Jan 30 Live blog: Fact-checking Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmation hearings By PolitiFact staff Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking. Continue reading
Jan 29 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. Continue reading
Jan 20 Live blog: Fact-checking Trump’s 2nd inauguration By PolitiFact staff Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking across the day. Continue reading
Jan 14 Live blog: Fact-checking Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings By PolitiFact staff In the days to come, our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking. Continue reading
Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 05 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… Continue reading
Dec 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 07 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. Continue reading
Nov 04 Live blog: Election 2024 fact checks By PolitiFact staff Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking. Continue reading
Oct 28 Fact-checking Trump’s claims at Madison Square Garden rally By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact Trump said the Republican Party he leads "has really become the party of inclusion, and there’s something very nice about that."… Continue reading