Gavin Newsom, Governor, D-Calif.
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Data for 2022 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that California has a lower rate of homicide than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and roughly in the proportions that Newsom said. Data from 2023 co…
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: The law doesn't say that
PolitiFact says: Social media posts took comments from Gov. Ron DeSantis to mean that Florida drivers who feel threatened by protesters can run over them without consequence. That’s not the case. If such drivers end up facing a civil la…
Donald Trump, President
FactCheck.org rated this: Missing Context
FactCheck.org says: President Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to Los Angeles to address what he has described as a city “under siege” by protesters opposed to his immigration policy, but state politicians and one federal court have…
Department of Health and Human Services, Spokespeople
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Experts say there is no credible evidence that any safety concerns were "concealed."
Donald Trump
PolitiFact rated this: No such federal law broadly bans masks at protests
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. Constitution gives Congress and states — not the president — the authority to set the dates for federal elections. That doesn’t change under the bill.
Tim Walz, Minnesota Governor
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: That figure comes from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which said as many as 11 million are in households “at risk” of losing some or all of their SNAP assistance under the bill’s work requireme…
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: If the 2017 tax law is not extended through passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill," taxes will increase, but by far less than President Donald Trump said. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center projects that the increase would …
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Liz Oyer, former U.S. Pardon Attorney
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer cited 24 pardons President Donald Trump issued, along with fines and restitution she said the convicted people owed before their pardons erased their financial obligati…
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Mike Johnson, House Speaker
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The bill’s main target is able-bodied adults who don't work, but other groups would lose coverage due to paperwork burdens and other provisions in the bill, health policy experts say.
Russell Vought, OMB director
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White House during Preside…
Donald Trump, President
FactCheck.org rated this: No evidence
FactCheck.org says: The Tax Policy Center estimates that, on average, Americans’ taxes would rise about 7.5% if the 2017 tax cuts are allowed to fully expire at the end of the year. The president may be referring to the percentage of Ameri…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: News reports and interviews with past and current HHS employees show that scientists have been let go from multiple agencies at HHS.
Mike Johnson
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
U.S. Department of Energy, federal agency
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Without adjusting for inflation, prices per gallon today aren’t anywhere near the lowest in two decades. But as a percentage of disposable income, 10 gallons of gasoline are at their second-lowest cost since 2002 — 23 y…