Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

In the final planned debate of their closely watched Senate race, Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy sparred over major campaign topics, including abortion, immigration and the economy. The Sept. 30 debate, sponsored by PBS Montana and held audience-free in Missoula, turned sometimes testy, with Sheehy tying Tester to the Biden-Harris […]

Updated with additional promises, Oct. 14, 2024. Presidential campaigns usually plan their policy agendas months, or years, in advance. But since she became the Democratic presidential nominee this summer, Vice President Kamala Harris has been playing catch-up.  Harris’ policy proposals overlap with many that President Joe Biden has pursued, particularly on abortion, guns, voting rights, […]

Updated with additional promises, Oct. 29, 2024. Former President Donald Trump’s policy agenda for a potential second term resurrects some familiar proposals from his first, but it would go further on many fronts. It would, for example, include a more aggressive deportation policy, greatly expand tariffs and roll back transgender rights. Since PolitiFact’s founding in […]

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, did an interview in Pittsburgh with Stephanie Ruhle starting at 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 25 on MSNBC.  The interview is Harris’ first one-on-one network interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. She and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, did a joint interview Aug. 29 on […]

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance unveiled a new catchphrase in his quest to tie Democrats to inflation: Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaking vote for the “Inflation Explosion Act.” Vance said this on at least three recent occasions, including a Sept. 16 rally in Sparta, Michigan. “Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote […]

During her interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, for spreading misinformation about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. “When you have that kind of microphone in front of you, you really ought to understand how much your […]

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said “the dangers of Trump’s Project 2025 agenda will be on full display” in the Sept. 10 presidential debate. Former President Donald Trump said Harris has “changed every policy” and “doesn’t even know what she is talking about.” It’s safe to assume the first and so far only debate between […]

In an interview from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump tested themes he might repeat in next week’s ABC debate against his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. Fox News’ Sean Hannity hosted the hourlong Sept. 4 event. He questioned Trump during the first hour; audience members questioned Trump for a second hour. That second […]

PolitiFact fact-checked Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in their first joint interview since accepting the Democratic nominations for president and vice president at the party’s convention in Chicago. The segment, hosted by Dana Bash, aired Aug. 29 on CNN. PolitiFact has rated Harris on our Truth-O-Meter 52 times […]

CHICAGO — Since President Joe Biden decided not to seek a second term, Democratic chatter about the incumbent president turned from despair at his stumbling campaign to praise for his accomplishments. Biden enters the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, where he will deliver a prime-time address Aug. 19, with a swell of admiration […]

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 […]

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 […]