President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.” As President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect ...

In his annual address to the Florida Legislature, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the state as a U.S. leader on the economy, education and immigration. DeSantis repeated talki ...

Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services. A screenshot circulating on Threads and Instagram claims to show a Feb. 14 X post from Elon Musk, in which he claims ...

In President Donald Trump’s first month back in office, the U.S. expanded old tactics and found new partners to help carry out his promised historic deportation efforts. Phil McGraw, the former ...

The mayor’s claim that Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee after the referendum, piqued the interest of PolitiFact Wisconsin, so let’s take a look. When asked to ...

We rate the claim that DOGE discovered a Louisiana man with 34 different Social Security numbers False. Lead Stories, Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT Announce Discovering Louisiana Man With 34 Names, ...

Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the ...

In an extraordinary televised Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shouted and argued about how to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. Trump threatened to ...

Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...

The Threads post’s assertion that stock image usage is evidence that the outbreak isn’t real misunderstands how photojournalism works. It also ignores the multiple public health departments and ...

During a recent meeting of governors at the White House, Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump clashed over Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. Still, ...