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Politics & government fact checks
Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.
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PolitiFactPolitics & government
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says President Obama used government funds to pay for his personal vacations for the next 20 years and Trump sent him a bill.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Trump said Democratic senators threatened Ukraine
Publisher’s rating: Not what letter shows
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Kamala Harris said: "I like taking the guns early."
Publisher’s rating: False
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PolitiFactPolitics & government
Nancy Pelosi was "asked to leave a children’s benefit after drunken outburst."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows a statement from Donald Trump on Sept. 8, 2022.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Maldita.esPolitics & government
Arancha González Laya, ministra de Asuntos Exteriores, ha confundido a Joe Biden con Bin Laden
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactPolitics & government
ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says that the "28th Amendment" prohibits Congress from creating laws that apply to U.S. citizens but not to them, and vice-versa.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PesaCheckPolitics & government
Cette photo publiée sur Facebook prétendant montrer le mariage de l’ex-Président ivoirien, Laurent Gbagbo
Publisher’s rating: Altered
LogicallyPolitics & government
Kashmiri Pandits are unhappy with abrogation of Article 370
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline because "Warren Buffet donated 58 million to Biden campaign."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”
Publisher’s rating: False
