Former President Donald Trump recently released a statement claiming he was “right about everything” that critics said he was wrong on. Is he right about being right? We looked through the 10 points in Trump’s June 12 statement and found that in some cases what he claims is unproven or in dispute, in a few […]
Can President Joe Biden cancel student loan debt with an executive order? Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said in multiple press conferences that Biden can wipe away such debt with a “flick of a pen.” Canceling student debt up to $50,000 has been a rallying cry for many younger Democrats, who see their […]
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin come to their summit in Geneva June 16 agreeing on one thing: relations between the two nations are at a low point. The two leaders are poised to clash over cybersecurity, election interference, Ukraine and human rights. And it’s hard to see how they’ll even begin to […]
What happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been described variously as an insurrection, a coup and domestic terrorism — but whatever you call it, it was a significant historical event. And as the nation nears their six-month anniversary, there is little agreement on a roadmap for how to investigate events that threatened […]
A years-old image showing a man pinning a female opponent during a high school wrestling match has resurfaced on Facebook in recent months, with commentary that creates a misleading impression of what the photo depicts. “They are not courageous transgender athletes,” the overlay text on the photo reads. “They are just boys beating up on […]
Are lawmakers trying to pass a bill in Pennsylvania that would fine women for miscarrying? That’s what several viral social media posts are claiming after the bill, HB 118, was advanced by the state’s House Health Committee in late May. Here’s what one Instagram post, shared on May 27, said: “The Pennsylvania state legislature today […]
An incident at a June 8, 2021, press conference with Vice President Kamala Harris in Mexico City turned heads among journalists and non-journalists alike. But what appeared to be a breach of professional ethics turned out to be a case of misidentification. During the news conference, a woman who was introduced by Harris’ chief White […]
Speaking before North Carolina Republicans, former President Donald Trump on June 5 rehashed a number of falsehoods about the 2020 election that we’ve heard before. He claimed that Democrats used “mail-in ballots to steal an election.” That’s wrong. Democrats did not steal the election. Trump lost, and Joe Biden won. There is no evidence of […]
After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of Black resident George Floyd, Chauvin’s attorney asked the judge for a more lenient sentence than the official guidelines would suggest. In a motion filed June 2, attorney Eric Nelson sought to have Judge Peter Cahill sentence Chauvin to probation plus the […]
Ask Americans why Central American immigrants are arriving at the southern U.S. border in ever-larger numbers, and some will say it’s lax border enforcement, disregard for the law and the temptations of U.S. jobs and generous welfare benefits. Others, including the Biden administration and experts in the region, will point to what they call “root […]
Editor’s note, June 11, 2021: Some of the videos that PolitiFact viewed and linked to in this story have been subsequently removed from YouTube and are no longer available for public viewing. A brief clip is available via Twitter; view it here. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, appeared to say a coup […]
Texas Democrats’ boldest action this legislative session came in the 11th hour of the second-to-last day of the 140-day gathering. In a discrete but dramatic walkout from the House floor, they left the Republicans’ sweeping overhaul of Texas election laws to expire as the shot-clock wound down — at least for now. The last-minute maneuvering from state Democrats, who haven’t controlled a single […]