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Ask PolitiFact: Who’s eligible for a stimulus check under the American Rescue Plan?

Ask PolitiFact: Who’s eligible for a stimulus check under the American Rescue Plan?

By Miriam Valverde • March 9, 2021
Fact-checking misleading attacks on the HR 1 voting rights bill

Fact-checking misleading attacks on the HR 1 voting rights bill

By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2021
Trump fans pose a hypothetical: Could Donald Trump become speaker, then president in 2023?

Trump fans pose a hypothetical: Could Donald Trump become speaker, then president in 2023?

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
How solid is Donald Trump’s First Amendment impeachment defense?

How solid is Donald Trump’s First Amendment impeachment defense?

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2021
House Democrats press timeline in Day 2 of Senate impeachment trial

House Democrats press timeline in Day 2 of Senate impeachment trial

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 11, 2021
Fact-checking Day 1 of Trump’s second impeachment trial: To try or not to try

Fact-checking Day 1 of Trump’s second impeachment trial: To try or not to try

By Jon Greenberg • February 10, 2021
What you need to know about the budget reconciliation process

What you need to know about the budget reconciliation process

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2021
What the House Democrats’ impeachment memo leaves out

What the House Democrats’ impeachment memo leaves out

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2021
Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill

Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2021
What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

By Daniel Funke • February 2, 2021
What Donald Trump’s impeachment response leaves out

What Donald Trump’s impeachment response leaves out

By Bill McCarthy • February 2, 2021
Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes

Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2021
Can Congress impeach and remove a president who’s left office? A look at the history

Can Congress impeach and remove a president who’s left office? A look at the history

By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2021
Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies

Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies

By Miriam Valverde • January 21, 2021
FBI investigation of Capitol riot focuses on far-right groups

FBI investigation of Capitol riot focuses on far-right groups

By Daniel Funke • January 20, 2021
PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises

PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises

By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2021
Fact-checking newcomer Lauren Boebert on Trump impeachment, Capitol riot

Fact-checking newcomer Lauren Boebert on Trump impeachment, Capitol riot

By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2021
The House impeached Donald Trump over his speech before the Capitol attack. Here’s what happens next

The House impeached Donald Trump over his speech before the Capitol attack. Here’s what happens next

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know

Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2021
The second Trump impeachment: Questions and answers

The second Trump impeachment: Questions and answers

By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2021