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President Donald Trump’s recent answer to a question about how Americans are faring economically sparked claims of callousness. A reporter asked Trump on May 12 how much America ...
A video circulating on X appears to show Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., saying that insider trading should be allowed for Congress members. That video was altered from a real interview, during which he ...
Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the ...
President Donald Trump announced the site for the National Garden of American Heroes, a project he promised during his 2024 campaign. Trump said on Truth Social May 15 that the exhibit will be in West ...
Visiting Maine weeks before the state’s primary election, Vice President JD Vance accused Democrats of capitulating to fraudsters. Calling Maine the "bronze medalist" in fraud after California and ...
Social media users are casting doubt and causing confusion about the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, saying that one of the passengers is a "crisis actor." ...
Florida is the only state in the nation removing children from its low-cost health insurance program, KidCare, because of missed payments. It removed about 43,000 children from December 2024 to ...
Kennedy Jr. has, historically, been very public about his concerns about what is plaguing the nation’s well-being. His long, complicated history with vaccines is well-documented. So is his ...
Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the ...
In Ohio’s gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy blames Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, former health department director, for calling off the state’s March 2020 primary election during the ...
WASHINGTON — In a case that could chill freedom of speech and adversely affect misinformation research and fact-checking, lawyers representing academics, journalists and researchers argued in federal ...