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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 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.

Analysis: How much could the federal government shutdown cost the economy?

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

In past shutdowns, estimates of lost economic activity have reached into the billions of dollars. In the context of a $30 trillion economy, that’s not a lot. But on the margins, economists say it can have an effect.

Why the Trump administration is sending election monitors to California and New Jersey

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

The Justice Department will send election monitors to five California counties and one New Jersey county for the Nov. 4 election in response to state Republicans’ requests. Monitors can observe but can’t interfere with voting.

Fact-checking claims that a Canadian ad was misleading about Reagan's tariff warning

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

The one-minute ad included some of Reagan’s remarks out of chronological order and omitted that Reagan recorded the address after imposing duties on some Japanese products. However, the ad’s overall message doesn’t misrepresent Reagan’s views on tariffs. Reagan said he believed that…

Fact-checking Democrats' claim that White House said ballroom is Trump's top priority

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Leading Democrats said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a new White House ballroom Donald Trump’s top priority as president. But Leavitt said it was his top priority compared only with other White House construction projects.