Column by PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders: As I weigh Meta’s decision to break up with American fact-checkers, I keep returning to this: The censorious fact-checking program Meta described is ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks before President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, at NHTI Concord Community College, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in ...

Multiple social media posts panned the 158 Democrats who voted no, suggesting they chose to protect migrant sex offenders in the U.S. from being deported. That included Mace, who condemned Democrats ...

"Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’" a Jan. 2 Threads post said. It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its ...

A recent Facebook post claims SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the astronauts "won’t come back" and suggested they’re dead. "Elon Musk: ‘The Boeing Starliners stranded astronauts are not with us anymore, ...

Former New Orleans Saints player Jahri Evans is inducted into the Saints Ring of Honor while accompanied by team owner Gayle Benson and general manager Mickey Loomis, Nov. 17, 2024, in New Orleans.

China has not declared a state of emergency. PolitiFact checked multiple Chinese and U.S. government websites and found no public health emergency announcements. One of the respiratory viruses social ...

The claim that Denmark offered to buy the U.S. and give Americans free health care originated as satire. Danish politicians have balked at Trump’s latest talk of acquiring the Arctic island, but they ...

Video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs “riding a bike in jail.” This video predates Sean "Diddy" Combs’ Sept. 16, 2024, arrest. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said no inmates have "the means or ability to ...

Billionaire Elon Musk leads multiple high-profile companies, including Tesla, SpaceX and X. A social media post claimed he has acquired another big company — the aviation giant Boeing Co. "2 min ago: ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

On Jan. 6, Congress certified the results of the 2024 presidential election, affirming President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. A day later, however, Trump said the vote counting continues.