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Josh Schoemann stated on June 02, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
By Hope Karnopp• June 25, 2025
Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:
“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.
By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event:
DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.
By Madison Czopek• May 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2025
Rick Scott stated on June 08, 2025 in a television interview:
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• June 22, 2025

Articles (169)

La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué.

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• April 25, 2023

Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online

By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019

NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation

By Bill McCarthy• August 5, 2020

The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it?

By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019

Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat

By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2023

Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

Ron DeSantis dismisses climate change link to stronger hurricanes. Here’s what the science says.

By Samantha Putterman• October 17, 2024

Fact-checking the Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders health care debate

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017

Mailbag: ‘I am now starting to question your perspective’

By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2019

Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami

By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019

On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI

By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024

James Comey testifies before Senate about Trump, Russia

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders• June 8, 2017

Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Houston

By PolitiFact Staff • September 12, 2019

Donald Trump's inaugural address: annotated

By Allison Graves, Miriam Valverde• January 20, 2017

The fight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders over Social Security, explained

By Amy Sherman• January 22, 2020

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 14, 2018

Fact-checking claims in the wake of the Parkland school shooting

By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• February 23, 2018

PolitiFact seeks talented reporter to join coverage of 2024 presidential election

By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2023

Fact-checking claims about Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and China

By Louis Jacobson• October 19, 2020
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