Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference with Mike Johnson In a televised press conference after Trump’s and Johnson’s remarks April 12, Trump made several false or misleading comments. April 15, 2024 Louis Jacobson
A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. April 12, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted federal abortion law overturned. That’s wrong. Roe v. Wade inspired legions of supporters and opponents. Before the 2022 ruling, numerous legal scholars urged the Supreme Court to uphold it. April 11, 2024 Louis Jacobson
The International Fact-Checking Network’s statement on proposed legislation before the Georgian parliament The IFCN supports press freedom for all fact-checkers, including FactCheck Georgia and Myth Detector April 10, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
Donald Trump is wrong on Democrats’ abortion stance. They don’t support the ‘execution’ of babies Willfully terminating a newborn’s life is illegal in every state and situations resulting in a fetal death in the third trimester are exceedingly rare April 10, 2024 Louis Jacobson
RFK Jr. said that Jan. 6 ‘protestors carried no weapons.’ Evidence shows that’s not true 129 defendants charged in the attack were charged with ‘using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer’ April 9, 2024 Amy Sherman
Is CERN activating the world’s most powerful particle accelerator for the April 8 eclipse? No CERN restarted its Large Hadron Collider after a regular winter stop for maintenance. It is unrelated to the eclipse. April 8, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
No, crime has not ‘skyrocketed’ under Joe Biden, as Rep. Nancy Mace claimed Overall violent crime and homicides are down during Biden’s presidency. Some property crimes are also down, though motor vehicle theft notably rose April 5, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Why health fact-checking is still important It’s not just COVID — it’s measles, HPV, fake cures and more April 4, 2024 Jisha Krishnan
Opinion | We need spin-checking in addition to fact-checking Fact-checkers can also deconstruct political narratives to help the public April 4, 2024 Milijana Rogač
