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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Chris Wright
stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on April 15, 2026 in an interview with Fox Business News:
“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2026
Byron Donalds
stated on April 12, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created “to free international waters from the Barbary pirates.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 14, 2026
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:
“Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2026 in remarks aboard Air Force One:
“We’ve had regime change.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 1, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2026 in a speech to a Saudi investment conference:
“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 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
Chris Wright
stated on March 12, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:
The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2026 in a press conference:
Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2026
Chris Murphy
stated on March 1, 2026 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":
“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there’s not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 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
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2026 in remarks at a restaurant in Iowa:
“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we’ve ever had before.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 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
Donald Trump
stated on January 13, 2026 in a speech in Detroit:
“If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we’re going to have a balanced budget.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on December 9, 2025 in public events:
The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Nick Karmia • December 9, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Any pardon signed with an autopen is now “fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
“I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 24, 2025
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