Fact Checks

Fact-checking Trump and Vance’s attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann, PolitiFact

During Friday's televised Oval Office fight, Trump and Vance made several misleading claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Here are the facts about three of them.

Fact-checking the Trump White House’s claims about illegal immigration dropping sharply

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has dropped since Trump entered the White House. But the White House’s data use is misleading. …

Live blog: Fact-checking Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmation hearings

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Live blog: Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirming hearing

By PolitiFact staff

More of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees will appear before the Senate this week. Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking.

Live blog: Fact-checking Trump’s 2nd inauguration

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Live blog: Fact-checking Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings

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Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires and California water policy

By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact

President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ danger and wreckage.

How a Fox News report fueled false claims by Trump and others about the New Orleans suspect

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

The suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans was a U.S. citizen and U.S. Army veteran. But within hours of the deadly attack, President-elect Donald Trump, Republican leaders and social media influencers speculated that he had…

Fact-checking Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them.

Fact check: Trump’s 2024 win doesn’t prove claims that the 2020 election was stolen

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

Conservatives are leveraging President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral victory to again allege the 2020 election was fraudulent. But from election to election, millions of voters potentially shifting support from one party to another isn’t unusual, experts say.