Approaching 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, PolitiFact has been fact-checking a whole host of topics related to the new administration, significant policy changes and, in some cases, the ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told ...

Francis applauded the journalistic pursuit of truth and called for teaching people “how to discern, evaluate and understand ...

FEMA, which operates under the Trump administration, denied a request to cover 100% of North Carolina’s costs for debris removal and other emergency protective measures — but will continue covering 90 ...

The Trump administration has said in court filings that it mistakenly deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who had a protection preventing him from being deported to El Salvador. ...

Research shows Americans do not feel financially stable, but the Minnesota governor's claim isn't quite right.

Allowing the tax cuts to expire would result in the single most significant tax increase by dollar amount in history, an estimated $4.6 trillion revenue increase over a decade, from fiscal year 2025 ...

Accidental deaths ranked No. 1 for people ages 18 to 25 in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Medical experts, along with people on the autism spectrum, told PolitiFact that Kennedy’s portrayal was skewed.

Research shows Americans do not feel financially stable, but Walz exaggerated the health of Americans’ savings accounts by giving the impression that nearly half have anemic reserves.

Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens ...

A Maryland man is still in El Salvador after the Trump administration said it accidentally deported him, but there has been some controversy over whether there were grounds to remove him in the first ...