PolitiFact is a United States fact-checking site run by the Poynter Institute. It rates claims by politicians and viral posts on its Truth-O-Meter, from True to Pants on Fire.
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden has not officially announced a bid for a second term. The notion that he did so in an obscure federal disclosure filing on Aug. is inaccurate.
PolitiFact says: The vast majority of the student loan debt relief will go to Americans on the lower end of the income scale. By one independent estimate, 75% of the relief will go to households in the bottom 60% by income.
PolitiFact says: In Arizona, voters who want to receive a mail ballot for a specific election or on a continuing basis must opt in.
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump can run for president again in 2024. But social media posts suggesting he has been or is about to be reinstated are wrong.
PolitiFact says: In a debate during the primary campaign, Masters floated the idea of privatizing, citing a need to “cut the knot at some point.” After winning the Republican nomination, he insisted he doesn’t want to privatize.
PolitiFact says: A study published in a medical journal found that people infected with delta or omicron variant COVID-19 could shed virus and remain potentially infectious for 6 to 8 days after a positive PCR test or onset of symptoms.
PolitiFact says: The $29 pay gain is over the course of a week, not the course of the year; the gains over a year amount to $1,508. Still, teacher pay gains trail those for the overall workforce and for college-educated workers.