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All Fact-checks for National

stated on March 23, 2023 in a tweet

“Congress has officially banned TikTok.”

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stated on March 24, 2023 in a TikTok video

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”

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stated on March 10, 2023 in a post

Video shows Elon Musk saying he bought Twitter and unblocked Andrew Tate’s Twitter account because “we need to escape the suppression from the matrix and expose the global elites.”

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stated on March 15, 2023 in a post

Says President Joe Biden was recorded talking about bank collapse.

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Instagram posts

stated on March 16, 2023 in an Instagram post

“BREAKING: ANTHONY FAUCI is set to be arrested!!!”

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stated on March 11, 2023 in a tweet

Kari Lake called Trump the “fattest president since Taft” in a 2016 tweet.

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stated on March 10, 2023 in a post

Monster Energy’s logo uses a sign of the anti-Christ as part of its marketing effort.

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stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post

A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”

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stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal

“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”

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stated on March 6, 2023 in a statement

Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”

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stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

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stated on March 8, 2023 in a tweet

The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”

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stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post

The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”

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stated on February 27, 2023 in a post

“The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”

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Instagram posts

stated on March 3, 2023 in a post

“Breaking: John Fetterman RESIGNATION Announcement.”

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stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

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Instagram posts

stated on February 19, 2023 in an Instagram post

Apple will pay customers $700 for a slowed-down iPhone.

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stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill

Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls.

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stated on February 18, 2023 in a post

Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”

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Instagram posts

stated on February 20, 2023 in an Instagram post

“Because the Covid shots are still manufactured under the Emergency Use Authorization, they can change up to 49% of the ingredients without FDA approval."

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Fact-checking Trump’s false and misleading claims in Waco, Texas, rally

Fact-checking Trump’s false and misleading claims in Waco, Texas, rally

By Matthew Crowley • March 26, 2023

Trump’s attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s backing by George Soros: What to know

Trump’s attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s backing by George Soros: What to know

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2023

How Bill Clinton’s settlement with Paula Jones differs from Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels payment

How Bill Clinton’s settlement with Paula Jones differs from Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels payment

By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2023

Timeline: What Donald Trump has said about Stormy Daniels and $130,000 payment

Timeline: What Donald Trump has said about Stormy Daniels and $130,000 payment

By Becca Schimmel • March 21, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Does the Chinese Communist Party own U.S. land?

Ask PolitiFact: Does the Chinese Communist Party own U.S. land?

By Loreben Tuquero • March 15, 2023

7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage

7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage

By Samantha Putterman • March 7, 2023

Immunity from COVID-19 infection is strong and lasting, but carries risks, research finds

Immunity from COVID-19 infection is strong and lasting, but carries risks, research finds

By Samantha Putterman • March 7, 2023

What does it mean to be ‘woke’?

What does it mean to be ‘woke’?

By Matthew Crowley • March 7, 2023

Fact-checking CPAC 2023 claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS

Fact-checking CPAC 2023 claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS

By PolitiFact Staff • March 3, 2023

The top claims about abortion, fact-checked

The top claims about abortion, fact-checked

By Samantha Putterman • March 2, 2023

Fact-checking 2024 presidential candidates, who’s running

Fact-checking 2024 presidential candidates, who’s running

By PolitiFact Staff • March 1, 2023

Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment

Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment

By Amy Sherman • February 24, 2023

When will Social Security sunset? Barring congressional changes, money will deplete by 2034

When will Social Security sunset? Barring congressional changes, money will deplete by 2034

By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2023

How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people

How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people

By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz • February 21, 2023

What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies

What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 14, 2023

This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here's why.

This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here's why.

By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2023

Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address

Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address

By PolitiFact Staff • February 7, 2023

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

By Sara Swann • February 7, 2023

Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding

Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding

By Ellen Hine • February 6, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Are more people dying at the hands of law enforcement now than ever?

Ask PolitiFact: Are more people dying at the hands of law enforcement now than ever?

By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2023

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