“Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: If the Republican-controlled Congress does not extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies before they expire at the end of this year, ACA enrollees would have to pay more for health insurance. Analysis of federal dat…
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The prices of some food items, such as eggs, bread and fruit, have declined on President Donald Trump’s watch, and overall energy prices have fallen 2.6%. But many food and energy items have seen price increases. Betwee…
“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The White House cited a quarterly set of federal government wage statistics. This shows that median wages rose by a cumulative $546 during the first two quarters of 2025. A different set of statistics — which economists…
“If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an approach that streng…
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: When factoring in that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill extends 2017 tax cuts that otherwise would have expired — which tax experts say is a plausible way of characterizing it — then the tax savings from …
“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on humans to count paper ba…
“We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after the November election. It released the data …
“Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Financial research firm Morningstar says the standard metric for measuring the dollar’s strength against other currencies dropped by 11% in the first half of 2025, the biggest decline for a first half of the year since …
“America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The U.S. ice cream trade surplus largely diminished in 2021 under former President Joe Biden and turned to a deficit in 2022. The change was driven mostly by a jump in imports, primarily from Italy. Exports have remaine…
“In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: A coup would have involved efforts to keep Donald Trump from taking office in 2016. Former President Barack Obama did not do that.
“Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Two projections show that the Trump administration tariff revenues would not cover the next 10 years of projected deficits.
“The White House just announced that Trump only has four days left” because of his chronic venous insufficiency.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The data is cherry-picked and reflects only the law’s new policies. The data ignores some of the law’s policy extensions that benefit the wealthy and omits that many of the benefits for lower- and middle-income families…
“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: California tends to pay more in individual and corporate federal taxes than Texas does, because of its larger population and higher incomes. On the share of national GDP from blue counties, Newsom’s data is out of date.…