Why it’s unlikely that Trump will lose his voting rights if convicted of a felony in New York Former President Donald Trump is expected to soon face a jury verdict on felony falsifying business record charges May 24, 2024 Amy Sherman
Was the upside down flag at Samuel Alito’s house illegal? Hanging the flag upside down is technically against US law. But legal experts say Alito likely did not act illegally. May 23, 2024 Louis Jacobson
How a Supreme Court case most people likely have never heard of is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights A 2020 Supreme Court case called Bostock v. Clayton County has led to a number of policy and legal shifts May 21, 2024 Grace Abels
Benny Johnson’s claim that Joe Biden set up Donald Trump with classified documents is false The conservative podcaster claimed the Biden administration framed former President Donald Trump by shipping boxes of classified documents to his home May 20, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
The World Health Organization’s pandemic plan won’t end free speech A draft of the WHO’s pandemic accord says that the document will be used with respect to individual’s personal freedoms May 17, 2024 Sofia Ahmed
Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa, experts on democracy and AI to lead GlobalFact as keynote speakers Other speakers at the fact-checking summit include Steve Levitsky, Nikita Roy and Craig Silverman May 16, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
The meaning, history and political rhetoric surrounding the term abortion ‘ban’ Experts say ‘ban’ has emerged as shorthand for nearly all abortion prohibitions. The blunt term often leaves room for political spin. May 16, 2024 Samantha Putterman
Does China have more retirees than workers? Joe Biden’s claim is premature The ratio of Chinese workers to retirees is now about 3-to-1, compared with 2.6-to-1 in the United States May 15, 2024 Louis Jacobson
PolitiFact launches Spanish-language website to serve more than 40 million U.S. Spanish-speakers PolitiFact en Español is also active on WhatsApp, TikTok and Instagram to sort out political and social media claims May 14, 2024 PolitiFact
Jay-Z didn’t bribe country radio stations to play Beyoncé’s songs. This claim started as satire The first two singles from ‘Cowboy Carter’ landed on Billboard’s country charts. Some social posts claimed they didn’t get there on their own merit. May 14, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke