Aug 06 Looking back at Tim Walz’s record and past statements By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact Walz’s meteoric three-week rise on the national scene stemmed after calling Trump, Vance and other Republicans in their circle "weird."… Continue reading
Jul 31 Live fact check: Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists conference By PolitiFact staff The Republican presidential nominee and former president will be interviewed by reporters, and PolitiFact will be fact-checking. Continue reading
Jul 19 Fact-checking Trump’s RNC speech By PolitiFact staff Former President Donald Trump closed the Republican National Convention by accepting the presidential nomination and offering a speech that began somber and turned combative. Continue reading
Jul 18 Live fact check: Night 4 of the Republican National Convention By PolitiFact staff Former President Donald Trump will conclude the four-day event by accepting his party's nomination in Milwaukee. Continue reading
Jul 18 Fact-checking VP nominee Vance’s speech to the RNC By PolitiFact staff At 39, Vance would be one of the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, and the first millennial in the office, should former President Donald Trump win the presidential election in November. Continue reading
Jul 17 Live fact check: Night 3 of the Republican National Convention By PolitiFact staff The third night of the Republican National Convention will kick off with speeches focused on national security and foreign policy before Ohio Sen. JD Vance accepts the nomination for vice president later in the evening. Our partners at PolitiFact will… Continue reading
Jul 17 Fact-checking Day 2 of the 2024 RNC By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Ranjan Jindal, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Mia Penner, PolitiFact The Republican National Convention’s second night sounded false alarms about a Democratic plot to turn migrants into voters and invocations of divine intervention in preventing former President Donald Trump’s assassination. Continue reading
Jul 16 Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 RNC By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Here are eight economic claims about inflation, homeownership and the economy, fact-checked. Continue reading
Jul 16 Fact-checking what Biden said in his NBC interview as the RNC began By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact As Republicans railed against him at their convention in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden sat for a counterprogramming interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. Continue reading
Jul 15 Fact-checking JD Vance’s past statements and relationship with Trump By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Vance, 39, won his Senate seat in 2022 with Trump’s backing. He would be one of the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history. Continue reading