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Originally published by The 19th President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign a long list of executive orders shortly after entering office for his second term. At the top of Trump’s stated priorities is scaling back immigration, and many fear he could also scale back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as well as take action […]

As President Donald Trump prepares to take office for the second time, he brings with him a litany of campaign promises.  Over the next four years, PolitiFact will periodically evaluate the new administration’s progress on Trump’s 2024 campaign promises, just as we did with Barack Obama, Trump during his first term, and Joe Biden. Proposals in […]

PolitiFact fact-checked President-elect Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again victory rally at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.  The rally happened the day before Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.  PolitiFact has fact-checked Trump 1,071 times since 2011. We’re also tracking Trump’s campaign promises for his second term.  To suggest a claim from Trump […]

As wildfires blaze in Southern California, leaving a trail of destruction, some prominent conservatives are blaming a familiar culprit: “DEI” or diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.  “Meet Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley,” wrote the X account Libs of TikTok on Jan. 8. “She boasts about being the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in […]

In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies. Bondi also refused to deny falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election being stolen. In the Jan. 15 hearing, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., […]

As wildfires caused at least two dozen deaths and billions of dollars in damages, some social media users accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of slashing money to prevent fires. Many posts, including some by Fox News, stated Newsom cut about $100 million in fire prevention from the state’s budget months before the Los Angeles fires.  Some […]

If you scroll through your Facebook feed, you might see a promotion for a new government stimulus, available to all Americans. The claim: You could get $1,000, no strings attached, available within 24 hours. Just click a link. It’s everywhere: multiple Facebook pages run ads about it constantly. PolitiFact debunked posts saying a “no-strings-attached $1,000 […]

In his Jan. 14 confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, faced scrutiny over his level of experience and personal conduct. In the first of several high-profile confirmation hearings for Trump’s second-term nominees, Republican senators frequently touted Hegseth’s military experience and applauded his commitment to unravel what he considers to be […]

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighborhoods, many took to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts. The critics included the Los Angeles Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. “Fires in LA are sadly no surprise,” Soon-Shiong wrote Jan. 8 on X, “yet the Mayor cut […]

As Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, national and global discussion focused on one issue: the COVID-19 pandemic. As then-President Donald Trump downplayed the pandemic’s severity, Biden pledged to increase COVID-19 testing, vaccinate 50 million people in 100 days and get the virus under control.  But his campaign promises extended beyond the pandemic. Biden […]

Starting Jan. 14, the Republican-led U.S. Senate plans to hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the aim of confirming their appointments directly after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.  PolitiFact will provide fact-checking and analysis on some of these public reviews for officials who are in line to run, for example, the State, Treasury, […]

Alongside the announcement that Meta was ending its relationship with independent fact-checkers, the social media company outlined new “hateful conduct” policies. Those policies explicitly permit users to call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” or “abnormal” without violating platform rules.  These changes are part of a larger shift in how Meta plans to moderate content and speech […]