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America's 250th: How long has the US used the phrases ‘In God We Trust’ and ‘Under God’? By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2026 Social media users questioned Pete Hegseth, Pope Leo's Bible quotes. Here's the full context By Maria Briceño • April 17, 2026 How faithful is ‘Conclave’ about the process of picking a new pope? We fact-checked the movie By Loreben Tuquero • May 1, 2025 Pope Francis defended truth as misinformation trailed him By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2025 El papa Francisco murió, ¿cómo se elige el nuevo papa en la Iglesia Católica? By Maria Briceño • April 21, 2025 Donald Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible during his oath of office. He’s still the president. By Samantha Putterman • January 20, 2025 In Context: Donald Trump tells Christians they 'won't have to vote anymore' By Mia Penner • July 29, 2024 The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2024 DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right? By Jeffrey S. Solochek • April 30, 2024 Transgender Day of Visibility always falls on March 31. This year, so did Easter. By Grace Abels • April 1, 2024 Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate By Bill McCarthy • January 27, 2022 An enduring tradition: False claims about attacks on Christmas By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2021 The facts on what the Catholic Church has said about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine By Noah Y. Kim • March 9, 2021 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign By Miriam Valverde • October 27, 2020 Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy By Miriam Valverde • October 18, 2020 Ask PolitiFact: Is Black Lives Matter anti-Semitic? By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2020 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests By Jon Greenberg • June 12, 2020 Is it safe to travel and see family for the holidays? Experts say no By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
