In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.

Some social media users expressed incredulity when they learned that Democrats have won or are leading in U.S. Senate or governor races in states in which Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump. "What are ...

A social media video claims to show footage taken as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Oregon’s coast — but on closer inspection, no one in the video seems to be affected by the temblor except the ...

"Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens sign $700 million deal with CBS for morning show to compete with ‘The View,’" a Nov. 1 Facebook post said. It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news ...

"Breaking News: Elon Musk unveils UFO fighter jet that defies physics," a Nov. 2 Facebook post said. "The spacecraft, named Ethereon, is said to be equipped with propulsion technology that transcends ...

This isn't the first time we've fact-checked posts about purported Tesla products. We rated a claim that Musk was creating a robot "to carry a baby for nine months" False . We also rate the claim that ...

Trump and Epstein operated in the same social circles in the 1990s, and Trump occasionally spoke highly of him. But there has been no documented evidence that Trump visited Epstein’s private island, ...

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.

An August 2024 review of dozens of studies concluded that higher fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQs in children but said the data for lower levels is insufficient, and more research is ...

Tracking President Donald Trump's campaign promises: The Trump-O-Meter is PolitiFact's meter for tracking 100 promises President Trump made during his 2016 campaign. (We tracked President Barack ...

King and Musk have gotten into tiffs on X, but King has an active Twitter account as of Nov. 7. The claim that Musk banned King permanently from X originated as satire. We rate this claim False.