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I’m on site at WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH, to fact-check tonight’s US Senate debate between Democrat Chris Pappas and Republican John E. Sununu for @PolitiFact. Follow along on our live blog at 9 pm!
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Our @PolitiFact fact-checking of the first Maura Healey- Mike Minogue Massachusetts gubernatorial debate for @WCVB, by @SamPutterman and a tiny assist from me: politifact.com/article/2026/…
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Vice President JD Vance will speak Thursday at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas.
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President Donald Trump will appear Wednesday at an unconventional national convention thrown by the Republican Party in Dallas. (From @PolitiFact) to.pbs.org/4cCBJLB
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PolitiFact: Analyzing Trump's economic claims from State of the Union address wmur.com/article/politifact-…
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Fact check:
Was DeCarlos Brown on Charlotte's streets in 2025 because of Roy Cooper's 2021 agreement to release prisoners early? No.
Here's a timeline of events, according to state officials and public records:
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My latest @PolitiFact: Can Donald Trump legally put his image on a U.S. Mint coin? Probably.
politifact.com/article/2025/…
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Is new Pope Leo XIV a registered Republican?
Here's what PolitiFact found in Robert Prevost's voting records ...
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The Conference Board released its April consumer confidence index today. It continues to decline under President Trump; it's now 21% lower than it was when he took office, and lower than at any point under President Biden. For more, see my @politifact: politifact.com/article/2025/…
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Here are my three latest promise updates for the @PolitiFact MAGA-meter, which we use to track President Trump's progress in implementing his campaign promises. These three address tariff-related promises. On two, he rated a Promise Kept. On one, earned a Stalled. Read on... 1/5
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Today is International Fact-Checking Day!
We celebrate everyone who seeks facts, shares them, and pushes back against falsehoods — not just fact-checkers, but all who help keep public discourse grounded in facts. #FactsMatter today and every day. #FactCheckingDay
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Many of the criticisms have focused on a Chinese program with an odd name: The Belt and Road initiative. At PolitiFact, we wrote about this program in 2021; here’s some of what we found. politifact.com/article/2021/…
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With the Trump administration this week deciding to all but shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, some critics of Trump’s move are saying a U.S. withdrawal from foreign aid could enable China, a strategic rival of the U.S., to fill the void instead.
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In an interview with Newsmax, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., expressed concern about tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump that were about to go into force against Mexico and Canada. @PolitiFact
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During a call with reporters Feb. 3, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., referred to the tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on Mexico and Canada. He said, “No president has ever used the statute that is being used to impose tariffs." He’s correct. @PolitiFact
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As President Donald Trump prepares to place tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China (and perhaps other countries) over the weekend, I’ll share a few @PolitiFact articles I’ve done about how tariffs operate and what their impact could be. 1/4
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary, testifies Wednesday.
Our partners at @PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking of the hearing. to.pbs.org/42wG9zm
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For @PolitiFact this morning, I spent time standing in line with Trump supporters visiting D.C. for the inauguration to see which of his campaign promises were the ones they most wanted to see enacted. We're posting some of their answers on our live blog:
politifact.com/article/2025/…
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Our @PolitiFact team is posting live updates of Inauguration Day: politifact.com/article/2025/…
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Donald Trump made history as only the second U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms when he was sworn in Monday in an indoor Inauguration Day ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.
Our partners at @PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking across the day.
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