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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and divisive contest: It’s up to the government to cut high U.S. drug prices. Harris cast the tie-breaking Senate vote in 2022 for legislation that allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices for its more than 60 […]

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, recently tied a Project 2025 plan to former President Donald Trump, arguing they both support policies that will raise mortgage costs for U.S. homebuyers. “If (Trump’s) Project 2025 agenda is put into effect, it will add around $1,200 a year to the typical American mortgage,” Harris said […]

A day after Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference to announce he was suspending his campaign and throwing his support behind Republican nominee Donald Trump. “Many months ago, I promised the American people that I would withdraw from the […]

Democrats’ messaging throughout the four days of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was one of exuberance and determination that culminated with Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepting the presidential nomination. Harris rallied her base on issues including abortion rights, voting rights and the economy. But she also asked all Americans “regardless of party, race, […]

On the opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, President Joe Biden officially passed the baton onto Vice President Kamala Harris as she makes a historic presidential run.  A few months ago, the nation couldn’t have seen that coming.  In July, Biden announced he would drop out of the presidential race, bowing […]

American voters will head to the polls Nov. 5 to choose their next president and representatives in Congress, state capitals and city halls. PolitiFact’s mission in this moment is to give people the information they need to govern themselves. Specifically: At PolitiFact, our Election 2024 mission is to hold politicians and pundits accountable to the […]

CHICAGO — La Convención Nacional Demócrata culminó con el discurso de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris aceptando la nominación a la presidencia. Ella habló sobre su infancia y el peregrinaje de su madre desde la India con la esperanza de encontrar una cura para el cáncer de mama. Harris también habló de su continua lucha para […]

We’re celebrating PolitiFact’s 17th birthday while covering the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this year. And so I can’t help but think back to how the Truth-O-Meter all started. The year: 2004. The place: New York. That year founding PolitiFact editor Bill Adair was covering the Republican National Convention for the then-St. Petersburg Times when […]

PolitiFact live fact-checked the fourth and final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including tonight’s speech by the Democrats’ new presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.  RELATED: How accurate was Kamala Harris’ 2024 DNC speech in Chicago? PolitiFact fact-checks politicians across the political spectrum. We also fact-checked the Republican National Convention in July. […]

CHICAGO — Reflecting Democrats’ optimism that the presidential race has shifted in their favor over the past month, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. Harris is the second woman to become a major-party presidential nominee, the second Black nominee and the first Asian. In a 37-minute speech — roughly one-third the length of […]

CHICAGO — Durante la tercera noche de la Convención Nacional Demócrata Tim Walz, el gobernador de Minnesota, aceptó oficialmente su candidatura a la vicepresidencia, y Oprah Winfrey fue una de las celebridades de la noche. También participaron voces hispanas, incluyendo Aquilino Gonell, un estadounidense de origen dominicano, quien habló de su experiencia durante el asalto […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks often about his family’s struggle with fertility. He’s also accused his vice presidential opponent, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and other Republicans, of wanting to end in vitro fertilization treatments, commonly known as IVF. Vance, who opposes abortion, has said he supports continued access to IVF treatments. IVF was thrust into the […]