Fact Checks

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

By PolitiFact staff

Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking across the day.

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.

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.

Live blog: Election 2024 fact checks

By PolitiFact staff

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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."…

Fact-checking Harris and Trump’s interviews with AARP

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

The presidential candidates spoke by phone with Robert Love, vice president and editor-in-chief of AARP Publications.

Fact-checking Trump’s claims about Helene, immigration and the economy at his Butler rally

By PolitiFact staff

Former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first assassination attempt against him, to rally his supporters just a month before Election Day.