Fact Checks

Fact-checking Trump's Greenland-focused Davos speech

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Trump made several false or misleading statements about NATO, Greenland’s history with Denmark and the U.S. housing market.

Fact-checking Trump's marathon press briefing at one-year mark of his second term

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

On the one-year anniversary of the start of his second term, President Donald Trump spent 104 minutes in the White House press room listing his accomplishments.

Fact-checking Trump's claims after U.S. strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to the U.S., according to fact-checking by PolitiFact.

Fact-checking Trump's plaques for past presidents at the White House 'Walk of Fame'

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

In a break from tradition, President Donald Trump decorated a White House walkway with bronze plaques for each U.S. president. In an even sharper break with tradition, the plaques were written in a style echoing Trump’s Truth Social posts, with…

Fact-checking Trump's claims in his politically charged prime-time speech

By Liz Landers, Solveig Rennan

President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night in a politically charged prime-time speech. In front of Christmas trees at the White House, he blamed Joe Biden and the Democrats in general for economic challenges and inflation. White House correspondent Liz…

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Fact-checking Trump's speech on inflation, wages and a military dividend

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño, PolitiFact

The picture President Donald Trump painted Wednesday night contrasts with what Americans say they feel.

Trump posted about the Brown shooting and Reiner killing before details were known, echoing others with confirm-the-facts-later approach

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

In a weekend punctuated by tragic events, President Donald Trump quickly shared what he knew, even if his information ultimately proved to be wrong.

Fact-checking the CDC panel's reasons for dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Friday to end its recommendation that newborns be universally vaccinated against hepatitis B. Here are four fact-checks from the panel's deliberations.

50-year mortgages? $2,000 tariff checks? What experts think of some of Trump's unique policy ideas

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Each idea is, for now, little more than a presidential musing on social media.

Fact-checking Trump's promise to give Americans $2,000 payments from tariff dividends

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump promised Americans $2,000 each from the "trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue he said his administration has collected.