Is it a war crime to bomb civilian infrastructure?
Off and on during the Iran war, President Donald Trump has threatened U.S. attacks on civilian infrastructure if the Iranian government fails to meet certain demands. On March 21, Trump…
Trump Links Biden’s Ukraine Aid to Pentagon’s Iran War Funding Request
With the Pentagon potentially seeking a $200 billion supplemental package to fund the ongoing war with Iran, President Donald Trump defended that figure in part by saying U.S. ammunition “was…
Trump fires Bondi. How we fact-checked her AG tenure.
President Donald Trump announced April 2 that he had fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former Florida prosecutor who oversaw the federal government’s contentious release of files related to the…
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This is not an April Fools’ Day joke! FactCheck.org is a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Now…
What to know about bullet analysis in Charlie Kirk killing
New court filings in Utah’s case against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, gave way to widespread claims that a bullet analysis exonerates him. Robinson’s lawyers wrote in…
Happy International Fact-Checking Day – FactCheck.org
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, purposefully set the day after April Fools’ Day (when mistruths are encouraged). The day was launched in 2016 by the International Fact-Checking Network, which…
Nassau tops ‘safest county’ rankings, but Blakeman’s claim is misleading.
Bruce Blakeman, a Long Island Republican running for governor, said his actions as Nassau County executive have "made" Nassau County the safest county in America. In a recent Instagram post, Blakeman…
FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran
A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was “getting…
