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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,754 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYJun 15, 2015Politics & government

Indai Improved ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2016

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Facebook postsPolitics & government

Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and lynch us."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”

Publisher’s rating: True

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Joe Biden hasn't given a State of the Union address and "STILL hasn't flown on the REAL Airforce One," proving he is a "faux 'POTUS.'"

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

If Joe Biden becomes president and later "steps down, Harris becomes president ! Makes Pelosi vice president."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Hillary is taken to Gitmo.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Donald Trump said, “I never told anybody but she knighted me in private.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

“Tennessee Republicans are advancing a ‘marry little kids’ bill that will allow them to marry children of any age."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Fernando Simón ha sido nombrado nombrado Hijo Predilecto de la ciudad de Zaragoza con el apoyo del Partido Popular, Ciudadanos y Vox

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"John Fetterman's a self-described democratic socialist."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense"

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

An image shows a tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar that says she is "ASHAMED ... to be called an ‘American'" and that "THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE IS NOW!"

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Volodymyr Zelensky is a cousin of George Soros. Pentagon official says."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostPolitics & government

"In the letter, they implied that their support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine was at stake and that if they didn’t do the right thing, they wouldn’t get any assistance....I just told you about senators that threatened him with votes and no money coming into Ukraine if they do." things.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“George Soros worked for Hitler. Klaus Schwab’s father also worked for Hitler.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Una mujer con la bandera de la Falange Española en una mesa informativa de Vox

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

Washington PostPolitics & government

"Governor Nikki Haley helped the Chinese company set up shop five miles from our base — on land she gave them. Where they fly China’s flag, serve China’s interests. China’s eyes and ears — dangerously close, too dangerous to lead."

Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios