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

“Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

A photo shows the White House in near complete darkness during a protest on May 31, 2020.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Republican Gov. Phil Scott "just voted to impeach President Trump."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says this photo shows Joe Biden kissing and biting a child on the cheek.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Los de Podemos no enseñan las pintadas que le han hecho en la sede de Sevilla, no hay nada.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A photo of "Obama’s White House staff" shows the alleged Ukraine whistleblower.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Elon Musk posted on X, “Allow me to remind everyone of the United States overstepping its bounds by helping to end apartheid in my home country.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Kamala Harris "started her career" by sleeping with a politically influential married man, and "stole a black womans husband."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Old C-SPAN footage of Joe Biden introducing man in blackface.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Pesa CheckPolitics & government

DP Ruto has travelled to the US to congratulate President Trump

Publisher’s rating: False.

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

President Joe Biden “killed his first wife.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Photo shows former President Barack Obama wearing an anti-Donald Trump T-shirt.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire