Latest Stories By Sara Swann

With the midterm elections quickly approaching, we asked readers to send us any lingering questions they had before heading to the ballot box. Our reporters investigated queries about specific candidates in key states such as Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin, as well as what changes have been made to the voting process since the 2020 presidential […]

Calling all fact-checking aficionados: The second annual United Facts of America online festival kicks off at the end of September. United Facts of America will be live-streamed from Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 28 and 29. The three-day online festival of fact-checking, hosted by PolitiFact and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will feature discussions […]

As soon as President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans, facts and figures streamed across the internet projecting the plan’s impact. The loan relief “will literally change my life,” tweeted one Pell Grant recipient. “More needs to be done before we’ve sufficiently pulled multiple generations out of […]

When Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated July 8 at age 67, some questioned how this shooting could have happened in a country known for its stringent firearms regulations. Japan does have some of the world’s strictest gun control laws. But experts PolitiFact reached said the circumstances that led to Abe’s fatal shooting […]

Whether considered an assault rifle or America’s rifle, the AR-15 is emblematic of gun culture in the United States: Gun enthusiasts herald it for its versatility and power, whereas gun control advocates loathe its role in so many mass shootings. The gunmen in two recent mass shootings, in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, both […]

Abortion protests have erupted across the country since a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggested Roe v. Wade may be overturned. With more demonstrations expected in the nation’s capital, some Republicans have called into question the legality of protesting outside of justices’ homes. Conservative political commentator Bill O’Reilly raised the issue during a May 11 […]

The Biden administration’s announcement that it will soon lift a public health order that allows the quick expulsion of immigrants arriving at the southwest border prompted vows by some Republican politicians to take measures on their own to combat illegal immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference April 6 that starting the […]