On Inauguration Day, we provide a look at various metrics on the state of the country at the start of President Donald Trump's second term. The post What President Trump Inherits, Part 2 appeared first on FactCheck.org.

In a half-hour inaugural address, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump twisted some facts while painting the last few years under his predecessor, Joe Biden, as a time of “decline” and promising “the golden age of America begins right now.” The post

Canada and Mexico have sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes in the Los Angeles area, and Ukraine also has offered assistance. But social media posts misleadingly claim "$00,000,000" in "foreign aid" has been offered to the U.S. to help w

We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- think contributed. The post What We Know About What Led to the L.A. Wildfires appeared first on FactCheck.org.

In his farewell address to the nation and in other recent remarks, President Joe Biden has repeated claims that are misleading or need additional context. The post Biden’s Familiar Talking Points in Final Remarks appeared first on FactCheck.org.

President Joe Biden said victims of the California fires are eligible for a $770 payment for necessities like food and fuel. Social media posts misleadingly suggested the payment would be the only federal aid for those affected by the fires. Federal

On social media, President-elect Donald Trump amplified a claim that California Gov. Gavin Newsom slashed the state's fire budget by $100 million just months before the outbreak of the recent wildfires. Newsom dismissed the claim as "a ridiculous lie

President-elect Donald Trump said that when he takes office he will "immediately" reverse President Joe Biden's recent executive action making more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters off limits for new offshore drilling. But Trump's intent

Oregon has sent hundreds of firefighters, 75 fire engines and other equipment to help battle the blazes in Southern California. But social media posts falsely claim Oregon's firefighting vehicles were "being held in Sacramento for emissions testing."

As wildfires continued to rage in Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump took to social media with several false and misleading claims casting blame on California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President Joe Biden. The post Trump

Meta is ending its partnership with U.S. fact-checking organizations, such as ours, but we’d like to reassure our readers: FactCheck.org isn’t going anywhere. Our journalists will continue to provide nonpartisan coverage of false and misleading polit

Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican polit

We wrote about a lot of misinformation in 2024, and, as usual, some fact-checking articles piqued our readers' interest more than others. In this post, we present the 10 most popular stories published on our website this past year. The post Our Most

During my time at FactCheck.org, I’ve saved more than a few handwritten notes from grateful readers. I’ve taped some of them to the bookcase above my desk. These are my daily reminders of what an honor and privilege it is to work at FactCheck.org.  T

In addition to extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one of his signature achievements in his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a long list of tax cuts, from eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits to lowering the corporate t

Q: Who is flying the drones that are appearing over the East Coast? A: On Dec. 17, four federal agencies said they followed up more than 5,000 reported drone sightings and determined that they were lawful private and law enforcement drones and other

We reviewed what each of President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominees to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy have said about climate change and the environment.  The post Where

Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a committee to ferret out government waste, wrongly posted to X that members of Congress are trying to vote themselves a 40% raise. The maximum possible raise in 2025 would be 3.8

Our annual roundup of the worst falsehoods of the year. The post Whoppers of 2024 appeared first on FactCheck.org.

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden from serving time for gun- and tax-related crimes. But contrary to claims on social media, Hunter Biden's gun charges did not stem from a 1994 "crime bill authored" by then-Sen. Joe Biden. The post Gu

House Speaker Mike Johnson was spinning the facts when he claimed Republicans would have won a larger majority in the House in the 2024 election if not for Democrats' gerrymandering of districts. The net effect of redistricting did not give the Democ

President Joe Biden granted pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 individuals on Dec. 12. Social media posts wrongly claim those pardoned included a Chinese national, Shanlin Jin, imprisoned for child pornography. Jin was granted clemency as pa

Fox News health commentator Dr. Kelly Powers was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in July 2020, months before COVID-19 vaccines were made available in the U.S. But social media posts are baselessly linking her death on

President-elect Donald Trump has renewed his call to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not in the country legally. Online posts falsely claim this would strip four of Trump’s children of citizenship because of

In his first post-election, sit-down broadcast interview, President-elect Donald Trump outlined his priorities for a second term. But in the interview, Trump continued to repeat inaccurate information related to immigration, crime, trade, health care

President Joe Biden is one of only a few presidents who have granted pardons to a relative. But social media posts falsely claim that former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush also pardoned family members. While Billy Carter and Neil Bush f

On Dec. 1, President Joe Biden provided a blanket pardon for his son Hunter for any potential crimes committed over nearly an 11-year period. In the statement Biden provided to justify his reversal of position, he left out a few inconvenient facts. T

Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s suggestion that vaccines might cause autism because “there’s not been a direct study on each individual vaccine” misunderstands what’s known about autism, the extensive research on the subject and how science works. The post S

Elon Musk trolled President Joe Biden on X after Hunter Biden’s pardon, sharing a community note mocking the president's previous post that said, “No one is above the law.” Soon after, a Threads post falsely claimed Musk threatened "anyone glorifying

Today is Giving Tuesday and the start of our annual fundraising drive.  The post Our Annual Fundraising Appeal appeared first on FactCheck.org.