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What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do?

What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 16, 2024
That photo of a mail truck in a cemetery? It’s an ode to past relationships, not about dead voters

That photo of a mail truck in a cemetery? It’s an ode to past relationships, not about dead voters

By Amy Sherman • January 17, 2024
Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci

Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci

By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024
Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’

Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’

By Sara Swann • November 21, 2023
United Facts of America: What polling, focus groups tell us about 2024 voters

United Facts of America: What polling, focus groups tell us about 2024 voters

By Sara Swann • November 7, 2023
Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive

Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive

By Sara Swann • October 11, 2023
COVID-19 lockdowns returning? Here’s why public health experts say that’s unlikely

COVID-19 lockdowns returning? Here’s why public health experts say that’s unlikely

By Sara Swann • September 8, 2023
What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness

What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness

By Sara Swann • August 10, 2023
RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research

RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research

By Madison Czopek • July 10, 2023
How climate change is making wildfires worse

How climate change is making wildfires worse

By Sara Swann • June 9, 2023
Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive

Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive

By Sara Swann • May 18, 2023
Does Tennessee’s new law limiting drag make it ‘illegal to be publicly transgender’?

Does Tennessee’s new law limiting drag make it ‘illegal to be publicly transgender’?

By Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2023
Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment

Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment

By Amy Sherman • February 24, 2023
Ohio train derailment: How FEMA and other federal agencies are aiding East Palestine

Ohio train derailment: How FEMA and other federal agencies are aiding East Palestine

By Sara Swann • February 22, 2023
The Ohio train derailment: What we know about health, environmental concerns

The Ohio train derailment: What we know about health, environmental concerns

By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2023
Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

By Sara Swann • February 7, 2023
PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann • December 26, 2022
Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly

Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly

By Sara Swann • November 18, 2022
PolitiFact answers reader questions about the midterms

PolitiFact answers reader questions about the midterms

By Jeff Cercone • October 19, 2022
Love fact-checking? Join Poynter and PolitiFact’s online fact-checking festival

Love fact-checking? Join Poynter and PolitiFact’s online fact-checking festival

By Sara Swann • September 2, 2022