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Fact-Check: Karoline Leavitt White House Press Briefing — April 8, 2026

Most of Leavitt's specific factual claims are accurate or consistent with official government records, but several involve significant overstatement, contested framing, or assertio...

Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general

PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plu...

Fact-checking JD Vance on Democrats, Medicaid fraud and autism coverage

Here's a fact check of Vice President JD Vance's recent speech in Maine.

Trump Congressional Picnic Fact Check: May 2026 Claims Analyzed

President Trump's May 19, 2026 Congressional Picnic remarks packed in more than a dozen verifiable claims — some accurate, several misleading, and at least two flatly false. This r...

FACT-CHECK: VP Vance at Turning Point Town Hall, Athens, Georgia — April 14, 2026

FACT CHECK: Vice President JD Vance appeared at a Turning Point USA town hall at the University of Georgia on April 14, 2026, defending widow Erika Kirk, describing Medicare fraud...

Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting at White House correspondents' dinner

What's fact and what's fiction? We're fact-checking falsehoods after a shooting in the hotel hosting the White House correspondents' dinner

Fact Check wRap: Lies about all the Senate drama

Watch this video to discover the five most common lies about Senator Bato dela Rosa and all the chaos that happened at the Senate this month

7 claims about House Speaker Mike Johnson we've investigated

There has been no shortage of rumors about everything from Johnson's personal life to his political career.

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Fact check: Trump’s false claims about NATO, NASA, taxes and immigration

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about NATO, NASA, foreign policy, taxes, immigration and other subjects in a Fox Business interview that aired...

Fact check: Trump’s false claims about NATO, NASA, taxes and immigration

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about NATO, NASA, foreign policy, taxes, immigration and other subjects in a Fox Business interview that aired...

Fact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donal...

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

Here are fact-checks of a few recent Trump statements about the Reflecting Pool renovation project.

FACT CHECK: SC did not disbar Batangas representative Gerville Luistro

The false claim was posted on April 28, amid the House justice committee's hearing on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment; Luistro is chair of the panel

Fact-Check: Trump’s Remarks at the White House Small Business Summit — May 4, 2026

President Trump hosted small business owners from all 50 states at the White House on May 4, covering the Iran campaign, tariff policy, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and a government...

Trump Iran War Fact-Check: 8 Claims Examined — May 2026

As the U.S.-Iran war hit its 60-day deadline, Trump made a flurry of verifiable claims about war powers law, Iran's military, the economy, and taxes. Voice for Liberty checked eigh...

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about Iran war, the economy and the reflecting pool at Cabinet meeting

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about the war with Iran, the economy and other subjects during public comments at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesda...

Fact-Check: Trump’s Claims in the May 5, 2026 Full Measure Interview

Trump sat down with Sharyl Attkisson on May 5, 2026, for their tenth Full Measure interview. He declared Iran militarily defeated, warned the NFL it's risking the sport, and questi...

Trump Forum Club Speech Fact-Check: 25 Claims Reviewed

Trump's May 1, 2026 Forum Club speech contained 25 verifiable claims — from Iran's allegedly destroyed navy to $18 trillion in investment. A systematic fact-check finds several out...

FACT-CHECK: JD Vance & Viktor Orbán — Budapest Political Rally, April 7, 2026

VP JD Vance appeared alongside Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán at a Budapest rally just two days before Hungary's parliamentary elections — with President Trump phoning in live to endors...

FACT CHECK: Romualdez did not release USB containing budget corruption evidence vs Marcos

The misleading video merely references the former House speaker's statement over alleged corruption in the national budget, which made no mention of a supposed flash drive with evi...

FACT CHECK: Rumors of deteriorating health not true, says Marcos

The Palace and the Malacañang Press Corps have dismissed persistent claims circulating online about Marcos’ health; the President remains active and publicly visible

FACT CHECK: Romualdez did not release USB containing budget corruption evidence vs Marcos

The misleading video merely references the former House speaker's statement over alleged corruption in the national budget, which made no mention of a supposed flash drive with evi...

Kevin Hassett Fact-Check: Iran War Claims & Economic Data

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett made a string of economic claims on Face the Nation — some accurate, some misleading, and one outright false. This fact-check grades each...