4 People 11051 Fact-checks 4240 Articles People (4) Evening World world-newss.com World Food Program Daily World Update Fact-checks (11051) Barack Obama stated on July 15, 2008 in a television ad: Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 15, 2008 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing. By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023 Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024 TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine. By Marta Campabadal Graus• June 15, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Ukraine was “nuked.” By Luiz Romero• May 4, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post: “Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.” By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2022 in a video: A video shows current “leaked footage of heavy war between Russia vs Ukraine” By Monique Curet• March 17, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: The war in Ukraine is “scripted and staged.” By Gabrielle Settles• March 4, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago: Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia. By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2025 Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well." By Lauren Carroll• February 21, 2017 Facebook posts stated on March 12, 2022 in a video: A video shows “massive explosion as Ukraine destroyed 280 Russian tanks to pieces using U.S. Javelin missiles." By Monique Curet• March 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: The war in Ukraine is “all over.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 13, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post: Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.” By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022 TikTok posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a TikTok post: A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding. By Bill McCarthy• April 25, 2022 John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." By Lauren Carroll• July 20, 2014 Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a post: Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world." By Monique Curet• March 2, 2022 Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go." By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2019 Viral image stated on February 25, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2023 Articles (4240) One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022 Fact-checking Sen. Brian Schatz vs. Sen. Josh Hawley on aid to Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2022 PunditFact fact-checks the March 23 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014 Fact-checking the March 23 Sunday shows By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014 How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda By Luiz Romero• August 8, 2022 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested? By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2022 Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019 The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022 Russia, China and Tucker Carlson lack evidence on Ukraine bioweapons labs By Jeff Cercone, Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2022 Could a strike by Russia on Poland trigger Article 5 and bring NATO into war? By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022 A guide to Trump’s 2nd term promises: immigration, economy, foreign policy and more By Louis Jacobson, Ian McKinney• July 18, 2024 Looming food shortages? Probably not in the US By Jon Greenberg• April 18, 2022 Trump's press conference: Fact-checking what he said on Iran’s air defenses, his bin Laden warning By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2026 What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022 Obama’s hot mic moment with Russian president in 2012 was unrelated to Ukrainian aid in 2014 By Amy Sherman• November 14, 2019 International fact-checkers focus on fake photos By Louis Jacobson• July 6, 2015
Barack Obama stated on July 15, 2008 in a television ad: Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 15, 2008 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing. By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023 Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024 TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine. By Marta Campabadal Graus• June 15, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Ukraine was “nuked.” By Luiz Romero• May 4, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post: “Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.” By Luiz Romero• October 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2022 in a video: A video shows current “leaked footage of heavy war between Russia vs Ukraine” By Monique Curet• March 17, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: The war in Ukraine is “scripted and staged.” By Gabrielle Settles• March 4, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago: Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia. By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2025 Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well." By Lauren Carroll• February 21, 2017 Facebook posts stated on March 12, 2022 in a video: A video shows “massive explosion as Ukraine destroyed 280 Russian tanks to pieces using U.S. Javelin missiles." By Monique Curet• March 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: The war in Ukraine is “all over.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 13, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post: Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.” By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022 TikTok posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a TikTok post: A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding. By Bill McCarthy• April 25, 2022 John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." By Lauren Carroll• July 20, 2014 Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a post: Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world." By Monique Curet• March 2, 2022 Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go." By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2019 Viral image stated on February 25, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2023
One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022 Fact-checking Sen. Brian Schatz vs. Sen. Josh Hawley on aid to Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2022 PunditFact fact-checks the March 23 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014 Fact-checking the March 23 Sunday shows By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014 How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda By Luiz Romero• August 8, 2022 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested? By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2022 Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019 The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022 Russia, China and Tucker Carlson lack evidence on Ukraine bioweapons labs By Jeff Cercone, Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2022 Could a strike by Russia on Poland trigger Article 5 and bring NATO into war? By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022 A guide to Trump’s 2nd term promises: immigration, economy, foreign policy and more By Louis Jacobson, Ian McKinney• July 18, 2024 Looming food shortages? Probably not in the US By Jon Greenberg• April 18, 2022 Trump's press conference: Fact-checking what he said on Iran’s air defenses, his bin Laden warning By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2026 What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022 Obama’s hot mic moment with Russian president in 2012 was unrelated to Ukrainian aid in 2014 By Amy Sherman• November 14, 2019 International fact-checkers focus on fake photos By Louis Jacobson• July 6, 2015
