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‘The parallels are eerie’: Historians compare America at 200 and 250

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, historians see echoes of the political turmoil, economic anxiety and cultural conflict of 1976

June 16, 2026

Fact-checkers ask federal judge to block Trump policy they say chills free speech

The lawsuit challenges a Trump administration policy that could deny visas or legal status to people accused of ‘censoring Americans’

May 13, 2026

When Bill Clinton played the sax on Arsenio Hall’s show, politics and pop culture fused

The future president’s 1992 appearance on ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ showed candidates could reach voters outside traditional journalism

March 11, 2026

Amaris Castillo

A fact check of Trump’s State of the Union finds exaggerations on inflation, gas prices and immigration

PolitiFact examined several of the president’s claims about the economy, immigration and crime during the longest State of the Union on record

February 25, 2026

Is it harder to buy beer than vote? The reality behind a viral talking point.

The House-passed SAVE Act revived a catchy claim about ID laws. The facts behind alcohol purchases and voting are far more nuanced.

February 17, 2026

The Democratic Party’s latest messaging strategy? A daily YouTube news show

The Daily Blueprint joins the DNC’s growing collection of media tactics to counteract Trump and the GOP

June 20, 2025

Opinion | CNN lands first big Kamala Harris interview

Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz will join Harris in interview Thursday night with Dana Bash

August 28, 2024

At 20, Teen Vogue knows its readers contain multitudes

Two decades in, the magazine is doubling down on politics and intersectionality (between celebrity trends and TikTok dupe guides)

November 10, 2023

A policy tracker helped Nevadans make sense of the latest legislative session

As his Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship innovation project, reporter Sean Golonka helped expand the Nevada Independent's Policy Tracker.

August 23, 2023

Opinion | Why I decided to rate the news

To cut through the vitriol and have productive debate, we need to understand the political leanings of our information sources

August 1, 2023

Marco Rubio said someone could blow up a ballot drop box, ignoring safe track record

Ballot drop boxes have long been used by multiple jurisdictions without safety problems.

October 21, 2022

Researchers developed an AI system that predicts the likelihood people will spread misinformation based on words they use

The researchers, who studied 1 million tweets from 6,200 Twitter users, say the technology has a 79.7% accuracy rate

December 29, 2020

Electing the dead, drawing cards for a mayorship and other weird election stories

May this be a tiny respite from the heaviness of the political climate right now.

October 28, 2020

Amaris Castillo

How the Duke Reporters’ Lab used the political conventions to perfect its automated fact-checking program

The past two weeks’ political conventions provided the perfect conditions for the Tech & Check…

August 28, 2020

Harrison Mantas

A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world

Here's where governments are taking action against online fakery

August 13, 2019

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