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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

Video “proves 100% that President Joe Biden is not a ‘human’ being.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Washington PostPolitics & government

“Well, John, you’re asking me to comment on an IG report I haven’t seen and some reporting [on President Trump's request that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden's son] — I have no idea if that has any foundation whatsoever.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A video shows Nancy Pelosi slurring her words.

Publisher’s rating: Doctored

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Jon Ossoff is “a socialist.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esPolitics & government

El PSOE pone un cartel que dice "confía en tu Gobierno. Un buen ciudadano obedece" en su sede

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned" white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Photo shows Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Martin Luther King Jr. is “rallying around President Trump!”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden said, “We don’t need any more N***** bigshots.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Paul Ryan would never issue a subpoena. ... He had too much respect for our country."

Publisher’s rating: Ryan Allowed Them

Maldita.esPolitics & government

El presidente de Guinea destituye y golpea a su ministro de Salud por robar dinero desinado a el Covid-19

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"The Ukrainian president came out and said very strongly that President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong."

Publisher’s rating: We Provide The Context

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says House Democrats passed impeachment rules that "do not allow any witness to be called unless the witness is approved by Adam Schiff," "do not allow involvement of the President’s legal counsel" and "do not allow any witness to be questioned unless the question is approved by Adam Schiff."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False