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Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim that 'everybody can get' the COVID-19 vaccine

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s blanket statement to senators is misleading and premature.

Can RFK Jr. take COVID vaccines off the market? Here's what vaccine law experts say

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy can’t unilaterally ban COVID-19 vaccines, although access may be more limited this fall. Federal rules outline the vaccine license revocation process, and experts said a ban attempt would likely face legal challenge.

What to know about flesh-eating screwworms (and why you don't need to panic)

By Grace Abels, PolitiFact

Doctors found a flesh-eating worm in a Maryland resident but it's not the time to panic. The screwworms hitched a ride to the U.S. from El Salvador and overall risk to public health is low.

Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim that pediatricians recommend vaccines for money

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

Pediatric practices often break even or lose money on vaccines. Doctors say they administer vaccines in accordance with scientific data about what is good for patient health.

6 fact checks from the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sat down Aug. 18 at the White House to discuss how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Fact-checking Trump's claim the U.S. is the 'only country' that uses mail-in voting

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

President Donald Trump vowed to take action against voting by mail, which he said makes the United States an outlier.

7 moments from Trump and Putin's history of falsehoods before their Alaska summit

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have lots of history. As their planned Alaska summit nears, here are key moments when each of them misled about Ukraine, Russia and the 2016 U.S. election.

How Trump exaggerates DC crime in taking over its police department and deploying the National Guard

By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness," President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 11 press conference. Many of the details he cited do not stand up to scrutiny.

Fact-checking Trump's claims about homicides in DC

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement.

Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of DC? Experts say it's possible, but not simple

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

After a DOGE employee was beaten in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump threatened to “federalize” the district. What does it mean to federalize, and can he do that?…