The disparity in how much women make compared to men comes up often in the political discourse, tagged with a call to action to help women’s paychecks catch up. Here’s a fresh look at the numbers, factors attributed to the gender pay disparity, and new legislation seeking to eliminate the pay gap.
2019 was a big year for viral falsehoods on social media.
Candidates again sparred over "Medicare for All" and other approaches to health reform -- but this time they waited more than two hours before wading into health policy issues.
One of the sharpest exchanges of the Democratic presidential debate came when Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren faced off over campaign finance. Here's a recap of what they said, fact-checked.
Our live coverage of the Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2019.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment on near-party-line votes, making Donald Trump the third impeached president in U.S. history. Here’s what to expect in the weeks ahead.
On the day before the impeachment vote in the House, President Donald Trump wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to protest impeachment. We fact-checked several misleading statements.
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Readers weigh in on the most significant falsehood of 2019.
Donald Trump has deployed many claims to undercut the substance, process and key figures of the Democratic-driven impeachment investigation. Many were wrong.
PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood or exaggeration of the past 12 months. Here’s a look back at the past 10 years of "winners."
Much of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense is based on exaggerations, falsehoods or oft-debunked conspiracy theories. But then there is this basic question: What was Hunter Biden doing on the board of a Ukrainian energy company?