Read our full wrap-up story from the debate here. It will be a smaller crowd on the third Republican primary debate stage in Miami, with stricter qualifying criteria and former Vice President Mike Pence’s exit from the race trimming the pack. Five candidates will debate Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the […]
At the first Republican primary debate, eight presidential candidates sparred over climate change, abortion, education and aid to foreign countries. Now seven contenders will meet again Sept. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, to duke it out on the debate stage. The leading candidate, former President Donald Trump, plans to skip […]
Republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage Aug. 23 and make their case to voters why they should win the White House in 2024. PolitiFact will be live fact-checking candidates’ claims about their records and their attacks on Democrats, President Joe Biden and one another. Read our full fact-checking: What Republican candidates got right, […]
Update July 28, 2023: On July 27, 2023, prosecutors added new charges against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta to their indictment in the classified documents case. Prosecutors also charged a new defendant, Carlos De Oliveira. This story has been updated to reflect these new charges. Former president Donald Trump now has […]
Read our full fact-checking of President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address President Joe Biden will speak to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night for his second State of the Union address, updating the public on his actions as head of the executive branch. But why is he doing it? What […]