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Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

By Victoria Knight • August 28, 2020
Fact-checking Mike Pence, night 3 of the 2020 RNC

Fact-checking Mike Pence, night 3 of the 2020 RNC

By PolitiFact Staff • August 27, 2020
A closer look at Joe Biden’s attack on Donald Trump’s jobs record

A closer look at Joe Biden’s attack on Donald Trump’s jobs record

By Miriam Valverde • August 21, 2020
What’s happening with mailboxes and mail-sorting machines?

What’s happening with mailboxes and mail-sorting machines?

By Noah Y. Kim • August 19, 2020
Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19

Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19

By Daniel Funke • August 18, 2020
How to make sure your ballot is counted this fall

How to make sure your ballot is counted this fall

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2020
Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained

Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained

By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2020
Trump’s action on unemployment benefits, explained

Trump’s action on unemployment benefits, explained

By Samantha Putterman • August 10, 2020
Ask PolitiFact: When is a second stimulus check arriving?

Ask PolitiFact: When is a second stimulus check arriving?

By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2020
NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation

NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation

By Bill McCarthy • August 5, 2020
Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say

Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say

By Chris Nichols • July 30, 2020
Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2020
Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2020
Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine

Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine

By Sophie Austin • July 28, 2020
Donald Trump says students don’t catch, spread COVID-19. Studies say it’s not that simple

Donald Trump says students don’t catch, spread COVID-19. Studies say it’s not that simple

By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2020
How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse

How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse

By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2020
Why did Texas remove 3,000 cases from its coronavirus count?

Why did Texas remove 3,000 cases from its coronavirus count?

• July 17, 2020
Are schoolchildren not vectors for COVID-19 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said?

Are schoolchildren not vectors for COVID-19 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said?

By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2020
Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

By Julie Appleby • July 16, 2020