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With a new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court, public employee unions in Wisconsin launched a lawsuit last month seeking to overturn Act 10.  The landmark law, passed in 2011, curtailed union bargaining power and cut take-home pay for workers, as they had to contribute more to their retirement and health insurance.  Republicans immediately […]

Casey DeSantis went on Fox News to rally support for her husband, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is campaigning in Iowa for the Republican presidential nomination. But her comments encouraging out-of-state residents to go to Iowa to “participate” in the caucuses prompted criticism and clarifications. “We’re asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come […]

Republicans vying for the 2024 presidential nomination have started taking aim at an old adversary: the Affordable Care Act, the nearly 14-year-old health legislation former President Barack Obama signed into law. Former President Donald Trump, who failed to fulfill his first-term promise to repeal Obamacare, threatened in November to reopen that contentious fight, calling for […]

Cuatro de los cinco candidatos republicanos a la nominación presidencial de 2024 se enfrentaron en el cuarto debate de las primarias. El exgobernador de Nueva Jersey Chris Christie, el gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis, la exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur Nikki Haley y el empresario Vivek Ramaswamy asistieron el debate el 6 de diciembre en […]

During a recent town hall, Fox News’ Sean Hannity gave former President Donald Trump the chance to rebut the idea — floated by some Republicans — that if reelected, he would be a dictator. Instead of a straightforward denial, Trump said he would be a dictator only on “Day 1” of his tenure. Former New […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brought up bathroom access as one of many attacks on former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate.   “They had a bill to try to say that men shouldn’t go into girls’ bathrooms, and she killed that bill,” DeSantis said. DeSantis has a point that the […]

Fingers pointed and tempers flared as Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential nomination faced off during the fourth primary debate. The debate, held in solidly Republican Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was the last GOP presidential debate of 2023 and came just 40 days before Jan. 15, when the first official votes will be cast in the Iowa […]

We’ve seen it before: Foreign adversaries, seeking to influence U.S. elections, deploy bots and trolls to infiltrate social media platforms. In 2016 and 2019, the Russian group Internet Research Agency created fake social media accounts to sow discord among U.S. voters in swing states, posting content about divisive topics such as immigration and gun rights.  […]

Read our full wrap-up of fact-checks from the fourth Republican debate Eight candidates participated in the first Republican presidential primary debate back in August. Three months later, that group has winnowed to four.  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will face […]

Un anuncio en español reproducido en las estaciones de radio del sur de la Florida retrata la conversación de una madre e hija que lamentan el alto costo de vida en la Florida.  La madre dice, “y ahora que tu padre quiere retirarse, no sabemos si tendrá Seguro Social”. La hija pregunta por qué. “Ron […]

Note: The reader poll has closed. Thanks to all who voted! It’s time for one of PolitiFact’s favorite traditions: learning what our readers think we should pick as the annual Lie of the Year. PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood or exaggeration that worked to undermine an accurate narrative. […]

The U.S. House of Representatives expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., just a year into his first term. Expulsion required a two-thirds majority, which was reached when 73% of those present and voting supported Santos’ heave-ho.  In a highly polarized era, the Dec. 1 expulsion was bipartisan (105 Republicans and 206 Democrats voted to oust him) […]