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Counting the electoral votes on Jan. 6: What you need to know

Counting the electoral votes on Jan. 6: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2021
9 key fact-checks about the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin

9 key fact-checks about the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin

By D.L. Davis • January 4, 2021
Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin

Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 28, 2020
COVID-19 fact checks in review -- Wisconsin

COVID-19 fact checks in review -- Wisconsin

By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2020
Top Flip-O-Meter fact checks 2020 -- Wisconsin

Top Flip-O-Meter fact checks 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 28, 2020
Top election fact checks -- Wisconsin

Top election fact checks -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 24, 2020
Top 10 fact checks of 2020 -- Wisconsin

Top 10 fact checks of 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Eric Litke • December 24, 2020
How Fox News, Newsmax vote-rigging coverage squares with defamation law

How Fox News, Newsmax vote-rigging coverage squares with defamation law

By Jon Greenberg • December 23, 2020
Explaining Iowa’s 6-vote 2nd District U.S. House appeal

Explaining Iowa’s 6-vote 2nd District U.S. House appeal

By Mary Hartel • December 18, 2020
When do senators resign to assume the presidency or vice presidency?

When do senators resign to assume the presidency or vice presidency?

By Bill McCarthy • December 18, 2020
2020 Lie of the Year Readers’ Choice poll results

2020 Lie of the Year Readers’ Choice poll results

By Miriam Valverde • December 17, 2020
Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote

By Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2020
How Biden managed to win far more votes in 2020 than Obama did in 2008 — but far fewer counties

How Biden managed to win far more votes in 2020 than Obama did in 2008 — but far fewer counties

By Jon Greenberg • December 15, 2020
Ask PolitiFact: How hard will it be for Joe Biden to get his Cabinet confirmed?

Ask PolitiFact: How hard will it be for Joe Biden to get his Cabinet confirmed?

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2020
Casting and counting the electoral votes: What to expect

Casting and counting the electoral votes: What to expect

By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2020
Donald Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why

Donald Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why

By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2020
Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania and the presidential election

Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania and the presidential election

By Jessica Calefati • December 6, 2020
What happened to the 2018 swing seats this year?

What happened to the 2018 swing seats this year?

By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2020
46 minutes of falsehoods: Trump rehashes baseless election claims in White House video

46 minutes of falsehoods: Trump rehashes baseless election claims in White House video

By Bill McCarthy • December 3, 2020
Mute buttons and more: The 2020 debate moderators on what worked, what didn’t

Mute buttons and more: The 2020 debate moderators on what worked, what didn’t

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2020