Understanding felon voting rights restoration
Each state can set their own policies for restoring voting rights to felons
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Fact-checking Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate announcement speech
Scott made several claims about the state’s economy and growth as he kicked off his campaign against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.
Celebrate International Fact-checking Day: Avoid falling for fake news
PolitiFact provides several tips how to spot fake news in social media
Fact-checking the March For Our Lives
Crowds of young people marched on Washington and other cities to call for more gun restrictions and protest gun violence after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Fact-checking Broward Sheriff Scott Israel’s ‘fact-checks’ about Parkland shooting
The Broward Sheriff’s Office pushed back against claims about its handling of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and how it responded to previous calls about Nikolas Cruz. We fact-checked its fact checks.
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2018 speech at CPAC
The president repeated several falsehoods in a speech that covered a lot of ground at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23, 2018.
Fact-checking claims in the wake of the Parkland school shooting
An organization that fights gun violence attacked Gov. Rick Scott for his support for a controversial gun law. Democrats accused Scott of ending funding for mental health. And conspiracy-minded blogs spread rumors that one of the survivors of the school shooting was a crisis actor.
How do we prevent school shootings?
Following the shooting in Parkland, Fla., experts talk about several strategies including gun control, expanding mental health services and threat assessment in an effort to reduce school shootings.
Will millennials be the largest voting bloc in 2018, as Rock the Vote predicts?
There are many factors that could influence millennial voter turnout in 2018 including how they feel about the candidates, voter mobilization efforts and state laws.
Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea?
Trump highlighted the story of the defector from North Korea who has raised the profile of human rights abuses in his former country
The 10 most popular Florida fact-checks of 2017
Fueling our most-clicked fact-checks was an unfounded claim about massive voter fraud in 2008 and a misleading statement from Trump that pre-existing conditions were included in the GOP health care bill. But it wasn’t all politics this year. In September, Florida was menaced by Hurricane Irma and our story debunking myths about hurricane preparedness also made the list.
Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s interview with Pat Robertson on ‘The 700 Club’
Trump made a series of claims about the Affordable Care Act, the Paris climate agreement and the economy