PeakMetrics / Fact Checks

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

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"BREAKING: Bipartisan group of senators SINGLE OUT TRUMP for inciting the January 6th riots."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Joe Biden will never veto a bill. He’ll go down in history as a president who has never vetoed a bill, cause he will sign whatever Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi put on his desk. ... They’re running the show."

Publisher’s rating: Lacks Context

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A video shows Rep. Matt Gaetz threatening Robert Mueller with jail time.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

George Soros paga 200 dólares a anarquistas profesionales

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

The impeachment inquiry hearings "going on behind closed doors over which Congressman Schiff is presiding—they are consistent with the rules" of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Publisher’s rating: True

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"And now because of more information that’s come out, we know that he [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] lied boldface to Congress about never emailing Hunter Biden."

Publisher’s rating: Spins the Facts

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden said a racial slur.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“The Biden Administration is buying Kamala Harris’ book with our taxpayer dollars.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Former President Donald Trump said “Israel has hypnotized the world."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says President Barack Obama was "furious" that he was caught on camera holding a pro-Muslim book.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Trump controls U.S. military.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"It was something where [then-Vice President Joe Biden] said, “I’m not going to give billions of dollars to Ukraine unless they remove this prosecutor.” ... And the prosecutor was prosecuting the company of the son and the son," Hunter Biden.

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Otegi convoca una manifestación contra la Constitución el 6 de diciembre de 2020

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Viral imagePolitics & government

"Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy it recreationally."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Project 2025 mandates women carry “period passports” to “track their menstrual cycles” and “monitor pregnancies.”

Publisher’s rating: False