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Bloggers stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:

Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure.

By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019

Viral image stated on February 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters:

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."

By John Kruzel • January 9, 2019

Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation:

"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018

Aftab Pureval stated on August 28, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Steve Chabot "voted to strip insurance protections for pre-existing conditions."

By Stephen Koff • September 12, 2018

Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:

Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Bruce Rauner stated on September 28, 2017 in a press conference:

"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."

By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017

Washington Examiner stated on June 9, 2014 in opinion piece:

U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has avoided taking a stand on Obamacare.

By Nancy Badertscher, Nick Fouriezos • June 27, 2014

Dana Perino stated on April 22, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:

"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2014

Mitt Romney stated on December 7, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:

"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."

By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011

Mitch Daniels stated on February 11, 2011 in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference:

"Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security."

By Lucas Graves • February 17, 2011

Lee Fisher stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech:

Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."

By Stephen Koff • August 25, 2010

Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show:

"There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."

By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010

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Democrats will soon control Congress. How might Trump use veto power? What could override it?

By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2026

RFK for vaccination announcement story May 2025

RFK Jr. ended COVID vaccine recommendation for kids, pregnant women. What do facts show about risk?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2025

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress

By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025

Elon Musk photo from Germany Tesla factory March 22, 2022

How Elon Musk ditched Twitter’s safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation

By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2023

What we know about today’s Taliban

By Jon Greenberg • September 1, 2021

Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial

By Daniel Funke, Katie Sanders • December 16, 2020

Harris, Pence at different angles at debate

Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence

By PolitiFact Staff • October 8, 2020

Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

By Julie Appleby • July 16, 2020

Timeline of Michael Flynn’s turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness

By John Kruzel • December 5, 2018

Robert Mueller DOJ statement end of Russia probe May 29 2019

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated)

By John Kruzel • July 16, 2018

Could the nuclear option get rid of the filibuster entirely? Checking Trump’s tweet

By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2018

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s book ‘What Happened’

By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2017

Russia, Trump, Turkey: Detailing Michael Flynn’s fall

By John Kruzel • May 23, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech, annotated

By Adam Thorp, Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton • July 29, 2016

In Context: Greg Abbott’s vow to lift Texas universities into nation’s top 10

By Dylan Baddour • January 1, 2015

Rubio calls Snowden scandal ‘most damaging’ espionage case in U.S. history. Is it?

By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2014