Fact-checking the ninth Democratic debate
The ninth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by NBC, MSNBC and the Nevada Independent, had six candidates, lasted two hours — and...
Fact-checking President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address
Here, in the order in which he made them, are 31 statements by President Donald Trump in Tuesday night's State of the Union speech. Many...
The Washington Post fact-checks the seventh Democratic primary debate
Tuesday night's debate did not have many statements that merited fact-checking. Here are eight claims that caught our attention, mainly about the Iraq war and...
Fact check: Elizabeth Warren’s false claim that the filibuster stopped immigration reform
"For anyone who comes to you and talks to you about how important changes in the immigration laws are to them, ask how they feel...
Impeachment probe leads to an explosion of false and misleading claims from Trump
WASHINGTON – In 2017, President Donald Trump made nearly 1,999 false or misleading claims. In 2018, he added another 5,689, for a total of 7,688....
Fact-checking the opening day of the Trump impeachment hearings
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., repeated a talking point often made by President Trump (and which is listed in our database of Trump's false and misleading...
The Fact Checker’s guide to impeachment hearing spin
Here's your cheat sheet to debunked claims you may hear during the hearings about president's call, the whistleblower complaint and Ukraine's alleged involvement in the...
Fact check: Trump's alternate reality on Ukraine
President Donald Trump is fixated on the idea that Ukrainians might have hacked the Democratic National Committee's network in 2016 and framed Russia for the...
Fact-checking the second Democratic debate, night 1: Off notes on climate, economy
In the second debate of the Democratic primary season (part one), 10 presidential hopefuls came prepared with facts and figures, some of which were overstated...