A Republican-aligned group is running an ad that says Ohio Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown supports “forcing childhood sex change surgery.” It’s a variation on a 2024 ad from the group, ...

Data centers are a contentious point this midterm cycle. Who has the final say on their approval, and why are some cities ...

Fact-check: President Donald Trump misleads on Iran war, AI in speech to UN By Caleb McCullough, Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2026 Live fact-check: President ...

A reader asked PolitiFact whether President Donald Trump can legally tear down the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington Monument. There are legal hurdles.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is seeking to retain his Georgia seat, has been airing TV ads aimed at older Americans that say his Republican opponent U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wants to cut their retirement ...

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President Donald Trump recounted his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in an interview and event leading up to the 25th anniversary this week, repeating statements that lack evidence about ...

PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking news organization, today announced its most extensive partnership network to date for the 2026 midterm election cycle. Building on a nearly ...

In 2022, Abdul El-Sayed gave a speech at an awards banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma chapter. He spoke about the state’s 2010 ban on Shariah. He did not call for Shariah ...

Donald Trump stated on April 15, 2026 in an interview with Fox Business News: “Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.” ...

On July 22, the U.S. House passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act — which sets funding and policy for the U.S. Defense Department — for fiscal year 2027. The Senate hasn’t taken it up.

Neither federal nor state data backs up Trump’s assertion, either on the number who voted or their legal status. The Department of Homeland Security has said there “may be” as many as 35,152 ...