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A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2018

December 16, 2019

PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood or exaggeration of the past 12 months. Here’s a look back at the past 10 years of "winners."

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The silence of the year: What did Hunter Biden do for Burisma?

December 16, 2019

Much of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense is based on exaggerations, falsehoods or oft-debunked conspiracy theories. But then there is this basic question: What was Hunter Biden doing on the board of a Ukrainian energy company?

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Read the articles of impeachment House Democrats have introduced against President Donald Trump

December 10, 2019

House Democrats released two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

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Lie of the Year 2019: Readers’ Choice Poll

December 9, 2019

PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2019, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting PolitiFact readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award. 

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The State of PolitiFact in 2019: A report to our readers

December 3, 2019

PolitiFact started as a politics news website in 2007, but these days, it feels more like a mission.

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No, Mark Zuckerberg did not endorse Donald Trump, as Elizabeth Warren said in stunt ad

October 17, 2019

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she took out ads with this made-up assertion to prove her point that Facebook accepts political ads with false claims in them.

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PolitiFact’s Trump-Ukraine-Biden coverage in one place

September 27, 2019

Here's a collection of PolitiFact’s ongoing coverage, which we will update as we research and report. ​

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Sen. Ted Cruz targets PolitiFact; here’s our response

September 16, 2019

Sen. Ted Cruz took a minute after the third Democratic debate to criticize PolitiFact on Twitter for our previous fact-checking of Cruz's 2018 attacks on Beto O’Rourke. We thought it important to address his criticism.

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PolitiFact’s Mueller Report Book Club, Volume 2

July 26, 2019

PolitiFact has been hosting the Muller Report book club via PolitiFact’s weekly email newsletter; read the book club’s final two weeks of material.

Robert Mueller DOJ statement end of Russia probe May 29 2019

PolitiFact’s Mueller Report Book Club, Volume 1

July 8, 2019

PolitiFact has been hosting the Muller Report book club via PolitiFact’s weekly email newsletter; read the book club’s first four weeks of material. 

Bios of the Democratic presidential candidates

June 14, 2019

As part of part of PolitiFact’s ongoing coverage of the 2020 campaign, we have written profiles of the major candidates.

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