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X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X:

Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.

By Maria Briceño • October 27, 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.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025

West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:

“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”

By Natalie Ribar • October 15, 2025

Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”

By Madison Czopek • December 17, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 8, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Gas prices drop an average of $4 across red states.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 19, 2024

Jared Moskowitz stated on September 19, 2024 in a House hearing:

“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service.

By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2024

TikTok posts stated on August 14, 2024 in a TikTok video:

Video shows Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran getting a “MASSIVE” ovation after his two-game suspension for homophobic slur.

By Jeff Cercone • August 15, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 16, 2023 in Instagram posts:

Video shows Israeli soldiers “raising their flag” over al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 21, 2023

Yuh-Line Niou stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet:

Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.”

By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2022

Ron Johnson stated on January 9, 2022 in Public statement:

On not seeking a third term.

By Vanessa Swales • January 14, 2022

Jack Posobiec stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet:

The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.”

By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2021

Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021

Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“This is the California model spreading across the country. When you need to flip things blue there’s always some mysterious mail-in ballots lying around that’ll do the trick. Shameful!”

By Chris Nichols • November 4, 2020

Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter:

In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."

By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020

Viral image stated on November 9, 2016 in a post-election Tweet:

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

Richard Saslaw stated on November 24, 2014 in a presentation.:

Female students at UVA "have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted."

By Sean Gorman • December 8, 2014

Bill O'Reilly stated on December 5, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013

Connie Mack stated on April 12, 2012 in a television ad:

Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."

By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012

Michele Bachmann stated on November 3, 2010 in a CNN interview:

"The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."

By Robert Farley • November 4, 2010

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Why sleep experts say permanent daylight saving time is a bad idea

By Grace Abels • July 21, 2026

Women walk with Iran flag in Tehran March 20, 2026

Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops

By Loreben Tuquero • March 23, 2026

New York strip steaks at Sam's Club in Bentonville, Ark. 09-24-25

A protein primer: Why is it important, how much should you eat, how much is too much?

By Madison Czopek • February 18, 2026

Trump AI investment announcement Jan 21, 2025

The AI president: How Donald Trump uses artificial intelligence to promote himself, mock others

By Loreben Tuquero • October 23, 2025

Tenet Media website talent banner screenshot 09-12-2024

The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators?

By Madison Czopek • September 16, 2024

Barack Obama at the DNC in Chicago, 8-20-2024

Fact-checking DNC Night 2: What Democratic speakers got right, wrong

By PolitiFact Staff • August 20, 2024

Elon Musk at European Jewish Association’s conference in Krakow, Poland, 1-22-2024

‘An environment of distrust’: How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2024

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

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2022

Rioters scale Capitol walls on Jan. 6, more headlines art for 2021 LOTY

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2021

What is redistricting? And why should voters care?

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021

Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

By Jon Greenberg, Noah Y. Kim • January 8, 2021

The state of US contact tracing: Is it working?

By Bill McCarthy • October 9, 2020

Trump did not scrub tweets that likened U.S.-bound migrants to invaders in wake of El Paso shooting

By John Kruzel • August 5, 2019

Fact-checking Trump’s campaign rallies: the final stretch

By PolitiFact Staff • November 1, 2018

Georgia’s ‘exact match’ law and the Abrams-Kemp governor’s election, explained

By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2018

UPDATE: Ad says Calif. candidate Gil Cisneros demanded sex for campaign cash. Here’s what we know

By Stephen Koff • September 19, 2018

A fake in 140 characters: How not to get tripped up by hoax Twitter accounts

By Joshua Gillin • March 14, 2017

Donald Trump’s top 10 campaign promises

By Linda Qiu • July 15, 2016

18 fact-checks of things that were wrong on the Internet

By Louis Jacobson • December 28, 2014

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2013