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Byron Donalds stated on April 12, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 14, 2026
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video:
A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act.
By Loreben Tuquero• October 17, 2023
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2022 in a post:
“Trudeau declares Emergencies Act amounting to near martial law in Canada.”
By Monique Curet• February 17, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
By Andy Nguyen• July 12, 2022
Social Media stated on April 19, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows the United States’ April 19, 2026, strike on an Iranian cargo ship.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 20, 2026
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
By Gabrielle Settles• July 19, 2021
Chris Matthews stated on March 03, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball":
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
By Katie Sanders• March 4, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2022 in a public Facebook post:
“Putin Vows to ‘Crush’ Child Traffickers in Ukraine”
By Luiz Romero• March 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a post:
Photo shows Donald Trump refusing to shake hands with Justin Trudeau.
By Monique Curet• February 22, 2022
Andrew Napolitano stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013
Lindsey Graham stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."  
By Lauren Carroll• July 27, 2014
TikTok posts stated on January 13, 2024 in a TikTok video:
President Joe Biden said he will “send F-15s” to “wage war against Texas.”
By Sara Swann• January 18, 2024
Markos Moulitsas stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
Turkey is an Arab country.
By Louis Jacobson• June 6, 2010
Paul Krugman stated on November 29, 2009 in ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
By Robert Farley• November 30, 2009
Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo:
“We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023
TikTok posts stated on September 07, 2025 in a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
By Maria Briceño• September 8, 2025
John McCain stated on June 10, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
By Alexander Lane• June 11, 2008
Judd Gregg stated on March 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."
By Robert Farley• March 26, 2009
Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
By Jason Asenso, Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2021
Bob McDonnell stated on May 20, 2011 in an interview.:
For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.
By Sean Gorman• May 25, 2011

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

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

By Samantha Putterman• March 24, 2026

How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 30, 2026

What do presidents denied a second term have in common? A poor economy

By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2020

You call that a tax increase?

By Alexander Lane• June 11, 2008

Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations

By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018

A closer look at Joe Biden’s attack on Donald Trump’s jobs record

By Miriam Valverde• August 21, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump's inaugural address

By Linda Qiu• January 20, 2017

Fact-checking the Jan. 12 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 12, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Jan. 2 shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 12, 2014

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech about elections, immigration, economy

By Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 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 Donald Trump’s United Nations speech

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 25, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech calling Hillary Clinton 'a world-class liar'

By Linda Qiu• June 22, 2016

Russia’s economy and Western sanctions: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2022

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s marathon press briefing at one-year mark of second term

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026

How the coronavirus shook the stock market, explained

By Bill McCarthy• March 10, 2020

The facts on taxes in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report

By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2018

Truth-O-Meter rattles saber, burns britches

By Willoughby Mariano• January 9, 2011