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How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign

By Daniel Funke , Steve Contorno

September 8, 2020

LAKELAND, Fla. — The mid-morning wave of farmer’s market shoppers picked through amateur art and leafy greens until their gaze caught a group forming around the downtown park. The swelling crowd — a train of strollers, flip flops and jean shorts, packs of 20-something-year-olds and kids with weekend energy — would have blended with everyone […]

How Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders compare on their long voting records

By Langston Taylor , Steve Contorno

March 16, 2020

For the 18 years Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders both served in Congress, lawmakers passed some of the most consequential and controversial legislation in a generation, including the 1994 Crime Bill, the PATRIOT Act, and the federal response to the 2008 financial crash. How did Biden and Sanders vote on these bills, and others? The Tampa […]

Trump says Clinton and Obama paid people to cause violence at his rallies

By Steve Contorno

October 20, 2016

Trump says Clinton and Obama caused violence at his rallies

Fact-checking a deal with Iran

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Jon Greenberg , Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson , Steve Contorno

March 30, 2015

As negotiations approach an interim deadline, we look back at claims about a Senate letter and whether Iran has been keeping to its agreements.

• PunditFact: Fact-checking the March 29 news shows

• PolitiFact Wisconsin: Is Scott Walker shifting views for 2016?

Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president? (Updated)

By Steve Contorno

March 26, 2015

• Scott Walker: Shifting views to be in a better position for 2016?

• Harry Reid to retire; his PolitiFact scorecard

The federal health care law: What came true and what didn’t

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Steve Contorno

March 20, 2015

Monday marks the fifth anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law. PolitiFact takes a look at the predictions made about the law then and what has since come to light.

PunditFact fact-checks the March 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman , Lauren Carroll , Steve Contorno

March 8, 2015

PunditFact looked at part of the defense offered on behalf of Hillary Clinton.

Fact-checking the March 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman , Lauren Carroll , Steve Contorno

March 8, 2015

We looked at part of the defense offered on behalf of Hillary Clinton.

Fact-checking vaccines and measles

By Steve Contorno

February 13, 2015

We look back at our recent fact-checks on the safety of vaccines and the danger of measles.

Jon Stewart’s epic rundown of PolitiFact’s fact-checks of Fox News

Pundits react to Brian Williams news

Coming soon: PolitiFact California

Rand Paul on ‘walking, talking’ children who end up with ‘profound mental disorders after vaccines’

By Steve Contorno

February 5, 2015

We take a look at the facts and evidence behind a recent statement by Sen. Rand Paul about children who "wound up with profound mental disorders" after vaccines.

PunditFact: Timeline of Brian Williams' statements on Iraqi helicopter attack

What Barack Obama said about autism and vaccines in 2008

Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address: annotated

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Joshua Gillin , Jon Greenberg , Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson , Steve Contorno

January 21, 2015

We combed through every line in Obama's 2015 State of the Union. Learn the facts behind the speech.

Joni Ernst's 2015 State of the Union rebuttal: annotated
PolitiFact's live blog for the 2015 State of the Union and GOP response

Joni Ernst’s 2015 State of the Union rebuttal: annotated

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Joshua Gillin , Jon Greenberg , Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson , Steve Contorno

January 20, 2015

Learn the facts behind Sen. Joni Ernst's 2015 GOP response to the State of the Union.

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How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign

How Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders compare on their long voting records

Trump says Clinton and Obama paid people to cause violence at his rallies

Fact-checking a deal with Iran

Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president? (Updated)

The federal health care law: What came true and what didn’t

PunditFact fact-checks the March 8 news shows

Fact-checking the March 8 news shows

Fact-checking vaccines and measles

Rand Paul on ‘walking, talking’ children who end up with ‘profound mental disorders after vaccines’

Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address: annotated

Joni Ernst’s 2015 State of the Union rebuttal: annotated