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Weapons, helicopters and K9s: Debunking misinformation about the end of the war in Afghanistan By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2021 Crated dogs in Kabul airport photo didn’t belong to US military. What’s going on? By Ciara O'Rourke • September 2, 2021 What we know about today’s Taliban By Jon Greenberg • September 1, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: What are some basic facts on the U.S. war in Afghanistan? By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2021 COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: Why scientists and doctors say it's safe By Bill McCarthy • August 16, 2021 Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter By Bill McCarthy • August 11, 2021 What does extreme weather tell us about climate change? By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2021 What’s happening with the federal eviction moratorium and rental assistance? By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2021 Mailbag: 'Show me your better side,' and other reader reactions By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2021 Murders spiked in 2020. Why? By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2021 Vaccines, variants and July Fourth: How to celebrate safely By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2021 Federal judge dismisses lawsuit involving PolitiFact By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2021 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy • June 30, 2021 Can we count on you to stand up for PolitiFact during our Summer Campaign? By Josie Hollingsworth • June 28, 2021 What to do with the child tax credit coming monthly starting in July By Jon Greenberg • June 23, 2021 Voting rights battle heads to the U.S. Senate By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2021 Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2021 Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong By Samantha Putterman • June 18, 2021 Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021 How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021