Claire Cranford
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Claire Cranford is a winter/spring 2025 intern at PolitiFact based in Washington, D.C. She is a student at Duke University, where she is the features managing editor of The Duke Chronicle student newspaper.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Claire Cranford
- No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025 April 22, 2025
- Fact-checking Gov. Tim Walz on Americans’ savings April 16, 2025
- Sen. Ruben Gallego is mostly right: American men trail women in higher education at historic levels April 9, 2025
- Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint March 27, 2025
- No, Elon Musk didn’t say Tesla is ‘doomed’ March 26, 2025
- Nancy Pelosi didn’t get $14 million in USAID funding for “experimental farming” at her vineyard March 7, 2025
- No, Elon Musk didn’t say billionaires are tired of ‘subsidizing everyone else’s’ public services March 4, 2025
- No, Zelenskyy did not ban Truth Social in Ukraine February 25, 2025
- Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as President Donald Trump said? No, Russia invaded February 19, 2025
- No, Michael Jordan didn’t say kneeling athletes should have their medals revoked February 19, 2025
Latest Stories by Claire Cranford
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- 100 PolitiFact fact-checks from President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office April 29, 2025
- Trump, Musk claim government ‘fraud’ without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? February 13, 2025