Editor’s note: We updated the timeline Jan. 19, 2021. In the span of one year, Americans went from hearing about a new virus in central China to watching the slow rollout of a vaccine, with only a small percentage of Americans able to access it in the first several weeks. In between, they endured months […]
In this edition of Ask PolitiFact, we tracked down answers to your questions about the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. We spoke to experts and answered reader questions about government control of test kits, the rationale behind travel bans, what martial law is, and more. Here’s how to submit your questions for our […]
President Donald Trump and his administration are pivoting quickly to a more sweeping response to the coronavirus. Trump declared a national emergency in a March 13 Rose Garden speech as the White House negotiated a multi-billion dollar relief bill with House Democrats to cover paid leave for some workers and bolster state health care spending. […]
With the Democratic primary essentially a two-man race, Bernie Sanders unloaded well-honed attacks on Joe Biden's track record. We vetted them.
Sanders' critics point to stats to show he's been an ineffective lawmaker. But some years he's up, some he's down, and sometimes his legislative strategy is a lesser part of a bigger policy plan.
Our Stump Speech Analyzer checks the candidates' core pitches to voters.
In the 1990's, Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill, and a decade later, voted to ban assault weapons. We review what he did when, and why.
Just a few days before the New Hampshire primary, Democratic presidential candidates tried to convince voters why each of them has the best shot at unifying voters and defeating President Donald Trump at the polls in November.
PolitiFact is traveling through New Hampshire this week to fact-check Democratic candidates ahead of the state’s Feb. 11 primary. Here's what Elizabeth Warren said in Derry, N.H., fact-checked and with added context.
PolitiFact is traveling through New Hampshire this week to fact-check Democratic candidates ahead of the state’s Feb. 11 primary. Here's a recap of what Andrew Yang said in Keene, N.H. fact-checked and with context.
PolitiFact is traveling through New Hampshire this week to fact-check Democratic candidates ahead of the state’s Feb. 11 primary. Here's what Joe Biden said in Somersworth, N.H., fact-checked and with added context.
MILFORD, N.H. — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ first rally in New Hampshire started before Democrats in Iowa released the full results from their caucuses. He filled the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club’s gymnasium in Milford, N.H., where black activist Shaun King underscored the biographical point that in 1963, Sanders protested arm in arm with black civil rights protestors.
Here’s a sample of some of his claims, fact-checked and with context.