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Joe Biden on the issues: a PolitiFact guide

Joe Biden on the issues: a PolitiFact guide

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 6, 2020
Biden’s verbal blunders: Separating the real from the fake

Biden’s verbal blunders: Separating the real from the fake

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2020
Mixed messages, top-rate treatment: Donald Trump’s atypical hospital visit for COVID-19

Mixed messages, top-rate treatment: Donald Trump’s atypical hospital visit for COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2020
Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts

Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 4, 2020
Fact-checking misinformation about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Fact-checking misinformation about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis

By Daniel Funke • October 2, 2020
The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test

The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test

By Noah Y. Kim • October 2, 2020
Trump’s health and COVID-19: Here’s what we know

Trump’s health and COVID-19: Here’s what we know

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020
In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020
Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2020
Examining Trump claim that Hunter Biden got $3.5 million from wife of Moscow ex-mayor

Examining Trump claim that Hunter Biden got $3.5 million from wife of Moscow ex-mayor

By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020
Live fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate: Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Live fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate: Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

By PolitiFact Staff • September 29, 2020
Video livestream, live fact-checking of first 2020 presidential debate

Video livestream, live fact-checking of first 2020 presidential debate

By PolitiFact Staff • September 29, 2020
10 of Donald Trump’s big falsehoods about COVID-19

10 of Donald Trump’s big falsehoods about COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2020
Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2020
What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

By Daniel Funke • September 25, 2020
What we know about the airborne spread of the coronavirus

What we know about the airborne spread of the coronavirus

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2020
Climate scientists reject Trump’s prediction 'It’ll start getting cooler' in California

Climate scientists reject Trump’s prediction 'It’ll start getting cooler' in California

By Chris Nichols • September 14, 2020
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s impact on the coronavirus, explained

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s impact on the coronavirus, explained

By Bill McCarthy • September 14, 2020
U.S. Postal Service postcard causes confusion about mail-in voting in California

U.S. Postal Service postcard causes confusion about mail-in voting in California

By Chris Nichols • September 11, 2020