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What’s in the final version of the tax bill?

December 18, 2017

Sometime this week, the House and Senate are planning to vote on a tax bill that includes elements of the legislation passed by each chamber in recent weeks. What’s in the final version of the bill? Here’s a rundown.

On the eve of the votes, 4 fact checks on the GOP tax plan

December 18, 2017

Checking statements by Paul Ryan, Gwen Moore and a Democratic candidate for governor. 

Donald Trump’s misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked

December 18, 2017

President Donald Trump has not held back in his disapproval of the verdict in Kate Steinle's case, but his overall objections to the case have not always been supported by facts, such as his characterization of the shooter’s previous offenses as "violent."

Want to be a judge? Here are the answers to the questions Trump judicial nominee flunked

December 15, 2017

A viral video shows one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees struggling with a series of legal questions lobbed his way during his Senate confirmation hearing.

We started fact-checking in partnership with Facebook a year ago today. Here’s what we’ve learned

December 15, 2017

A year ago today, PolitiFact joined a coalition of fact-checkers who agreed to work with Facebook to try to slow the spread of misinformation in people’s news feeds. The update is we’re making progress, but at a rate that probably isn’t satisfying to anyone.

Donald Trump says he doesn’t know his accusers. Does he?

December 15, 2017

When four women came forward to talk about President Donald Trump's inappropriate sexual behavior going back to the 1980s, Trump said he hadn't even met or known them. We reviewed the record, not just for them, but for other women, too.

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What you need to know about net neutrality

December 13, 2017

The Senate is poised to vote on a last-ditch effort by Democrats to rescue Obama-era Internet rules known as "net neutrality," which stops broadband providers from slowing down Internet speeds or blocking websites and apps.

PolitiFact California’s Top 10 Most Popular Fact Checks of 2017

December 13, 2017

Eye-opening claims that California has the sixth largest economy on the planet, the highest poverty rate in the nation and that President Trump’s border wall will cost one and a half times as much as an aircraft carrier all made PolitiFact California’s Top 10 most popular fact checks of 2017.

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2017 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results

December 12, 2017

We present the 2017 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results.

The Trump team’s falsehoods of 2017

December 12, 2017

President Donald Trump made many inaccurate statements in 2017. His White House team seems to be following in his footsteps when defending him.

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