Politics and government

4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.

Checked by Washington Post3 Oct 2019United States Politics and government

Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State

“Well, John, you’re asking me to comment on an IG report I haven’t seen and some reporting [on President Trump's request that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden's son] — I have no idea if that has any foundation whatsoever.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Checked by PolitiFact2 Oct 2019United States Politics and government

Kaya Jones, Singer and model

“If the impeachment reaches the house and passes to the senate and isn’t passed the first term is nullified and Trump can run two more terms.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

Checked by AAP FactCheck2 Oct 2019Australia Politics and government

Labor Assistant Minister for Treasury spokesman Andrew Leigh.

“Labor shadow assistant minister for Treasury Andrew Leigh claims that Australians spend twice as much on superannuation fees as electricity.”

AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.

Checked by FactCheck.org1 Oct 2019United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, President

“Rep. Adam Schiff’s characterization of President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “bore NO relationship to what I said on the call.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org1 Oct 2019United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“Whistleblower rules were changed to allow a complaint alleging misconduct by the president to be forwarded to Congress based only on secondhand information.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

Checked by DUBAWA30 Sep 2019Nigeria Politics and government

Social media posts

“A Viral media posts claims that Pastor Tunde Bakare declares himself as the next Nigeria’s president in 2023.”

DUBAWA rated this: False

Checked by Fact Crescendo30 Sep 2019India Politics and government

Kasilingam Siva

“Claim: Minister Rajendra Balaji criticises Keezhadi”

Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE

Checked by Fact Crescendo30 Sep 2019India Politics and government

M Shiddharth

“Claim MP Subhash Chandra has fled the country”

Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE

Checked by PolitiFact30 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

Checked by PolitiFact30 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Says Republican Gov. Phil Scott "just voted to impeach President Trump.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Fact Crescendo28 Sep 2019India Politics and government

புழுதிக்குளம் மறவர்குலம் பரமக்குடி

“Claim: TN govt appeals Governor to ban VCK party”

Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE

Checked by PolitiFact27 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“In Congress, Elizabeth Warren introduced 110 bills. 2 passed. Cory Booker introduced 120 bills. 0 passed. Kamala Harris introduced 54 bills. 0 passed. Bernie Sanders never held a job until age 53. He lived off of welfare and four different women.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY26 Sep 2019India Politics and government

Social media posts

“9 year old child raped by BJP party men in Kasganj”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

Checked by Fact Crescendo26 Sep 2019India Politics and government

பள்ளியாடி பிஜு அஇஅதிமுக

“Claim: DMK MP Senthil Kumar appealed for 8-way road project”

Fact Crescendo rated this: MIXTURE

Checked by PolitiFact26 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

West Virginia Republican Party, state political organization

“Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

Checked by Fact Crescendo25 Sep 2019India Politics and government

Asianet News Tamil

“Claim: MK Stalin warns Tamil Nadu Governor”

Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE HEADLINE

Checked by PolitiFact25 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Seven House Democrats, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives

“Despite federal law requiring the disclosure of this complaint to Congress, the administration has blocked its release to Congress.”

PolitiFact rated this: The law says that

Checked by FactCheck.org25 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“President Donald Trump's adult children sat in seats at the U.N. that were reserved for the handicapped.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

Checked by BBC Hindi24 Sep 2019United Kingdom Politics and government

Social media posts

“Congress's Shashi tharoor tweets an old pic of Jawha lal nehru and Indira Gandhi claiming it from a visit to US. However , we found out that the viral pic is taken from the Nehru and Indira's visit to USSR. Later Mr. Tharoor accepted the mistake in an another tweet.”

BBC Hindi rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org24 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“It was something where [then-Vice President Joe Biden] said, “I’m not going to give billions of dollars to Ukraine unless they remove this prosecutor.” ... And the prosecutor was prosecuting the company of the son and the son," Hunter Biden.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts