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President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will ârapidlyâ or âquicklyâ decline âas soon asâ the war with Iran ends. We spoke to energy experts about what may happen.
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What Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends? - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will ârapidlyâ or âquicklyâ decline âas soon asâ the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that price...
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Ask FactCheck: Whoâs Paying for the White House Ballroom? Full story here:
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Who's Paying for the White House Ballroom? - FactCheck.org
Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A:Â Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using...
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Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
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Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms - FactCheck.org
In the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the d...
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In a May 10 interview on the television show "Full Measure," President Donald Trump distorted the facts about childhood vaccines. We wrote about these claims last year.
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Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Actâs Spending Cuts to Medicaid
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Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Actâs Spending Cuts to Medicaid
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Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Actâs Spending Cuts to Medicaid
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Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's Spending Cuts to Medicaid - FactCheck.org
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $900 billion over a decade. But in a series of congressiona...
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Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
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Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
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Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War - FactCheck.org
An ad attacking Sen. Susan Collins in Maine claimed that she voted "to raise healthcare costs and raise insurance premiums," as well as give President Donald Trump "a blank check for his war in Iran."...
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RFK Jr.âs Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called âGarbageâ
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A federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of â86.â The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something.
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Providing Context for Leavittâs Examples of âViolent Rhetoricâ
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RFK Jr.âs Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called âGarbageâ
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RFK Jr.'s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called 'Garbage' - FactCheck.org
During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't find a link between Tylenol and autism, repe...
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Definition of â86â at the Heart of Comey Indictment
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Definition of '86' at the Heart of Comey Indictment - FactCheck.org
A federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of "86." The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary defi...
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Providing Context for Leavittâs Examples of âViolent Rhetoricâ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is âinspiring violenceâ against President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
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Providing Context for Leavitt's Examples of 'Violent Rhetoric' - FactCheck.org
Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondentsâ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is âinspiring vi...
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We're honored to have won a 2026 National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on Project 2025 took home first place in that category.
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The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Arenât Properly Tested for Safety
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The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Arenât Properly Tested for Safety - FactCheck.org
Itâs a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misun...
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Trumpâs Numbers, April 2026 Update
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Our first quarterly update of various economic and social indicators under Trump's second term as president.
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We won the Webby's Peopleâs Voice Award in the News & Politics category! Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We appreciate your support. The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
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What Do We Know About âBirth Tourismâ?
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Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
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What Do We Know About âBirth Tourismâ?
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What Do We Know About 'Birth Tourism'? - FactCheck.org
Q: How real is birth tourism? A:Â The government doesnât provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism â pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U...
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Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
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Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine - FactCheck.org
Elon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed tens of thousands of people in Germany. The vaccines saved mill...
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An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
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An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
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An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race - FactCheck.org
An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly claim...
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We are up for a Webby Award in the News & Politics category. We can win a People's Voice Award with your help.
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Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
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Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
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Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut - FactCheck.org
Following an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in agricultural workers, the findings have been inconsistent.
https://www.factcheck.org/2026/04/politicians-say-glyphosate-weedkiller-causes-cancer-but-evidence-not-clear-cut/
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The U.S. Treasury Didnât Declare the Country âInsolventâ
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The U.S. Treasury Didnât Declare the Country âInsolventâ
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The U.S. Treasury Didn't Declare the Country 'Insolvent' - FactCheck.org
Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U.S. Treasury just declared the U.S government is insolvent. A: No. Thatâs the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the government...
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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers
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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers
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In a speech to what he called âthe single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ⊠ever had,â President Donald Trump distorted the facts on the estate tax, soybean exports and more.
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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers - FactCheck.org
In a speech to what he called "the single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ... ever had," President Donald Trump distorted the facts on the estate tax, soybean exports an...
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FactChecking Trumpâs Prime-Time Address on Iran
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FactChecking Trumpâs Prime-Time Address on Iran
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FactChecking Trumpâs Prime-Time Address on Iran
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FactChecking Trump's Prime-Time Address on Iran - FactCheck.org
A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to ...
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Who is Wong Kim Ark and why was his 1898 case repeatedly cited in arguments today before the Supreme Court over the issue of birthright citizenship? We'll explain.
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Trump Links Bidenâs Ukraine Aid to Pentagonâs Iran War Funding Request
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This is not an April Foolsâ Day joke! We are a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics.
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We Could Win a Webby with Your Vote - FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Now our loyal readers can help us win the Webby Peopleâs Voice Award, which ...
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Trump Links Bidenâs Ukraine Aid to Pentagonâs Iran War Funding Request
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Trump Links Biden's Ukraine Aid to Pentagon's Iran War Funding Request - FactCheck.org
With the Pentagon potentially seeking a $200 billion supplemental package to fund the ongoing war with Iran, President Donald Trump defended that figure in part by saying U.S. ammunition "was taken do...
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Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters
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Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters
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Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters - FactCheck.org
Republican Sen. Mike Lee said that he believes there are "at least tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands" of noncitizens illegally registered to vote in the U.S., adding that a federal too...
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Q&A on the SAVE America Act
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Is the U.S. at âWarâ? Politicians Disagree
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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters - FactCheck.org
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act "could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens," while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would blo...
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