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PolitiFact’s most widely read fact-checks of Donald Trump
Feb 1, 2024 · PolitiFact has published its 1,000th fact-check of Donald Trump. In addition to our data analysis, we decided to back at the 10 Trump fact-checks that our readers clicked the most.The list ...
PolitiFact | Fact-checking ‘Kamala Harris Facts’
Jul 25, 2024 · Claims Harris was the mistress of Willie Brown, who later served as San Francisco’s mayor, also gained traction after she became the vice presidential nominee. The couple dated in 1994 and 1995 ...
A guide to Trump’s 2nd term promises: immigration, economy, …
Jul 18, 2024 · Trump’s top economic promises also reiterate themes he pursued during his previous term in office. He would pursue an aggressive trade policy, this time including a 10% tariff on foreign goods ...
Fact-checking the Supreme Court ruling on abortion
Jun 24, 2022 · Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade. People in Washington D.C. react to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion June 24, 2022. (AP) Ending nearly 50 years of ...
PolitiFact | Donald Trump
Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur ...
Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election - PolitiFact
Nov 20, 2020 · Since Election Day, PolitiFact has fact-checked more than 80 misleading or false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Federal agencies, state election officials and technology experts ...
PolitiFact | Fact-checking claim about immigrants, eligibility for ...
Jan 23, 2022 · In some instances, adults may benefit from assistance granted to their U.S.-born children who meet citizenship requirements. Also, states can set eligibility rules requirements for some programs ...
Claims about the Insurrection Act and martial law
Jan 11, 2021 · The Insurrection Act is a federal law that empowers the president to deploy the military to suppress certain situations including civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. The act has been used ...
PolitiFact | Trump ‘exonerated’ by Epstein docs? Here’s what they …
Jan 11, 2024 · Soon after a federal court unsealed documents stemming from a lawsuit related to financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, some Donald Trump supporters trumpeted what they said was ...