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: No cloud seeding took place during a recent storm that left about 37 million people under flood alerts in California, a pilot program spokesperson said.
PolitiFact says: Navalny led protests against an authoritarian regime and returned to his country knowing he was a target and landed in prison. Trump was found by a judge to have inflated real estate assets and has the right to appeal.
PolitiFact says: An estimate by the investigative journalism outlet Documented says the current figure for New York state is $1 billion to $4 billion.
PolitiFact says: La NASA se creó en 1958 para supervisar las actividades espaciales de Estados Unidos, luego de que la Unión Soviética lanzó a Sputnik. La agencia espacial también ha estudiado el océano desde sus comienzos.
PolitiFact says: New York City is starting a pilot program that would give 500 migrants up to $1,000 loaded onto prepaid, reloadable debit cards. If officials consider the program successful and build it out fully, it could reach $53m.
PolitiFact says: In 2023, the Transportation Security Administration reported seizing 6,737 firearms at airport checkpoints, the most in the agency’s 23-year history.
PolitiFact says: This photo was altered. The original photo, from a 2022 election event, does not show "defund the police" signs. Neither Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., nor Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison support defunding police.
PolitiFact says: The naturalization certificate for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not authentic. It has multiple discrepancies based on what the official document is supposed to include.
PolitiFact says: The documents claiming to show the yacht purchases were fabricated. They include an outdated information and the two yachts named in the documents, "Lucky Me" and "My Legacy," are still for sale.
PolitiFact says: A video that showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking for hand sanitizer before touching a microphone a United Arab Emirates official handed him took place during the COVID-19 pandemic’s apex.
PolitiFact says: It's true for now. Following the legalization of marijuana for medical or recreational use by many states, federal officials are considering rescheduling marijuana to a lower category of concern.
PolitiFact says: Letitia James said during her 2018 campaign for New York attorney general that she would investigate then-President Donald Trump. In March 2019, she began an investigation. Those actions were before Biden was president.
PolitiFact says: The video is altered. In the original clip, Donald Trump’s hair stays firmly in place.
PolitiFact says: There are no cases of foot-and-mouth disease — a highly contagious virus that affects livestock — in the U.S., officials said.
PolitiFact says: Google did not conclude footage from the U.S. moon landing was fake, a company spokesperson confirmed.
PolitiFact says: Neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump dropped out of the 2024 presidential race as of Feb. 16. The Facebook post that made that claim linked to an article about Marianne Williamson dropping out.
PolitiFact says: A bipartisan bill would provide $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It dictates how the next president will have to spend some funds appropriated for Ukraine aid. It does not mention impeachment.
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact encontró que los videos son de vacas que murieron por descargas eléctricas generadas por catástrofes naturales en Texas y Brasil.