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

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Royce West stood with Wendy Davis "to support painful late-term abortions."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Speaker Pelosi & Democrats are attempting to give themselves a $25 million raise" through the coronavirus stimulus package.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostPolitics & government

“You actually can impeach a former President.”

Publisher’s rating: Not the whole story

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Joe Biden said, “I don’t know what I’m signing,” while signing a document.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Russian President Vladimir Putin “warns ‘global terrorist’ Klaus Schwab his ‘days are numbered.’”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

“How many more Never Trumpers will be allowed to testify about a perfectly appropriate phone call when all anyone has to do is READ THE TRANSCRIPT!”

Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Vice President Kamala Harris “supports Hamas."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A House Republican plan says that if the GOP wins the majority, “Retirees who have a pension, IRAs, 401k, disabled veteran benefits will be ineligible for Social Security benefits.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak “interesting videos” of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

“The law required that before any taxpayer money go to Ukraine, the president had to ensure that they are rooting out corruption, which ultimately they did.”

Publisher’s rating: DoD Certified Per Law

PolitiFactPolitics & government

George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

"President Trump didn't say he'd go after a cultural site."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Russian President Vladimir Putin “was assassinated.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire