PolitiFact live fact-checked the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including tonight’s speeches by President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read our full roundup of fact-checks here. PolitiFact fact-checks politicians across the political spectrum. We also fact-checked the Republican National Convention in July. Read more about our process. Live DNC […]
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PolitiFact today is launching a new program to bring local fact-checking to seven pivotal U.S. Senate races. PolitiFact will fact-check the major party candidates for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The seats are all currently held by senators caucusing with Democrats. And the Democrats may need to win […]
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Former President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. PolitiFact is fact-checking claims and providing context during the event. WATCH: How PolitiFact fact-checks live events like speeches and debates. See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled in favor of PolitiFact and its parent organization in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, a legal advocacy group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Aug. 9 ruling affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint brought by the Children’s Health Defense against Meta […]
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In his first campaign rally since Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election, former President Donald Trump attacked Walz and rallied support for a crucial Senate seat in Montana. “If Comrade Walz and Comrade Harris win this November, the people cheering will be the […]
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El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela, controlado por el gobierno, dijo que el presidente Nicolás Maduro ganó la reelección el 28 de julio. Pero el gobierno de Estados Unidos y otros líderes mundiales están pidiendo más transparencia y dicen que hay evidencia de que Maduro perdió. El Consejo Nacional Electoral no ha publicado el recuento […]
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After former President Donald Trump falsely questioned his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris’ race and ethnicity at a National Association of Black Journalists conference, Omarosa Manigault Newman criticized Trump’s characterizations of his family’s heritage. On July 31 on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Newman referred anchor Laura Coates to a detail Newman said was in […]
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After Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota’s Democratic governor would be her presidential ticket running mate, Tim Walz’s name climbed in online search trends. Here’s another term that started to gain traction: “ladder factory.” Trump supporters seized on a video clip from a July 30 interview Walz gave to CNN’s Anderson Cooper that they said showed […]
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La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris eligió al gobernador de Minnesota Tim Walz como su compañero de fórmula, culminando una búsqueda de vicepresidente corta a nivel histórico. Walz ascendió en la lista de finalistas gracias a su simpatía y su experiencia como gobernador. Así como su historial en el Congreso como representante de un distrito de tendencia […]
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Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, capping a historically compressed vice presidential search. Walz rocketed up the list of finalists on the strength of his folksy relatability, gubernatorial experience and congressional record representing a conservative-leaning district. “I am proud to announce that I’ve asked @Tim_Walz to be […]
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Are Google and Meta putting their Big Tech thumbs on the scale to tilt the election in Vice President Kamala Harris’ favor? That’s what some social media users and supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump recently said. They accused Google of manipulating search results and Meta’s artificial intelligence tool of hiding […]
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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has fought in the boxing ring for years, but now she is facing jabs of another kind: those questioning her gender. Some people are wondering whether she should be competing in the Olympics at all. Khelif’s performance at the 2024 Olympics has become a flashpoint in the discourse about allowing transgender […]
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