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PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. PolitiFact has fact-checked 1,144 of Trump’s statements since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on ...

In a combative State of the Union speech — the longest in modern history at about 108 minutes — President Donald Trump defended his administration’s economic performance and hardline immigration ...

FactCheck.org won a National Headliner Award for its in-depth reporting on Project 2025, while CBS News scrutinized multiple claims from President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address, finding ...

Reuters Fact Check addresses online misinformation with coverage that maintains accuracy, integrity and impartiality. The ...

As social media platforms increasingly lean on artificial intelligence to spot misinformation, new research suggests those tools don’t work equally well for everyone. In two large online experiments ...

One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that babies born in the U.S. are citizens.Trump issued an executive order on his ...

TORONTO — Daniel Dale is Canada’s most famous fact-checking journalist. He’s also one of Canada’s only fact-checking journalists. And therein lies a tale of politics, media, and some key differences ...

A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to ...

In this weekly roundup, the Press Trust of India’s Fact Check Desk examined five widely circulated social media posts that misrepresented election-related developments, public figures and protest ...