PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2018, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting PolitiFact readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award.
We explain our mission and methods, both to answer those who make the charge against us, and for our supporters when confronted by naysayers.
With Election Day fast approaching, PolitiFact is happy to announce its latest state affiliate: PolitiFact Vermont, a partnership of PolitiFact and VTDigger.org.
PolitiFact has been monitoring and fact-checking the midterm campaigns of 2018 in races across the country. Here’s a look at what we’ve found to be the top 10 storylines of the 2018 contests.
Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee as a good man of the highest caliber hours after a third woman accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
WCVE News 88.9FM brings political fact-checking back to Virginia.
PolitiFact regularly rated John McCain on the Truth-O-Meter since 2008.
Our editor reflects on eleven years of fact-checking.
Even George Washington had to fight fake news. Here's the story.
Since PolitiFact launched in 2007, we’ve made it our mission to produce public service journalism that informs and strengthens our democracy.
We fact-checked his May 4, 2018, address to the NRA-ILA forum.
James Comey wants to explain himself. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership is Comey’s story of what he did and why