Louis Jacobson

President Donald Trump has cited “hundreds of billions of dollars” in mutually beneficial gains since the U.S. arrested Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in January. Data suggests Trump’s figure is inflated.

Donald Trump said the Iran war is going “extremely well.” Military attacks have degraded Iran’s conventional forces, but not its ability to attack U.S. troops and allies. And the war has brought new economic and diplomatic challenges.

President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say 250,000 noncitizens are on four states’ voter rolls. But this is a preliminary number that is often drastically reduced after vetting.

President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say 250,000 noncitizens are on four states’ voter rolls. But this is a preliminary number that is often drastically reduced after vetting.

President Donald Trump floated, and then abandoned, a plan for the U.S. to toll cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. That would have been a sharp break with history and international law.

Has the average 401(k) increased by $30,000 during President Donald Trump’s second term? No. Data shows the average account up by about $10,000.

At the annual conference of fact-checking known as GlobalFact, journalists tasked with calling out falsehoods met amid financial challenges and governmental obstacles — but also a sense that their movement has survived, and that it has much more to contribute.

PolitiFact has been fact-checking statements by presidents, and other politicians, since 2007. What if we’d been around for all of U.S. history? Here are some of the important falsehoods we would have needed to address.

Angst over America’s economy and its place in the world is casting a shadow on the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. That’s not new; similar concerns also hovered over the bicentennial in 1976.

Angst over America’s economy and its place in the world is casting a shadow on the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. That’s not new; similar concerns also hovered over the bicentennial in 1976.