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Fact-checking New Jersey’s second gubernatorial debate By Zach Blackburn • October 9, 2025 Can Donald Trump legally put his image on a U.S. Mint coin? Probably By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2025 Can James Comey use President Donald Trump’s rhetoric as a legal defense? By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2025 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2025 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2025 Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech? By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2025 Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2025 'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2025 Reduction of jobs by 911,000 puts spotlight on BLS and Biden’s legacy By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2025 The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025 Lisa Cook is fighting President Donald Trump’s plan to fire her. What comes next? By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025 Why does Russia want the Donbas region? By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2025 Fact-checks: Trump meets Zelenskyy to talk potential end to Russia-Ukraine war By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2025 How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it? By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2025 Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of Washington, DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2025 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2025 Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2025 Donald Trump’s tariff powers face a high-stakes legal test By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2025 PolitiFact answers reader questions about the Big Beautiful Bill By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: How will the Republican megabill affect Social Security’s future solvency? By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2025
