CHICAGO — La primera noche de la Convención Nacional Demócrata estuvo llena de apoyo hacia la nominación de Kamala Harris como la candidata demócrata para las elecciones de noviembre. Tampoco faltaron las críticas hacia las políticas del expresidente Donald Trump. El presidente Joe Biden habló de sus acciones en la Casa Blanca en materias como […]
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, in an often fiery speech, addressed a Democratic convention for which, until just a few weeks earlier, he had expected to be the one accepting his party’s nomination. The audience in the United Center was appreciative, interrupting Biden with chants of “Thank you, Joe.” With his address, Biden outlined his […]
Project 2025 has a starring role in this week’s Democratic National Convention. And it was front and center on Night 1. “This is Project 2025,” Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, said as she laid a hardbound copy of the 900-page document on the lectern. “Over the next four nights, you are going to […]
CHICAGO — Since President Joe Biden decided not to seek a second term, Democratic chatter about the incumbent president turned from despair at his stumbling campaign to praise for his accomplishments. Biden enters the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, where he will deliver a prime-time address Aug. 19, with a swell of admiration […]
PolitiFact live fact-checked the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including tonight’s speeches by President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read our full roundup of fact-checks here. PolitiFact fact-checks politicians across the political spectrum. We also fact-checked the Republican National Convention in July. Read more about our process. Live DNC […]
PolitiFact today is launching a new program to bring local fact-checking to seven pivotal U.S. Senate races. PolitiFact will fact-check the major party candidates for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The seats are all currently held by senators caucusing with Democrats. And the Democrats may need to win […]
Former President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. PolitiFact is fact-checking claims and providing context during the event. WATCH: How PolitiFact fact-checks live events like speeches and debates. See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled in favor of PolitiFact and its parent organization in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, a legal advocacy group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Aug. 9 ruling affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint brought by the Children’s Health Defense against Meta […]
In his first campaign rally since Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election, former President Donald Trump attacked Walz and rallied support for a crucial Senate seat in Montana. “If Comrade Walz and Comrade Harris win this November, the people cheering will be the […]
El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela, controlado por el gobierno, dijo que el presidente Nicolás Maduro ganó la reelección el 28 de julio. Pero el gobierno de Estados Unidos y otros líderes mundiales están pidiendo más transparencia y dicen que hay evidencia de que Maduro perdió. El Consejo Nacional Electoral no ha publicado el recuento […]
After former President Donald Trump falsely questioned his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris’ race and ethnicity at a National Association of Black Journalists conference, Omarosa Manigault Newman criticized Trump’s characterizations of his family’s heritage. On July 31 on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Newman referred anchor Laura Coates to a detail Newman said was in […]
After Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota’s Democratic governor would be her presidential ticket running mate, Tim Walz’s name climbed in online search trends. Here’s another term that started to gain traction: “ladder factory.” Trump supporters seized on a video clip from a July 30 interview Walz gave to CNN’s Anderson Cooper that they said showed […]