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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
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on February 2, 2026 in a Substack:
Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We’re leading China by a lot.”
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026
Pam Bondi
stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2026
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 7, 2025 in a television interview:
Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised taxes.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 11, 2025
Social Media
stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts:
The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access.
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero, Madison Czopek • November 26, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
Stock prices for health insurance companies are “up over 1,000% over a short period of time.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2025
Scott Bessent
stated on October 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2025
X posts
stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post:
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 2, 2025
Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa:
Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. … Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 2, 2025
Chris Murphy
stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post:
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2025
Ken Martin
stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference:
Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing:
“We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.
Half-True
By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post:
Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.
Half-True
By Ella Moore, Samantha Putterman • July 23, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on July 2, 2025 in a House floor speech:
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2025
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