‘The Truth Matters’
During my time at FactCheck.org, I’ve saved more than a few handwritten notes from grateful readers. I’ve taped some of them ...
Where Trump’s Picks for EPA, Interior and Energy Stand on Climate Change
We reviewed what each of President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominees to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the ...
Speaker Johnson’s Partisan Spin on Gerrymandering in the 2024 Election
House Speaker Mike Johnson was spinning the facts when he claimed Republicans would have won a larger majority in the House ...
Trump’s Agenda: Taxes
In addition to extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one of his signature achievements in his first term, President-elect ...
Whoppers of 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is headed back to the White House in January. But in all the years since he was last president, ...
Gun Charges Against Hunter Biden Didn’t Come from 1994 Crime Bill
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden from serving time for gun- and tax-related crimes. But contrary to claims ...
What We Know About the Drones
Q: Who is flying the drones that are appearing over the East Coast? A: On Dec. 17, four federal agencies said they followed ...
Congress Not Proposing to Give Itself 40% Raise
Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a committee to ferret out government waste, wrongly posted to X that members of Congress are trying to vote themselves a 40% ...
Posts Wrongly Conflate U.S.-China Prisoner Swap with Biden’s Recent Pardons
President Joe Biden granted pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 individuals on Dec. 12. Social media posts wrongly claim those pardoned included a Chinese national, Shanlin Jin, imprisoned for ...