11+ hour, 40+ min ago  (227+ words) Fact Check. org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on "How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump" won first place in that category. The judges called the series a "powerful…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (446+ words) With the Pentagon potentially seeking a $200 billion supplemental package to fund the ongoing war with Iran, President Donald Trump defended that figure in part by saying U. S. ammunition "was taken down by giving so much to Ukraine." He then exaggerated the…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1681+ words) It's a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misunderstands the vaccine safety testing process and takes advantage of a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (402+ words) Our first quarterly update of various economic and social indicators under Trump's second term as president. By D'Angelo Gore, Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson and Robert Farley Under President Donald Trump's second term: This is the first update in…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (180+ words) We're honored to have won the 2026 Webby People's Voice Award in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Thank you to our loyal readers and social media followers who voted for us. Fact Check. org has now won…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (967+ words) By D'Angelo Gore and Robert Farley Traducido por El Tiempo Latino. En varias ocasiones en abril, el presidente Donald Trump le asegur" a los estadounidenses que el precio de los huevos y la gasolina hab'a bajado significativamente. Sin embargo, hizo…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (460+ words) Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U. S. Treasury just declared the U. S government isinsolvent. A: No. That's the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the government's liabilities outweigh its assets. But that's been the…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1681+ words) As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first time, however, the vaccines are not…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (427+ words) Elon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed tens of thousands of people in Germany. The vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide during a deadly pandemic, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (156+ words) An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly. .. An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate…...