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Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin held their final gubernatorial debate on Sept. 28, disagreeing on coronavirus vaccines, taxes, education and abortion. A third candidate, Princess Blanding of the Liberation Party, was excluded by debate organizers. McAulife and Youngkin made a number of statements that were familiar to PolitiFact. Here’s a fact-checking rundown of […]
It’s crunch time for President Joe Biden and the Democrats. On top of keeping the government funded past September, and raising the federal debt limit so Washington can pay its bills, Democrats are confronting two pieces of legislation that will define them as they head into the 2022 midterms. There is the bipartisan infrastructure bill, […]
When the Culver City Unified School District announced in August it would require all eligible students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the announcement was met with overwhelming support from the surrounding Los Angeles County community. But as other schools across California have announced similar mandates in recent weeks, questions have emerged about whether individual districts […]
The Biden administration is invoking a Trump-era public-health rule to expel more than 1,000 Haitian migrants who have illegally crossed the border in Del Rio, Texas, sending them back to a country reeling from natural disasters and political upheaval. A senior U.S. diplomat to Haiti resigned in protest of a deportation policy he called “inhumane.” […]
After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an intense backlash among service members exploded online. “27 U.S. Air Force Pilots Resign Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate,” said the headline on the Sept. 1 article. The story spread widely, shared by the likes of journalist Lara […]
During a speech at the United Nations on Sept. 21, President Joe Biden referenced the end of the Afghanistan War, claiming that the United States had finally returned to a peace footing after 20-years of armed conflict. “I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the United States not at war,” […]
Editor’s Note: PolitiFact has reviewed court filings and other information for hundreds of defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in an ongoing effort to document what role misinformation played. This report reflects some of our findings about the way that hundreds of false claims about the 2020 election […]
For President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, time is running out to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. Put simply, if the debt ceiling isn’t suspended or raised in the next week or two, the United States won’t be able to cover its bills — not just checks to American seniors, veterans and federal employees but […]
Earlier this month, Dr. Rashid Buttar posted on Twitter that COVID-19 “was a planned operation” and shared an article alleging that most people who got the COVID-19 vaccine would be dead by 2025. His statement is a recent example in what has been a steady stream of spurious claims surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that […]
The disappearance of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito has captivated the public, with national news organizations devoting substantial coverage to the twists and turns of the investigation and social media users scouring Petito’s Instagram and YouTube accounts for hidden clues. On July 2, Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie left New York in a white van on […]
Republicans who criticize voting by mail often cite a report from more than a decade ago co-written by former President Jimmy Carter that included a warning about absentee voting. “Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud,” stated the 2005 report by a commission co-chaired by Carter and James Baker III, former President […]