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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s marathon press briefing at one-year mark of second term

On the one-year anniversary of the start of his second term, President Donald Trump spent 104 minutes in the White House press room listing his accomplishments.

Fact Check: Is February’s Calendar a Once-in-823-Year Event?

The Instagram post, which is one of several with the same claim that have popped up online, says that February is a type of ...

Fact Check: Video of giggling Danish lawmakers miscaptioned as reaction to Trump

A 2019 video of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen laughing uncontrollably as she recounts Denmark’s purchase of four ...
Dailymotion on MSN

Fact check: Is Elon Musk allowing Russia to use Starlink to attack Ukraine?

Fact check: Is Elon Musk allowing Russia to use Starlink to attack Ukraine? Claims that Russian forces are increasingly ...
Yahoo

Bessent Gets Fact-Checked, Elicits Laughs on Claim 'Affordability is Worse in Blue States'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Andrew Ross Sorkin at the The New York Times’s DealBook Summit Wednesday and was ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Documentary about Poynter’s PolitiFact brings story of fact-checking to Japanese television

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their ...
Politifact

Nancy Pelosi to retire: How the Democratic leader stretched facts and became a misinformation magnet

Almost since PolitiFact’s 2007 founding, we’ve been covering Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced her retirement, effective in January 2027. We first fact-checked the former House speaker on ...