National Scorecard true 0% 750 Checks mostly true 0% 1047 Checks half true 0% 1218 Checks mostly false 0% 1090 Checks false 0% 1753 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 760 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for National Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 posts During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026 Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 an X post The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.” By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2026 JD Vance stated on January 22, 2026 a press conference "Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws." By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026 Social Media stated on January 24, 2026 posts Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.” By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026 Mark Warner stated on January 11, 2026 una entrevista “No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”. By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 15, 2026 Social Media stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts A letter sent to postal service employees about working during emergencies such as civil unrest is a sign that President Donald Trump will impose martial law. By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2026 Mehmet Oz stated on January 6, 2026 an interview on Fox News “By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.” By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2026 Mark Warner stated on January 11, 2026 an interview “They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.” By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026 Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 an X post The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.” By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2026 Social Media stated on December 15, 2025 in social media posts Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting. December 19, 2025 Laura Loomer stated on December 15, 2025 an X post Image shows Rob Reiner tweeted in 2023 that he would stop posting until “Trump goes to prison.” By Maria Briceño • December 17, 2025 Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" “I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal. By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025 JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 an interview Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 9, 2025 a Truth Social post “DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’” By Loreben Tuquero • November 10, 2025 X posts stated on November 6, 2025 an X post “RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.” By Maria Briceño • November 7, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 a Truth Social post Voting in California is “rigged.” By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025 JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.” By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025 Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference “No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nick Karmia • October 31, 2025 Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in a CNN interview "There has been an increase in hate crimes." By Yanqi Xu • October 31, 2025 stated on October 23, 2025 a statement on X An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs. By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025 Load More Latest Articles Has Trump faced more deportation-related court injunctions than his predecessors? By Loreben Tuquero • February 24, 2026 Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2026 RFK Jr. made promises in order to become Health Secretary. He’s broken many of them. By Amanda Seitz • February 16, 2026 Does the US have stricter ID rules for buying beer than voting? By Amy Sherman • February 16, 2026 In Context: What Trump got wrong about 2026 Winter Olympics skier Hunter Hess’s comments By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2026 A Super Bowl ad says every American child will get a free Trump Account. Is that true? By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2026 Judge’s ruling on TPS for Haitians temporarily blocks Trump campaign promise By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2026 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2026 ¿Cuáles son tus derechos legales en caso de un encuentro con ICE? By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2026 Inflación tras un año de Trump: los precios siguen subiendo, algunos productos clave son más baratos By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2026 Fact-checking Trump’s text message to Norway’s prime minister about Nobel Peace Prize, NATO By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2026 Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a ‘domestic terrorist.’ Here’s what it means By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 8, 2026 ¿Cuáles son los cargos contra Nicolás Maduro? ¿Cómo puede EEUU acusar a políticos extranjeros? By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 7, 2026 The CDC just sidelined these childhood vaccines. Here’s what they prevent. By Arthur Allen, Jackie Fortiér • January 7, 2026 What are the charges against Venezuela’s Maduro? How can the US indict foreign politicians? By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 5, 2026 It’s a wrap! 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