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

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“The king of Denmark waved the Palestinian flag from the balcony in support of Palestine.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Clint Eastwood called Joe Biden an “incompetent, lying, flip-flopping, insincere, double-talking, radical socialist.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"25 years ago, the City of New York refused to fund the Veterans Day Parade. Donald Trump financed it!"

Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says four Republican representatives "voted to impeach President Donald Trump."

Publisher’s rating: False

Donald TrumpPolitics & government

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Trump "had a “standing order … that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the [Mar-a-Lago] residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them.”

Publisher’s rating: Disputed

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Retweeted a meme that claims "Romney's son" is "on the board of directors for energy companies doing business in Ukraine.”

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows President Joe Biden falling “on the plane stairs shortly after landing in Poland.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Yolanda Díaz, ministra de Trabajo, comprando en Mercadona sin mascarilla

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Benjamin Netanyahu refused to take a microphone from an Arab official, suggesting his belief that Arabs “are unclean.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned President Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Pelosi cries like a kid after Trump’s lawyer proves her client ‘innocence.’”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

President Joe Biden was "falling asleep" during a meeting with the Israeli president.

Publisher’s rating: False