Fact Checks

Fact-checking VP nominee Vance’s speech to the RNC

By PolitiFact staff

At 39, Vance would be one of the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, and the first millennial in the office, should former President Donald Trump win the presidential election in November.

Live fact check: Night 3 of the Republican National Convention

By PolitiFact staff

The third night of the Republican National Convention will kick off with speeches focused on national security and foreign policy before Ohio Sen. JD Vance accepts the nomination for vice president later in the evening. Our partners at PolitiFact will…

Fact-checking Day 2 of the 2024 RNC

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Ranjan Jindal, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Mia Penner, PolitiFact

The Republican National Convention’s second night sounded false alarms about a Democratic plot to turn migrants into voters and invocations of divine intervention in preventing former President Donald Trump’s assassination.

Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 RNC

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Here are eight economic claims about inflation, homeownership and the economy, fact-checked.

Fact-checking what Biden said in his NBC interview as the RNC began

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

As Republicans railed against him at their convention in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden sat for a counterprogramming interview with NBC’s Lester Holt.

Fact-checking JD Vance’s past statements and relationship with Trump

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

Vance, 39, won his Senate seat in 2022 with Trump’s backing. He would be one of the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history.

Fact-checking the wild conspiracy theories related to the attempted Trump assassination

By Katie Sanders, PolitiFact

The 2024 Republican National Convention opens Monday with the unprecedented and grisly backdrop of its presumptive nominee having survived an assassination attempt.