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What is the risk of getting coronavirus on a plane?

What is the risk of getting coronavirus on a plane?

By Noah Y. Kim • September 4, 2020
Trump vs. Biden: Another update on the money race

Trump vs. Biden: Another update on the money race

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2020
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
Trump’s bad advice on going to polls to verify if your mail ballot was counted

Trump’s bad advice on going to polls to verify if your mail ballot was counted

By Bill McCarthy • September 3, 2020
Despite Trump’s Suggestion, Voting Twice In An Election Is Illegal Under California And Federal Law

Despite Trump’s Suggestion, Voting Twice In An Election Is Illegal Under California And Federal Law

By Chris Nichols • September 3, 2020
Voting Counts: How Kentucky’s June primary election turned out

Voting Counts: How Kentucky’s June primary election turned out

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2020
Black-clad thugs on a plane? What was Donald Trump talking about?

Black-clad thugs on a plane? What was Donald Trump talking about?

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2020
PolitiFact adding fact-check coverage of pivotal U.S. Senate, House races

PolitiFact adding fact-check coverage of pivotal U.S. Senate, House races

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2020
Prepare for the weirdest election 'night' ever

Prepare for the weirdest election 'night' ever

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2020
Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse

Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse

By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020
Ask PolitiFact: Does Black Lives Matter aim to destroy the nuclear family?

Ask PolitiFact: Does Black Lives Matter aim to destroy the nuclear family?

By Tom Kertscher • August 28, 2020
PolitiFact's complete coverage of the 2020 RNC

PolitiFact's complete coverage of the 2020 RNC

By Katie Sanders • August 28, 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 Donald Trump's 2020 RNC speech

Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 RNC speech

By PolitiFact Staff • August 28, 2020
What we know about Detroit’s absentee ballot processing errors

What we know about Detroit’s absentee ballot processing errors

By Clara Hendrickson • August 27, 2020
What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

By Daniel Funke • August 27, 2020
What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?

What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?

By Daniel Funke • August 27, 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
RNC speakers exaggerate Trump’s military drawdown from ‘endless wars’

RNC speakers exaggerate Trump’s military drawdown from ‘endless wars’

By Bill McCarthy • August 27, 2020
Could an undercounted 2020 Census afflict a range of federal statistics?

Could an undercounted 2020 Census afflict a range of federal statistics?

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2020