Over the past few weeks, the tide has turned in the presidential money race. When we last looked at the state of 2020 fundraising, in early September, President Donald Trump and his allied organizations had raised $970 million, or 44% more than the $674 million raised by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the groups […]
At a September rally in Freeland, Mich., Trump described great success in reviving automotive jobs. He boasted that he wrangled a promise from Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for Japanese companies to expand in the U.S. “They announced five car companies are coming to Michigan,” Trump told the crowd. They aren’t coming — not five, […]
PolitiFact, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has been fact-checking presidential politics since 2007 and has rated more than 18,000 individual claims on our Truth-O-Meter. Our team of reporters and editors is be live fact-checking the final 2020 presidential debate. Follow along below for our live coverage below. This page will update automatically. See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com
U.S. intelligence officials said they believe Iran sent threatening emails to Democratic voters two weeks before the election. The emails were made to look like they came from the Proud Boys, a far-right, men-only group, and falsely told recipients that they would know if voters didn’t select President Donald Trump on their private ballots. Director […]
President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, have sparred over the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. During a town hall on Oct. 15, Trump said the U.S. has “turned the corner” on the virus, but Biden countered that Trump has gone “round the bend” if he believes that. As […]
PolitiFact is gearing up to fact-check the 2020 presidential candidates in their final debate. And, no, we won’t bury the lede: In a change by the debate commission, the candidates will have their microphones cut off while their opponent delivers his first two-minute answer to each moderator question. Follow our live fact-checking during the debate […]
Election Night in America promises to be bewildering, with a torrent of election results coming out for hours on end. What does it all mean? When will we know who the winners are? How can you avoid being conned by partisan misinformation? Here’s a guide to navigating media and social media on Election Night. Use […]
President Donald Trump says that Americans are tired of COVID-19, the contagious disease that has killed more than 220,000 Americans. So he continues to hold in-person campaign rallies with large crowds and scolds those who urge safety precautions he doesn’t like. Trump’s grievances haven’t been limited to Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee who holds […]
As Election Day nears, President Donald Trump and his supporters are urging greater scrutiny of Hunter Biden, the son of his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. They’re especially focusing on the younger Biden’s ties to China. “Joe Biden must immediately release all emails, meetings, phone calls, transcripts, and records related to his involvement in his […]
Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has become a familiar name in the 2020 presidential campaign. His ties to Burisma, a Ukraninan energy company, have inspired regular attacks from President Donald Trump and his allies. Emboldening that offensive is a recent report from Republican senators on the Senate Finance and […]
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Amid a presidential election, a global pandemic and nationwide unrest, more Americans are using social media in 2020 than ever before. Facebook reported in July that its daily users had surged to 1.79 billion — a 12% increase from the year before. In the United States, more than 220 million people use the platform at […]