House Minority Leader. 9 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: In a briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about President Donald Trump’s priorities for renovating parts of the White House campus. Leavitt responded that the ballroom is his top prior…
PolitiFact says: During his second term, President Donald Trump has already eliminated grants, capped indirect research funding and reduced employment at agencies involved in medical research. He’s also proposed aggressive medical resea…
PolitiFact says: Some of the law’s provisions benefitting taxpayers of ordinary means — including tax cuts for tipped and overtime income — are set to expire in 2028. But several of the bill’s other key elements are permanent and affect…
PolitiFact says: An April 2 study found that 8% of U.S. veterans rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, sometimes referred to as food stamps. No state had a share higher than 14%.
PolitiFact says: Former President Barack Obama accumulated more debt on his watch than Trump did, though on a per-year basis, Trump oversaw a debt rate increase that was higher than Obama’s.
PolitiFact says: House Republicans unanimously rejected an amendment to a parents’ rights bill that would have added language preventing the “banning or censorship of books in public elementary or public secondary schools.”
PolitiFact says: There have been instances when the U.S. government changed the terms for bondholders, such as preventing them from trading paper holdings directly for precious metals, but experts do not consider these true defaults.
Washington Post says: Jeffries doubles of the number of bridges in poor condition -- and wrongly suggests many are about to collapse.
Washington Post says: He's using a number for 2027 -- far in the future -- that only emerges because of a quirk in how the bill was drafted.