Fact-checking Club for Growth’s attack ad about Beto O’Rourke
El Paso Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who announced Thursday that he is running for president, had been teasing a presidential bid for weeks.
Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help in search-and-rescue efforts days after 9/11?
Have fatal shootings by police in California dropped 40 percent since 2015?
The law enforcement-backed nonprofit Protect California claimed there's no "epidemic" of police violence in the state and that fatal shootings by police are down 40 percent since 2015. PolitiFact California examined those claims.
McConnell falsely suggests GOP forecast the type of election fraud found in NC
By Matthew Riley
, Paul Specht
March 7, 2019
In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used the election fraud case in North Carolina as a springboard to talk about how Republicans "for years" called for common sense safeguards against "voter fraud."
The DeSant-O-Meter: Tracking the campaign promises of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
By Amy Sherman
March 5, 2019
We are tracking 15 promises Gov. Ron DeSantis made in his 2018 campaign.
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s two-hour speech at CPAC
President Donald Trump spoke to an enthusiastic audience at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Washington over the weekend. During his 2-hour-plus speech, Trump revisited many of the points from his political rallies.
How hard is it for Venezuelans to get asylum in the U.S.?
By Amy Sherman
March 4, 2019
Florida Democrats say half of Venezuelans’ asylum claims are denied. We found partial data that supports the claim — but the denial rate isn't unique to Venezuela.
PolitiFact Wisconsin’s ‘High Five’ for February 2019
By D.L. Davis
March 4, 2019
Readers of PolitiFact Wisconsin in February were fascinated by a variety of topics, the most popular being Gov. Tony Evers' claim about prison inmate populations.
Did Michael Cohen want a White House gig?
By John Kruzel
March 1, 2019
During Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress, Democrats zeroed in on his claims that Donald Trump engaged in crime before and even into his presidency. But Republicans seemed less interested in Cohen’s message than the messenger himself.
Did Michael Cohen’s testimony back up BuzzFeed’s beleaguered scoop?
By John Kruzel
February 28, 2019
The blockbuster testimony of President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen drew fresh attention to a BuzzFeed News report that has been assailed as inaccurate. Some said his testimony corroborated the report, while others hearing Cohen said it did little to prop up the report’s central assertion.
In context: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questions Michael Cohen during the House Oversight Committee
In recent years, members of Congress have been criticized for grandstanding during hearings instead of eliciting new information. After Cohen’s hearing, one of the newest Democrats was widely praised for using her time ask pointed questions about Trump’s financial statements: freshman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
Jared Kushner appears to have misled Congress about his security clearance
By John Kruzel
February 26, 2019
Jared Kushner's security clearance is getting an audit in the press. This year alone, MSNBC and CNN have mentioned Kushner’s clearance more than four dozen times.