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TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2024 in a TikTok video:

Audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur leaked.

By Jeff Cercone • June 7, 2024

Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts:

The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”

By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2025

Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters:

Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."

By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020

Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View":

"The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work."

By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2019

Bobby Scott stated on July 15, 2019 in a hearing:

"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."

By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019

Donald Trump stated on March 5, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2019

Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:

Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018

FreedomJunkshun.com stated on November 6, 2017 in a headline:

"Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever."

By Joshua Gillin, Susan Areson • November 9, 2017

Raúl Castro stated on March 21, 2016 in a press conference in Havana:

Says there are no political prisoners in Cuba.

By Linda Qiu • March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:

Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015

Newt Gingrich stated on January 21, 2012 in remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary:

Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012

Greg Walden stated on November 30, 2011 in his website:

Says the federal stimulus program was ineffective because "the number of jobs has actually decreased by 18,300 through July 2011."

By Charles Pope • November 30, 2011

Robert Hurt stated on March 25, 2011 in a newsletter.:

A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia."

By Jacob Geiger • April 12, 2011

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Dr. Anthony Fauci has testified before Congress numerous times. Why take the Fifth now?

By Gracey Abernethy, Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2026

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, 7-15-2024

Live: Fact-checking Trump VP JD Vance’s 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee

By PolitiFact Staff • July 17, 2024

Donald Trump leaves Manhattan court after verdict, 5-30-2024

Trump guilty in NY trial: Can he still run for president or vote as a convicted felon?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 31, 2024

Donald Trump at NYC courthouse, 5-28-2024

Trump N.Y. trial countdown: What happens after the jury’s verdict?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2024

All five candidates, GOP debate in Miami, 11-8-2023

Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami

By PolitiFact Staff • November 9, 2023

The Jan. 6 committee’s planned subpoena of Donald Trump: What does it mean?

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2022

The legitimacy of the Jan. 6 committee, explained

By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2022

The race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2022

The Jan. 6 committee’s court filing: How important is it?

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2022

Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and executive privilege over Jan. 6: What does it all mean?

By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021

Trial of the Chicago 7 defendants at table

The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong

By Samantha Putterman • April 18, 2021

Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2020

Donald Trump’s tax returns: How Congress might — or might not — get them

By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2019

Can House Democrats release Donald Trump’s tax returns?

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2019

Does ICE Have Unlimited Authority To Make Courthouse Arrests?

By Chris Nichols • September 4, 2018

Is ISIS an ‘existential threat’ to the United States?

By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2015

Is IRS Obama’s Watergate?

By Katie Sanders • April 18, 2014

Jeb Bush’s story of the mom who inspired him to help the disabled

By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2013