Fact-checking new House Speaker Mike Johnson on the federal debt
“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
Vivek Ramaswamy offers dubious figure for China’s role in supplying pharmaceutical ingredients
"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
Iran’s foreign reserves plummeted on Trump’s watch, but his figures are off
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That’s Half True.
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Donald Trump wrong that US tax dollars went to Iran, Hamas
"Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
Fact-checking Tim Scott on Biden administration’s early response to Hamas attacks in Israel
The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
Fact-check: Donald Trump’s repeated falsehood that he saved the U.S. auto industry
When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry…
Matt Gaetz oversells role of budgetary dysfunction in adding to the federal debt
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in…
Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom told Sean Hannity about energy independence
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Do CEOs today earn 400 times more than their typical workers, as Bernie Sanders said?
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
What Biden omits in his repeated claim about teaching at the University of Pennsylvania
“I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.”
Sizzle, fizzle. Donald Trump off on bacon price increase under Joe Biden.
The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.