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mostly true
0% 76 Checks
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0% 111 Checks
mostly false
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0% 264 Checks
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Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:
The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 19, 2026 in a press release:
“President Trump’s tariffs are costing New York households an estimated $4,200 annually.”
Mostly False
By Austin Townley • May 21, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2026 in Facebook posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 21, 2026
Charles Schumer
stated on March 17, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
The SAVE America Act “would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
“The crime rate now is the lowest it’s been since 1900. That’s 125 years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2026
Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Elon Musk
stated on November 4, 2025 in an X post:
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2025
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
A new White House ballroom “won’t interfere with the current building.”
Full Flop
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2025
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025
Dan Koh
stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN:
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:
“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
“Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given “80 different vaccines.”
False
By Grace Abels • September 26, 2025
X posts
stated on September 23, 2025 in posts on X:
“Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.”
False
By Madison Czopek • September 26, 2025
Katherine Clark
stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X:
“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2025
JD Vance
stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2025 in a podcast episode:
“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero • August 21, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 5, 2025
X posts
stated on July 29, 2025 in a post:
Oprah Winfrey refused to open her private Maui road during July 29, 2025, tsunami warnings.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • July 30, 2025
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