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Elon Musk calls for accountability in media, donates to PolitiFact

May 24, 2018

Entrepreneur Elon Musk (of Tesla, SpaceX, PayPal) had an idea: He’d "create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication." That sounded familiar.

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What fact checks tell us about school shootings and guns

May 24, 2018

Gun laws, background checks, mental illness and more.

What the Republican discharge petition means for DACA, ‘Dreamers’

May 23, 2018

Here’s an overview of the uncommon approach of discharge petitions, what it means for Dreamers and what it says about the power dynamic in congress.

Informants, infiltration and spying: Some definitions in the FBI investigation of team Trump

May 22, 2018

The words informant, infiltration and spying have been thrown around freely. We talked to the people who know what they mean.

John Kerry was in Paris. But did he meet with Iranians? He says no

May 22, 2018

Republican operatives claimed to have definitive proof that the chief American architect of the Iran nuclear deal met secretly with Iranian officials in Paris just days after President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the international accord.

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Has Obama endorsed in the California governor’s race? No.

May 21, 2018

A recent campaign mailer and TV ad feature former President Barack Obama warmly embracing California candidate for governor Antonio Villaraigosa, conveying the possible impression that Obama has endorsed the former mayor of Los Angeles. But that’s simply not the case.

A look into the business practices of Indiana’s Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun

May 21, 2018

A Democratic Super PAC attacked GOP Senate candidate Mike Braun's business record. We took a closer look.

Back-to-back Pants on Fire

May 21, 2018

Two in a row is rare. Here's a look at our other recent POF fact checks.

What’s true, what’s not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting

May 18, 2018

Sorting fact from fiction in the May 18, 2018, Santa Fe High School shooting.

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The facts on mass shootings, guns in the United States

May 18, 2018

With each tragedy, we hear arguments about gun violence, mental health, how firearms should be regulated and what’s driving the prevalence of mass shootings. PolitiFact has worked for years to research these topics to explain talking points used by all sides of the debate.

Here are some answers to questions you may have.

A closer look at payments to Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen

May 18, 2018

Several corporations admitted to paying President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen in hopes of gaining access to Trump or his thinking after financial records of the transactions were released by a lawyer representing Stormy Daniels.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading immigration claims in meeting with California officials

May 17, 2018

President Donald Trump hosted sheriffs and other elected officials from California to talk about immigration policies that he sees as counter to his agenda. Trump made a number of questionable statements that needed a fact-check. Here’s our roundup of his most inaccurate statements from the conversation.

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