Apr 24 Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim there's more than one way to calculate a percentage decrease By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact President Donald Trump has regularly said that drug-price discounts on his watch are greater than 100%, which isn’t mathematically possible. Now his health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is trying to back up his faulty math. Continue reading
Apr 21 A timeline of Trump's shifting statements about how long the Iran war will last By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand, PolitiFact Since the U.S. and Israel launched the strikes against Iran Feb. 28, President Donald Trump has made contradictory statements about the timeline to end the war. He has repeatedly declared victory and then later threatened Iran. Continue reading
Apr 13 Fact-checking Trump's claim that Pope Leo supports nuclear weapons in Iran By Maria Briceño, PolitiFact President Donald Trump issued a flurry of statements Sunday against Pope Leo XIV, saying in part that the U.S.-born pope supports Iran having a nuclear weapon. However, the pope has specifically spoken against nuclear weapons and their devastation. Continue reading
Apr 09 Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact Based on available information, the U.S. and its military partner, Israel, achieved significant battlefield wins, experts said. However, they said that calling it a "total victory" overlooks significant strategic setbacks for the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 06 Could the 25th Amendment be invoked against Trump? Here's how it works By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump’s profanity-laced Easter Sunday social media post threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran led some Democratic lawmakers to call for his removal via the 25th Amendment. Continue reading
Apr 05 How to 'detox' your body for free without juice, teas or flushes By Grace Abels, PolitiFact Feel like your body needs a reset? What if we told you that you can ‘detox’ for free by leveraging your body’s natural waste removal systems. PolitiFact shares how to do some spring cleaning without paying for a “juice cleanse”… Continue reading
Apr 03 Did a bullet analysis clear Charlie Kirk's suspected killer? What an 'inconclusive' result means By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact New court filings in Utah’s case against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, gave way to widespread claims that a bullet analysis exonerates him. Forensic science and criminology experts say that's a wrong assumption. Continue reading
Apr 03 Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand, PolitiFact PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plus in the nation’s top law enforcement spot. Continue reading
Mar 24 Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown, but not TSA? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact With negotiations dragging, hundreds of TSA agents have quit during the partial shutdown and thousands of others have called out of work. Continue reading
Mar 21 Fact-checking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the effects of the SAVE America Act By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the SAVE America Act would require in-person voter registration, “something only 5% of Americans do today." The act would require that, but the rate of in-person registrations is higher than Schumer said. Continue reading