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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

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump "doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination."

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Isabel Díaz Ayuso y José Luis Martínez Almeida. En plena pandemia, sin mascarillas, sin mantener la distancia social y con los coches oficiales aparcados en plaza de discapacitados.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Washington passes bill allowing the state to TAKE CHILDREN AWAY FROM PARENTS that do not consent to their child's gender transition surgeries."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Florida lawmakers danced “after passing anti-trans legislation.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Donald Trump “never left” the White House.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says his impeachment is a "coup."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Washington PostPolitics & government

"Toria Nuland just confirmed that the Russian disinformation they’ve been telling us for days is a lie and a conspiracy theory and crazy and immoral to believe is, in fact, totally and completely true.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

New York state “can and should rename the park” currently named for former President Donald Trump.

Publisher’s rating: It's complicated

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.”

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

National Rifle AssociationPolitics & government

"Joe Biden calls for gun ban."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Washington PostPolitics & government

“Republicans plan to end Social Security and Medicare if they take back the Senate.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Photos show someone in a President Joe Biden mask at the State of the Union.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows former President Donald Trump thought he was in North Carolina while he spoke in Pennsylvania.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostPolitics & government

“My Admin has done more for the Black Community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. Passed Opportunity Zones with @SenatorTimScott, guaranteed funding for HBCU’s, School Choice, passed Criminal Justice Reform, lowest Black unemployment, poverty, and crime rates in history.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios