Welcoming viewers to the Fox News prime-time “Great Red versus Blue State Debate” between Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis, host Sean Hannity assured his personal politics would not be part of the program. “It’s kind of widely known that I am a conservative,” Hannity said Nov. 30. “However, tonight I will be moderating this […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged each other’s records on immigration, crime, COVID-19 lockdowns, the economy and social issues in a rowdy Fox News matchup billed as “The Great Red versus Blue State Debate.” DeSantis is among the Republicans running behind former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. Newsom, a Democrat, […]
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prepare to debate on Fox News, many factors separate their two states, including their ideological leanings and their voting patterns. The Nov. 30 debate between Newsom, a Democrat, and DeSantis, a Republican, is being billed as a blue state versus red state battle in an […]
The town in the movie “Footloose” banned dancing. Did a city in Tennessee just ban being openly gay? That’s what some social media users are saying, but the reality is more complicated. Murfreesboro, Tennessee, made recent headlines over a city ordinance it passed in mid-June. “A city in Tennessee has banned being gay in public,” […]
If you’re reading this story, you likely care about the facts. It’s GivingTuesday, which is built on the idea of radical generosity following Black Friday spending. This day is all about helping our institutions for the social good, such as journalism. On days like today, we know you show up for organizations that make a […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has criticized the shift to electric vehicles, an effort that has been encouraged by his potential 2024 opponent, President Joe Biden. Trump told a Nov. 11 crowd in Claremont that electric vehicles “don’t go far,” using their state of New Hampshire as an example. […]
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for red and blue America — are set to square off for a first-of-its-kind debate Nov. 30 in Georgia. Newsom, a liberal firebrand in his second term as California’s governor, isn’t running for president in 2024. But […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took some heat this summer when he told a group of Iowans how he’d reduce the size of the federal workforce if elected president. “We are going to start slitting throats on Day 1,” he said. Critics questioned the taste of such violent imagery. But DeSantis’ words raise another important question: […]
Building mass detention camps, suspending the refugee program and invoking a centuries-old law to deport people without due process. A key adviser told The New York Times that these are among former President Donald Trump’s immigration plans if he wins the White House in 2024. Stephen Miller, who led Trump’s first-term immigration agenda, provided The […]
Editor’s note: This story contains references and links to graphic images and videos. The story is a revised version of one we published Oct. 20. We corrected and recast that story following an article by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis. See this note from our editor-in-chief for more explanation. More […]
On Oct. 20, PolitiFact and Poynter published a story headlined, “How politicians, media outlets amplified uncorroborated report of beheaded babies.” We explained how reports of beheaded babies and/or “40 beheaded babies” were repeated by politicians, reporters, celebrities and news publications in the days after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on communities and a music festival in […]
This Thanksgiving at PolitiFact, we’re giving thanks for fact-checking. We believe strongly that accountability fact-checking is at the heart of an informed public and a strong community. PolitiFact started in 2007 as an election year project of the Tampa Bay Times. In the 16 years since, we’ve built an archive of more than 24,000 fact-checks, […]