PeakMetrics / Fact Checks

Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,755 published reviews in this topic

PesaCheckPolitics & government

DP Ruto has travelled to the US to congratulate President Trump

Publisher’s rating: False.

Washington PostPolitics & government

"Donald Trump “was president for four years, and he didn’t go after his political opponents. You know who did go after her political opponents? Kamala Harris."

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

Washington PostPolitics & government

“The folks who own weapons, the folks who own guns, they support universal background checks. The majority of them think we should not be selling assault weapons.”

Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Trump said ‘hundreds’ of governors are calling him…& we only have 50.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"New poll indicates” Joe Biden’s “approval at 11%, the lowest approval rating of any president in American history — Gallup via Daily Caller."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others' genitals to insulate themselves from porn … He's written about women's rape fantasies."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Victoria Rosell, delegada del Gobierno contra la Violencia de Género, en un debate sobre feminismo en el que se enfada con una diputada autonómica de Vox

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“MAGA Republicans like Kari Lake support Project 2025, which would raise the retirement age for 73% of Arizonans.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactStreamPolitics & government

Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Tim Michels “supports no exceptions for rape [or] incest.”

Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story

Washington PostPolitics & government

“When he [David Ferriero] first became the archivist, I wrote to him about the ERA and that it was his job to certify it. He wrote me back — I have got the letter — saying he supports the ERA and that he would do it.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Tuit de la Policía de Berlín en el que dicen que pueden confirmar al menos 3,5 millones de participantes en la manifestación del Día de la Libertad

Publisher’s rating: Falso

Maldita.esPolitics & government

Tuit de Santiago Abascal que dice Stop the cunt! (paren el coño o paren al gilipollas).

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

According to polls "people don’t want anything to do with impeachment.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Leaked audio recording of Biden and Zelenskyy talking in private.”

Publisher’s rating: False