http://www.politifact.com/The latest factchecks PolitiFact.com has revieweden-usThu, 24 Aug 2023 02:05:37 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/24/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate/Here's what the Republican presidential candidates got right and wrong in the first primary debate in Milwaukee.Thu, 24 Aug 2023 02:05:37 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/24/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/23/facebook-posts/no-evidence-that-a-video-showing-planes-leaving-a/Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering.Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:32:52 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/23/facebook-posts/no-evidence-that-a-video-showing-planes-leaving-a/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/23/how-to-watch-live-debate-fact-check/PolitiFact will be live fact-checking GOP presidential candidates’ claims about their records along with their attacks on Democrats, President Joe Biden and one another. Here’s what to know about watching the debate.Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:11:25 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/23/how-to-watch-live-debate-fact-check/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/is-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-in-hunt/Critics argue Attorney General Merrick Garland’s choice of David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden case is “illegal” because he’s an active federal prosecutor. But he’s not the first one to be named special counsel, and no court has found such appointments unlawful.Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:36:28 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/is-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-in-hunt/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/instagram-posts/directed-energy-weapons-werent-used-to-start-the-f/Images of burned cars in Lahaina, Hawaii, are evidence wildfires there were started by directed energy weapons.Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:58:53 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/instagram-posts/directed-energy-weapons-werent-used-to-start-the-f/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/tiktok-posts/video-shows-reflected-light-from-wet-surface-not-f/"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:56:16 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/tiktok-posts/video-shows-reflected-light-from-wet-surface-not-f/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/tiktok-posts/its-not-a-cover-up-maui-arrests-made-after-people/Maui, Hawaii, police chief arrests “witnesses” in part of wildfire cover-up.Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:55:35 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/tiktok-posts/its-not-a-cover-up-maui-arrests-made-after-people/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/social-media/video-doesnt-show-president-joe-biden-dozing-durin/A video showed President Joe Biden falling asleep during an event with the Maui, Hawaii, wildfire survivors and families.Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:49:11 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/social-media/video-doesnt-show-president-joe-biden-dozing-durin/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/who-are-candidates-debating-Milwaukee/As most of the Republican presidential candidates prepare to take the stage for the first debate in Milwaukee, here’s a rundown on who they are.Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:48:43 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/who-are-candidates-debating-Milwaukee/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/old-video-about-biden-impeachment-articles-is-misl/Video shows “articles of impeachment to be filed against President Joe Biden today!”Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:46:49 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/old-video-about-biden-impeachment-articles-is-misl/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/mike-pence/pences-misleading-claim-that-biden-sent-us-officia/“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:37:03 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/mike-pence/pences-misleading-claim-that-biden-sent-us-officia/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/claim-that-russian-president-vladimir-putin-was-as/“Official statement — Putin assassinated in the Kremlin!”Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:08:27 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/claim-that-russian-president-vladimir-putin-was-as/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/no-the-world-economic-forum-did-not-say-the-maui-w/“WEF admits Maui wildfires orchestrated to transform Hawaii into 15-minute cities.”Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:21:09 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/no-the-world-economic-forum-did-not-say-the-maui-w/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/la-vacuna-contra-covid-19-no-tiene-oxido-de-grafen/La vacuna contra COVID-19 "contiene óxido de grafeno" y para desintoxicarte toma "dióxido de cloro".Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:14:29 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/la-vacuna-contra-covid-19-no-tiene-oxido-de-grafen/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/happy-16th-birthday-politifact-heres-how-were-cove/At 16, PolitiFact is proud of our history and how we've grownTue, 22 Aug 2023 12:03:38 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/happy-16th-birthday-politifact-heres-how-were-cove/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/facebook-posts/debunked-rumors-about-former-president-barack-obam/“Michelle Obama finally responds to Obama’s hidden gay secret.”Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:09:59 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/facebook-posts/debunked-rumors-about-former-president-barack-obam/http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-the-murky-topic-of-empl/“A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:39:51 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-the-murky-topic-of-empl/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/rating-gop-presidential-candidates-attacks-on-joe/Republican presidential candidates will debate Aug. 23. We have fact-checked their attacks on Joe Biden and the Democratic Party about immigration, inflation and abortion.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/rating-gop-presidential-candidates-attacks-on-joe/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/fact-check-how-accurate-are-2024-republican-presid/Republican presidential candidates will debate Aug. 23. We have fact-checked their attacks on one another about immigration, the economy and COVID-19 lockdowns.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:20:56 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/fact-check-how-accurate-are-2024-republican-presid/http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/fact-checking-donald-trump-on-his-economy-and-joe/Former President Donald Trump’s economic boasts often ignore the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects during his presidency. We fact-checked six claims that compare the economy under Trump and Biden.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:19:22 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/fact-checking-donald-trump-on-his-economy-and-joe/