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Top 5 fact-checks: Republican candidates take aim at Biden’s foreign policy in Miami debate

November 9, 2023

MIAMI — President Joe Biden wasn’t among the presidential candidates debating Nov. 8, but his foreign policy took center stage among the Republicans vying for their party’s nomination. Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., called Biden’s evacuation efforts for Americans in Israel “atrocious.” U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said there was “blood dripping” from Biden and former […]

Did Donald Trump make these 27 campaign promises? Fact-checking this viral list

October 26, 2023

A liberal group says former President Donald Trump has promised more than two dozen “insane” actions if he reclaims the White House, including rounding up all homeless people, pardoning Jan. 6 defendants and ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. MeidasTouch Network, a liberal news website, shared an Oct. 21 Instagram reel that highlights […]

Can the U.S. keep aid to Gaza out of Hamas’ hands?

October 23, 2023

After President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will send $100 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza and the West Bank, critics countered the plan would ultimately help the Hamas leaders who, on Oct. 7, launched surprise attacks in Israel that killed 1,400 people. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., called the idea of giving aid to Gaza […]

U.S. aid to Israel: What to know

October 18, 2023

President Joe Biden is planning to ask Congress for more money to support Israel’s military response to the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 Israelis. “My administration has been in close touch with your leadership from the first moments of this attack, and we are going to make sure you have […]

On the ground: PolitiFact’s impressions of the 2024 New Hampshire primary season

October 16, 2023

EXETER, N.H. — At a town hall in this picturesque New England village, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy came face-to-face with the spirit of the New Hampshire primary process. Ramaswamy was about halfway through his hourlong session Oct. 14 when a woman stood up and delivered a two-minute monologue. She said, “Just a few years ago, we […]

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire on education, economy and drugs

October 15, 2023

MANCHESTER, N.H. — During a visit to New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would be a commander in chief who unreservedly supports allies, such as Israel, and takes dramatic steps to oppose groups harming Americans. “We are being invaded by these cartels,” referring to drug traffickers in Mexico, DeSantis […]

Day 2 of the New Hampshire GOP summit, fact-checked

October 15, 2023

NASHUA, N.H. — On the closing day of a summit sponsored by the New Hampshire Republican Party, two more presidential candidates — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Vice President Mike Pence — sought support in the crucial early primary state. Scott and Pence spoke at the First in the Nation Summit in Nashua, delivering […]

Fact-checking Day 1 of the New Hampshire GOP summit

October 14, 2023

NASHUA, N.H. — On the first day of a summit sponsored by the New Hampshire GOP, Republican presidential candidates emphasized support for Israel, embraced get-tough policies at the U.S.-Mexico border and advocated for federal spending cuts.   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis railed against “moral equivalence” about deaths in Gaza as Israel’s military strikes back after an Oct. […]

Nikki Haley mixes red meat with more moderate tone in Exeter, New Hampshire, town hall

October 13, 2023

EXETER, N.H. — After gaining ground in Republican presidential primary polling, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley brought her message of budgetary restraint and heightened immigration control to voters packed inside of an historic town hall. Haley and other Republican presidential candidates are gathering for campaign events and a state Republican Party summit in New […]

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

October 13, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy questioned why the United States doesn’t have an “Iron Dome” defense system like the one that is defending Israel against rockets fired from Gaza. “We don’t have an Iron Dome in this country, yet, we’re vulnerable to nuclear missile attacks any given day,” Ramaswamy, a businessman, said on Tucker Carlson’s […]

Donald Trump’s off-base claims about electric car ‘mandates’ and markets

October 11, 2023

Is the end near for U.S. automakers? Former President Donald Trump recently told an audience of nonunion autoworkers near Detroit that electric cars are poised to doom their industry. “Under Biden’s mandate, the entire car industry will be packed up and shipped to China,” Trump said during a Sept. 27 speech at an auto parts factory […]

Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally

October 9, 2023

Speaking to supporters in New Hampshire, former President Donald Trump blamed President Joe Biden for Hamas’ attacks in Israel and asserted that New Hampshire — and the nation — were far better off under his administration. “The attack on Israel would never ever have happened. The attack on Ukraine … inflation would never have happened. […]

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