Jun 12 Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact Days of demonstrations against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled round-the-clock news coverage and a number of misleading social media posts, including unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context. Continue reading
May 23 How one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion about Gaza children’s starvation risk By Grace Abels, PolitiFact Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but a UN leader got the timeline wrong when he said 14,000 babies would die in “the next 48 hours.” The report he referenced projected such severe child malnutrition in the region over 11… Continue reading
May 17 Comey is under investigation for posting ‘86’ in reference to Trump. What does it mean? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact Former FBI Director Jamey Comey is under investigation after posting a photo of seashells spelling out “86 47”. Here’s a look at where the term "eighty-six" comes from and what it means. Continue reading
May 16 Fact-checking Trump’s claim that prescription drug price drops could happen ‘almost immediately’ By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Experts said Trump’s action could potentially lower the cost of prescription drugs, perhaps by the 30 percent to 80 percent scale Trump said, but they cautioned that the order’s required procedural steps would make it far from an immediate fix. Continue reading
Apr 26 Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that environmental toxins cause autism By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told PolitiFact that lacks evidence and omits other important factors such as growing awareness that help explain the increase. Continue reading
Apr 23 Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements on autism By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Medical experts, along with people on the autism spectrum, told PolitiFact that Kennedy’s portrayal was skewed. Continue reading
Apr 17 What is the bond market, and why does it matter for the economy? By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Even more than the stock market, experts say, the bond market may have forced President Donald Trump into pausing his country-by-country tariffs. Here's why. Continue reading
Apr 12 Did Trump engage in insider trading? Experts say he’s unlikely to have legal troubles By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact A social media post on April 9, followed by a market-moving tariff announcement, led President Donald Trump’s critics to speculate that he might have profited from inside information. Legal and financial experts downplayed the idea that Trump’s message ran afoul… Continue reading
Apr 10 Trump claims countries are ‘cheating’ the U.S. on trade. What does that mean? By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact While cheating on trade does happen — genuine accusations of it can be adjudicated at the World Trade Organization — the White House’s formula for calculating the tariff rates leaned on how much of a trade imbalance a country has… Continue reading
Apr 10 Fact-checking Trump’s previous claim he wasn’t looking at pausing tariffs By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact For two days, Trump and the White House denied that he was considering changing his tariff plan, before doing just that on April 9. Continue reading