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Is Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘very popular’? That’s not what the polls say

Survey respondents back efficiency initiatives in general, but sentiment on DOGE remains mixed to negative

March 10, 2025

RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs?

A new federal review puts kids’ psychiatric meds under scrutiny, but experts say RFK Jr.’s claims about SSRIs are misleading and unsupported

March 7, 2025

Natalie Eilbert

13 fact checks of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress

Trump made false claims about Social Security fraud, immigration, money sent to Ukraine, the Paris accord and more

March 5, 2025

Live fact checks of President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress

Trump will speak to Congress at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. Follow along with our live fact-checking.

March 4, 2025

Fact-checking Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy’s tense Oval Office meeting on Ukraine and Russia

Donald Trump and JD Vance made several misleading claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine. PolitiFact fact-checked three of them.

March 4, 2025

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No, vaccines did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike

Dozens of children have contracted measles in the state’s largest outbreak in 33 years. Online, some are blaming vaccines for the disease’s spread.

March 3, 2025

Loreben Tuquero

No US government audits for the last 100 years? Here’s why ‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary is wrong

For decades, inspectors general have audited the federal government. The Government Accountability Office has been doing it for more than a century.

February 28, 2025

Trump spreads falsehoods about voting while pushing new rules in speech to governors

Trump has a long history of falsehoods about voting, and his efforts to raise doubt about results has led to election worker threats

February 27, 2025

Are there more plane crashes this year? Federal data says no.

Although plane crash news is alarming, data shows commercial flight accidents are rare, and the recent number of aviation incidents isn’t unusual

February 26, 2025

Loreben Tuquero

The International Fact-Checking Network condemns false claims and raid on CRTA in Serbia

Online threats and harassment against fact-checkers and civil society remain unacceptable

February 25, 2025

The International Fact-Checking Network

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