Latest Articles The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual? By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2025 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2025 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor • June 12, 2025 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 11, 2025 LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines By Gabrielle Lazor • June 10, 2025 Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them? By Madison Czopek • June 9, 2025 Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2025 Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that? By Jeff Cercone • January 22, 2025 Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked By Grace Abels • January 17, 2025 Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2025 What to know about the LA fire department’s budget and whether Mayor Karen Bass cut funding By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2025 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone • January 10, 2025 A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? By Jeff Cercone • September 27, 2024 Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. By Madison Czopek • December 1, 2023 Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2023 The Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom economies, in 8 charts By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2023 Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 10, 2023 CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2023 Potential 2024 contenders, including Trump, keep the focus on 'freedom' By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2022
The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual? By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2025 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2025 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor • June 12, 2025 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 11, 2025 LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines By Gabrielle Lazor • June 10, 2025 Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them? By Madison Czopek • June 9, 2025 Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2025 Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that? By Jeff Cercone • January 22, 2025 Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked By Grace Abels • January 17, 2025 Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2025 What to know about the LA fire department’s budget and whether Mayor Karen Bass cut funding By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2025 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone • January 10, 2025 A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? By Jeff Cercone • September 27, 2024 Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. By Madison Czopek • December 1, 2023 Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2023 The Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom economies, in 8 charts By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2023 Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 10, 2023 CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2023 Potential 2024 contenders, including Trump, keep the focus on 'freedom' By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2022
