The 90% figure has roots in a 2017 report by the Rand Corp., a nonpartisan research organization. But one of the researchers told PolitiFact that the claim, as stated by Kennedy and RealFood.gov, didn ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 declined to review a case filed against Meta and the Poynter Institute, PolitiFact’s parent organization, by Children’s Health Defense, a legal advocacy group founded ...
PolitiFact last shared some of our reader comments at the end of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term. A lot has happened since then. Here’s a selection of reader reactions to ...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made comments that could lead people to misinterpret her agency’s role in elections as she lobbied for legislation that would require photo ID to vote and ...
There is no evidence that Immigration and Customs Enforcement dropped off immigrants in the middle of the ocean. An immigration activist who has tracked ICE flights for over five years said the claim ...
Nancy Pelosi to retire: How the Democratic leader stretched facts and became a misinformation magnet
Almost since PolitiFact’s 2007 founding, we’ve been covering Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced her retirement, effective in January 2027. We first fact-checked the former House speaker on Aug ...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is considering a run for U.S. Senate, and a social media post announcing that the Democrat would speak about "the future of North Carolina" at a Winston-Salem event ...
Right-leaning advocacy groups say Democrats benefit from people in the U.S. illegally, but not to the degree Blust said. Studies by other research groups show that such immigrants have a small impact ...
Through its 21 museums, 21 libraries, 14 education and research centers and a zoo, the Smithsonian Institution’s collections are expansive and cover every aspect of U.S. history, including more than ...
Some North Carolina Republicans say that the man accused of killing a woman on a Charlotte commuter train last year was released from prison early as part of a 2021 COVID-era settlement between civil ...
Days after announcing a push to end Florida’s school vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo questioned the whooping cough vaccine’s effectiveness. In a Sept. 7 interview on CNN’s ...
On at least 10 occasions from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, Trump has offered a version of this statement: "The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years." One of those occasions was ...
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