Ken Paxton Senate campaign
FactCheck.org rated this: Missing context
FactCheck.org says: That’s something Talarico, a Texas state representative, did say during a March 4, 2021, episode of the “Activist Theology” podcast. But the ad leaves out what came before and after that comment.
Byron Donalds
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The main driver of rising measles cases in the U.S. is falling vaccination among U.S. children. We couldn't find evidence that the largest recent outbreaks are related to illegal immigration.
Susan Collins Senate campaign
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the whole story
FactCheck.org says: A major reason Maine fell to last in U.S. News & World Report's state high school rankings is because the state education department stopped giving U.S. News access to Advanced Placement performance data for Maine high …
Donald Trump, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Instead of actual tax savings, the president may have been referring to the average amount some tipped workers were able to deduct from their federal taxable income in 2025. The actual savings would be a fraction of tha…
Affordable Maine, Advocacy group
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason.
Donald Trump
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Extensive research has failed to turn up a link between vaccines and autism.
Donald Trump
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence that splitting up the MMR vaccine would be safer or save lives. Death from MMR vaccination is exceedingly rare.
Mike Rogers, U.S. Senate candidate
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: El-Sayed said in April that the 2001 terrorist attack on the U.S. was not justified. Instead Rogers' Senate campaign has pointed to past comments made by liberal political commentator Hasan Piker, and said that El-Sayed…
Donald Trump, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Trump did not inherit the worst inflation in history. And while there was a big one-month drop in the rate of inflation in June, the annualized inflation rate was not lower than when Trump took office.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FactCheck.org rated this: Baseless
FactCheck.org says: Lyme disease and RSV have long affected humans, and there's no evidence they came from a lab.
Donald Trump
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: It is not possible to eliminate fires in the boreal forest of Canada, and experts have said that large-scale forest management there is infeasible.
Haley Stevens, Rep.
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: The surveillance that ended is different from the system used to detect outbreaks. Several food safety experts said it is unlikely to have played much of a direct role in the current outbreak.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: There are not data showing how sperm counts of teenagers in the general population compare with sperm counts of men in their 60s. Evidence is mixed on whether sperm counts have fallen in the population over time..
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Multiple recent federal or independent analyses project that from 2028 to 2050, data centers’ energy needs will account for 6% to 25% of total U.S. electricity demand. That would represent a significant increase compare…
Mr. Hass
Deutsche Welle rated this: False
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: President Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure form reported $1.4 billion in gains from cryptocurrencies, and another $400 million from non-stock sources such as real estate, legal settlements, overseas licensing ag…
Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Senator, R-Ala.
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act does not mention immigrants in the U.S. illegally, and it does not change barriers to federal housing assistance for this population. The bill’s main goal is to expand affordable hou…
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The stock market has gone up during President Donald Trump’s second term, but his $30,000 figure for average 401(k) gains is not supported. Fidelity Investments data shows that during the majority of Trump’s second term…
Graham Platner
PolitiFact rated this: False
John Kagia, NY state cannabis official
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A 2024 survey showed that about 1.2 million New Yorkers age 21 and older consume cannabis daily or near daily. One study showed daily coffee purchases roughly similar to the rate of daily or near-daily cannabis use. But…