Our May High Five: From Pants on Fire to True
Our most-clicked fact checks in May 2017 spanned the Truth-O-Meter.
Matt Rinaldi offers different accounts of ‘illegal immigrant’ signs blamed for his calls to ICE
Matt Rinaldi's June 1, 2017 interviews contradict what he said on Facebook three days before.
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris accord on climate change. All but two countries signed the agreement. But Trump said the deal puts the United States at a disadvantage.
Did Texas House protesters hold signs declaring ‘selves illegal immigrants?
It's an unconfirmed account.
PolitiFact Live for June 1
PolitiFact editors discuss the week in fact-checking political news.
If you’re fooled by fake news, this man probably wrote it
Christopher Blair is a 45-year-old volunteer Little League umpire who lives in Maine, and he is behind one of the most prolific fake news websites on the Internet.
What is ‘covfefe’?
So there is this dumb thing the Internet did today. But if you’re like us, you probably saw it at some point and wondered what was up. PolitiFact is here for you.
Dan Patrick: PolitiFact ‘just wrong’ about tax-savings claim
Dan Patrick set us aflame.
Does the U.S. have a ‘massive’ trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?
Following tension-filled interactions at the NATO and G-7 summits, President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been engaging in something of a war of words.
Did Sheriff David Clarke commit plagiarism?
Why economists are skeptical that U.S. can grow by 3 percent
When President Donald Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, released the administration’s budget proposal on May 23, he emphasized that the administration believes that three percent annual growth is a reachable goal. But economists are skeptical.
What HHS Secretary Tom Price said about opioid addiction treatment
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price raised an uproar after being quoted by a West Virginia newspaper as saying that a type of treatment for people addicted to opioids isn't very effective and suggesting there's a cure for addiction — despite research on the contrary.