Policy · 119th Congress
The whoppers of 2025
On Nov. 1, 2024, just before the election, the BLS report showed growth of just 12,000 jobs in October and downward revisions for the prior two months.↵↵Signalgate: Not "total exoneration."Â
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Policy · 119th Congress
FactChecking Trump’s economic speech
Investments in the United States↵↵Trump also told his audience in Pennsylvania, "In four years under Biden, Democrats secured less than $1 trillion in new investments in our country."
White House · 119th Congress
Trump praises ‘rational’ Mamdani during warm Oval Office meeting, shifting tone
He is set to be sworn in on Jan. 1 as New York City's 111th chief executive.
Are prices up or down? Parsing misleading claims by Trump and Democrats
The inventory of the beef herd in 2024 was the smallest since 1951, Nelson wrote in a 2024 Farm Bureau report, and the number dropped another 1 percent by the start of 2025, the USDA reported.
Fact check: Trump’s address to Congress
"As an example, not long ago — and you can’t even believe these numbers — 1 in 10,000 children had autism. 1 in 10,000. And now it’s 1 in 36. There’s something wrong. 1 in 36 — think of it.Â
Fact-checking the Harris-Trump debate
Fewer than 1 percent were performed at 21 weeks or later. The figures are voluntarily reported and apply to legal abortions in 48 reporting areas in the U.S.
Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention
Before then, the top 1 percent would receive a smaller share of the tax law’s benefits, the TPC said.
Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention
In 2018, numerous Democrats repeated the talking point that 83 percent of the tax cuts in the TCJA went to the wealthiest 1 percent.
The economic case Trump needs to makeÂ
The truth is Biden will become the first president to have had deficits of over $1 trillion dollars in every one of his four years in office.
Fact-checking Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention
Trump’s ’Dictator’ Remark Biden claimed that Trump said he wants to be a dictator on "Day 1." The president is referring to comments that Trump made in a December town hall hosted by Fox News.
Trump, Vance counterprogram DNC with some policy — and personal jabs
About Walz, Vance also said he’s preparing for their Oct. 1 debate by practicing with "a friend … who embellishes and lies a lot."
Walz, favorite of labor unions, opposed UAW-backed auto bailout
But it stalled in the Senate after a procedural motion fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill; all but two Democrats backed the motion while GOP senators voted 3-to-1 in opposition.
FactCheck updates how the US has performed under Biden
But compared with the highest level during Trump’s time in office — which was in January 2019 — manufacturing jobs are up only 122,000, or just under 1 percent.
Fact-checking Day 4 of the Republican National Convention
The Tax Policy Center noted, "The top 1 percent, with at least roughly $1 million in income, would pay an average of $300,000 more than under current law, dropping their after-tax incomes by 14 percent
Fact-checking Day 3 of the Republican National Convention
The Doha agreement included a "complete withdrawal of all remaining [Coalition] forces from Afghanistan" by May 1, 2021.
Fact-checking Day 2 of the Republican National Convention
Crime in the United States Annual Reports, CIUS estimations, Table 1. Major Cities Chiefs Association.Â
Fact-checking Day 1 of the Republican National Convention
Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama and now a Harvard University professor, told us in the summer of 2022 that the ARP had contributed 1 to 4 percentage points to inflation
Labor adds heat rule as world temps rise
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will award $1 billion to 656 projects, generally categorized as hazard mitigation ventures, across the country to help officials address natural disasters and extreme
Fact-checking the Biden-Trump debate
The Tax Policy Center noted, "The top 1 percent, with at least roughly $1 million in income, would pay an average of $300,000 more than under current law, dropping their after-tax incomes by 14 percent
‘Dumping ground’: Trump echoes conservative ‘Project 2025’ at first rally as a felon
A Beacon Research-Shaw & Company Researchpoll conducted for Fox News June 1-3 showed Trump leading there by 5 percentage points; a RealClearPolitics average of six recent polls put Trump up 5.3 percentage