Politics Apr 27 Fact-checking misinformation about the Correspondents' Dinner shooting By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
Politics Apr 24 Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim there's more than one way to calculate a percentage decrease President Donald Trump has regularly said that drug-price discounts on his watch are greater than 100%, which isn’t mathematically possible. Now his health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is trying to back up his faulty math. By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
Politics Apr 13 Fact-checking Trump's claim that Pope Leo supports nuclear weapons in Iran President Donald Trump issued a flurry of statements Sunday against Pope Leo XIV, saying in part that the U.S.-born pope supports Iran having a nuclear weapon. However, the pope has specifically spoken against nuclear weapons and their devastation. By Maria Briceño, PolitiFact
Politics Apr 09 Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war Based on available information, the U.S. and its military partner, Israel, achieved significant battlefield wins, experts said. However, they said that calling it a "total victory" overlooks significant strategic setbacks for the U.S. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
Politics Apr 07 Fact-checking Trump health rumors over Easter weekend Social media users spread an unsupported claim that roads were closed around Walter Reed Medical Center. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact
Apr 03 Did a bullet analysis clear Charlie Kirk's suspected killer? What an 'inconclusive' result means By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact New court filings in Utah’s case against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, gave way to widespread claims that a bullet analysis exonerates him. Forensic science and criminology experts say that's a wrong assumption. Continue reading
Apr 03 Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand, PolitiFact PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plus in the nation’s top law enforcement spot. Continue reading
Mar 31 Fact-checking Trump on birthright citizenship and birth tourism before Supreme Court hears arguments By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that babies born in the U.S. are citizens. Continue reading
Mar 10 Fact-checking Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Although a few countries other than the U.S. have Tomahawks, none of them is engaged in fighting Iran. Tomahawk cruise missiles are manufactured by Raytheon, a U.S. company, for use by the U.S. military and international partners. Continue reading
Feb 28 Fact-checking statements made by Trump to justify U.S. strikes on Iran By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump's accusation that Iran is building nuclear weapons that could "soon" reach the U.S. is contradicted by a 2025 federal government assessment that said Iran is years away from the ability to produce long-range missiles. Continue reading