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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,755 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"They never thought ... that I was going to release that call and I really had no choice because Adam Schiff made up a call."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

First lady Jill Biden led a Cabinet meeting for President Joe Biden and her signature appears on presidential stationery.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says under the Democratic impeachment inquiry, Republicans get "more rights than we ever received in any of the other impeachment proceedings."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

China "saw the Classified Documents" found by President Joe Biden's lawyers in his old office.

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Adam Laxalt "would let states outlaw abortion, criminalize it, even for victims of rape or incest.”

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence He Supports It

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Joe Biden as vice president didn't "have the right to declassify" documents.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

President Donald Trump's adult children sat in seats at the U.N. that were reserved for the handicapped.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Nancy Pelosi being ‘escorted’ out of a restaurant, drunk again!”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Rod Rosenstein and John Podesta are the sons of Nazi leaders.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline because Warren Buffett “donated $58 million” to his campaign.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "has never had a real job."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A video shows Joe Biden making a racist comment.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"Two members of the Senate," Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, "voted more with my Republican friends" than with the president from their own party.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says GOP Wisconsin Sen. Patrick Testin is responsible for lost $25M in federal funding, because he refused “to do his job.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False