Former President Donald Trump faces 13 charges in a 41-count Georgia grand jury indictment of Trump and 18 others following an investigation into possible interference in the 2020 presidential election. The charges against Trump include: Violation of the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act O.C.G.A. § 16 14 4(c) 1 Solicitation of Violation […]
Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The Aug. 14 indictment highlights falsehoods uttered by Trump and his allies after he lost to President Joe Biden — including that he won Georgia when he had lost. […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel to oversee the investigation into Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son. Garland’s Aug. 11 announcement brings the number of special counsel investigations involving the current president, his son and the former president to four. Garland said Weiss asked for the change of […]
As Donald Trump braces for an indictment from a Fulton County grand jury, his campaign rolled out an attack against District Attorney Fani Willis, the official leading the investigation into Trump’s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election. The ad makes multiple attacks against the “fraud squad” of prosecutors who have charged Trump from New […]
The rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence is fueling fears that it’s developing more quickly than its effects can be understood. The use of generative AI — systems that create new content such as text, photos, videos, music, code, speech and art — dramatically increased after the emergence of tools such as ChatGPT. Although these […]
After three years immersed in COVID-19 pandemic research, scientists worldwide are working to identify what pathogens could spur the next severe global outbreak. But this pandemic preparedness work has also been fodder for online misinformation. At the center of the confusion is the term “Disease X,” a broad phrase scientists use to describe the source […]
With a warming climate boosting demand for electricity, virtual power plants might give consumers power to help ease the burden. Virtual power plants, or VPPs, allow ordinary people to band together to tap, store and aggregate energy from rooftop solar panels, electric vehicles and smart thermostats. Homes and businesses that participate in VPPs can lower […]
In a rarity for the Sunday morning shows, former President Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, appeared on each of the five weekly political talkfests. Lauro’s Aug. 6 appearances on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News came just days after Trump was indicted for the third time in recent months, this one a federal indictment […]
Mientras el presidente Joe Biden se prepara para lanzarse a otro término presidencial, él ha estado promocionando una economía que se está levantando de los efectos de la pandemia del COVID-19. Pero un lector de PolitiFact preguntó si la administración estaba engañando a los estadounidenses sobre las cifras de desempleo. PolitiFact ahora publica verificaciones en […]
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released a transcript of closed-door testimony from Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, three days after they and Democrats gave different accounts about what Archer said about Joe Biden’s involvement with his son’s business dealings. Republicans released the transcript, along with documents discussed in the interview, […]
As he prepares to run for another term in office, President Joe Biden has been touting a strong economy that’s rebounding from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a PolitiFact reader wondered whether the administration is misleading Americans about unemployment data. PolitiFact is now publishing fact-checks in Spanish, and in July launched a WhatsApp […]
Former President Donald Trump and his fiercest critics agree on this: It took a long time to bring charges against Trump related to his efforts to hold onto the presidency after the 2020 election. Democrats who felt the charges were long overdue questioned why a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack […]