Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Biden said Medicare drug price negotiations cut the deficit by $160 billion. That’s years away.
President Joe Biden has been making his case for re-election to voters by telling them he is good for their pocketbooks, including at the pharmacy… Read More
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Fact Check: Breaking down the false claims in Katie Britt’s retelling of a sex trafficking survivor’s story
Delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told the harrowing story of a woman… Read More
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FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fact Check’ of the State of the Union
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Former President Donald Trump promised to provide a live “play by play” via Truth Social… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the stock market’s rise under different presidents
The stock market has been on a roll, and politicians are vying to take credit for it. In December and January, the S&P 500, a… Read More
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Fact Check: Missouri bill would make it a felony for teachers to “support” trans students’ “social transition”
Could a proposed Missouri law imprison teachers as sex offenders for using transgender students’ preferred gender pronouns? A March 3 Instagram post claimed, “A new… Read More
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Fact Check: Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking Rep. Katie Porter’s claims that billionaires ‘rigged’ California’s Senate primary
After losing her California Senate bid on March 5, Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, used language reminiscent of election denialism to cry foul. Thanking her… Read More
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Fact Check: Rubio overstates effect of Biden immigration actions, falsely claims he’s not detaining migrants
Is President Joe Biden the first U.S. president ever who will not detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally? That’s what Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said.… Read More
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Fact Check: Baldwin did support the Iran deal. But the deal didn’t provide cash.
In the U.S Senate race in Wisconsin, Republican challenger Eric Hovde has laid out an extensive case against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, including her… Read More
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Fact Check: No, President Joe Biden’s comments on the Capitol insurrection aren’t new
A video clip of President Joe Biden speaking about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol is being wrongly characterized as “new remarks.”… Read More