The opposite is true: Eight poll aggregators show Trump had his strongest approval ratings, and his smallest disapproval ratings, in January, at the beginning of his second term. Since then, his ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

According to data analysis by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, roughly one-fifth of all FBI agents, as well as half of all DEA agents, have been reassigned to working on immigration raids ...

PolitiFact found no evidence that 1,400 people in the country illegally are sitting in North Carolina’s jails, or that local law enforcement is refusing to hand those people over to federal ...

But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your Thanksgiving, but it won’t make dinner unsafe. Cooking poultry to 165°F kills the virus. Plus, ...

Last year’s winner of the reader poll was also PolitiFact’s official editors’ choice for Lie of the Year: President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s campaign claim that Haitian immigrants in ...

President Donald Trump’s assertion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "knew nothing about" the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is the opposite of the conclusion of a U.S. intelligence assessment ...

Death row timelines vary by jurisdiction, but the average time for Florida inmates is around 22.6 years, according to 2023 Bureau of Justice Statistics data. Florida’s average is in line with other ...

The number of immigrants illegally in the U.S. is less than half the number Vice President JD Vance cited. Estimates range from 12 million to 14 million people as of 2023, the latest data available.

Reports of halted research and clinical trials contradict Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statement that the Trump administration hasn’t cut science and research. One recent research letter ...

There are no credible news reports from Montana, which supported Trump in 2024, about such a bonfire. Although we found some social media videos and news stories showing people burning MAGA hats in ...

On Truth Social, Trump wrote, "For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the ‘Democrat Shutdown Hoax,’ I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per ...