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Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes

Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes

By Yanqi Xu • April 3, 2019
PolitiFact announces health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News

PolitiFact announces health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News

By Josie Hollingsworth • April 2, 2019
Happy International Fact-Checking Day!

Happy International Fact-Checking Day!

By Josie Hollingsworth • April 2, 2019
2020 Census citizenship question awaits Supreme Court review

2020 Census citizenship question awaits Supreme Court review

By Miriam Valverde • April 1, 2019
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Grand Rapids rally after the Mueller probe

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Grand Rapids rally after the Mueller probe

By PolitiFact Staff • March 29, 2019
No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that

No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019
Here’s what we know about the cost of the Mueller investigation

Here’s what we know about the cost of the Mueller investigation

By Miriam Valverde • March 26, 2019
Without full Mueller report, Trump obstruction questions leave legal experts wondering

Without full Mueller report, Trump obstruction questions leave legal experts wondering

By John Kruzel • March 25, 2019
What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report

What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report

By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2019
Martha Stewart to Donald Trump: Can there be obstruction of justice with no underlying crime?

Martha Stewart to Donald Trump: Can there be obstruction of justice with no underlying crime?

By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2019
All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling

All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling

By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2019
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim of no collusion, no obstruction from Mueller report

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim of no collusion, no obstruction from Mueller report

By John Kruzel • March 24, 2019
A summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is now public. Here’s what it says—and doesn’t

A summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is now public. Here’s what it says—and doesn’t

By John Kruzel • March 24, 2019
Read Attorney General William Barr's summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report

Read Attorney General William Barr's summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report

By John Kruzel • March 24, 2019
PolitiFact partners with Noticias Telemundo to bring fact-checking in Spanish for 2020 election

PolitiFact partners with Noticias Telemundo to bring fact-checking in Spanish for 2020 election

By PolitiFact Staff • March 21, 2019
Donald Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. Data show otherwise

Donald Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. Data show otherwise

By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2019
Is WikiLeaks Russia’s ‘useful idiot,’ its ‘agent of influence,’ or something else?

Is WikiLeaks Russia’s ‘useful idiot,’ its ‘agent of influence,’ or something else?

By John Kruzel • March 18, 2019
Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof

Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof

By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2019
Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC

Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC

By PolitiFact Staff • March 4, 2019
Did Michael Cohen want a White House gig?

Did Michael Cohen want a White House gig?

By John Kruzel • March 1, 2019