, Tom Barrett made tough choices and smart cuts while Scott Walker passed $400 million in pension debt to the next generation.

By Dave Umhoefer• September 29, 2010

Benjamin Netanyahu stated on July 27, 2025 in remarks:

“There is no starvation in Gaza.”

By Madison Czopek• July 29, 2025

Michelle Nunn stated on August 07, 2014 in television ad:

Points of Light is "the world’s largest volunteer organization."

By Nancy Badertscher• August 26, 2014

Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference:

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017

Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "The View":

South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.

By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2011

Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing:

“We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.

By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman• July 30, 2025

Trump's real border crisis is the overwhelmed asylum system, experts say

By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem?

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018

'What is Aleppo?' We'll explain it to you, and Gary Johnson

By Jon Greenberg• September 8, 2016

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said.

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 25, 2024

Fact-checking Julián Castro’s claim that asylum ‘metering’ caused drowning of father, daughter

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• June 27, 2019

Trump rests national emergency declaration on border ‘invasion.’ Here are the facts

By Miriam Valverde• February 15, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: How does Joe Biden’s proposed asylum rule differ from Donald Trump’s ‘transit ban’?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 2, 2023

Trump has threatened ‘taking Cuba.’ What’s at stake for the US economically, politically?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2026

Ask PolitiFact: What branch of government is ‘really’ responsible for the crisis at the border?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 17, 2024

Fact-checking claims that activists caused a Cuban hospital power outage, stayed in five-star hotel

By Samantha Putterman• March 24, 2026

World Refugee Day: Refugee claims and U.S. politics

By Jon Greenberg• June 20, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• November 27, 2018

Clarifying the nuances in immigration law after DeSantis sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

By Yacob Reyes• September 23, 2022

In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021

Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021

Can states file for bankruptcy? Should they? What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2020

Donald Trump’s ‘s---hole countries’ remark and its policy history

By Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump's tweets about Puerto Rico

By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2017

What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine

By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016

Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion

By Grace Abels• May 23, 2025

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