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Fact-checking misleading claims by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Displeased with the check on Trump’s power, the president and his allies have lashed out at federal judges — and against one judge in particular: James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Fact check: Can you ‘erase’ your student debt because DOGE accessed federal loan databases?

By Claire Cranford, PolitiFact

Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint.

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden pardons are ‘void’ because he used an autopen

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Legal scholars say that the Constitution doesn’t require a pardon’s direct human signing, and subsequent judicial decisions and legal memoranda support an autopen’s use for similar purposes.

Fact-checking Trump’s 2025 address to Congress

By PolitiFact staff

President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

Fact-checking Trump and Vance’s attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann, PolitiFact

During Friday's televised Oval Office fight, Trump and Vance made several misleading claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Here are the facts about three of them.

Fact-checking the Trump White House’s claims about illegal immigration dropping sharply

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has dropped since Trump entered the White House. But the White House’s data use is misleading. …

Did Trump’s firing of aviation officials contribute to the D.C. crash? Experts say it’s unlikely

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact

Aviation experts said there was little that Trump did that could have precipitated the crash between a commercial jet and a military helicopter. There was simply too little time — less than 10 days after Trump was sworn in —…

Live blog: Fact-checking Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmation hearings

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PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ and its impact on the Ohio town caught in the middle

By Ali Rogin, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan

The 2024 campaign was unlike any in modern American history. But one thing united candidates across the political spectrum, they were all searching for messages that would resonate with voters. The team at the fact-checking organization PolitiFact investigated hundreds of…

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Fact-checking Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them.