In 1961, actor John Wayne penned an inspiring letter to — and later visited — a rural Montana school, sending the classroom a projector, a handful of his films and a $500 check. Snopes contacted Wayne ...

President Donald Trump over the weekend called for the prosecution of music superstar Beyoncé – based on something that did not actually happen. Trump claimed in a social media post that Beyoncé broke ...

President Donald Trump made multiple false claims to the press during a Friday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House – including a long-debunked claim about the war in ...

Alex Pretti, the victim of a fatal U.S. Border Patrol shooting in January 2026, was fired from his job as an intensive care unit nurse over allegations of misconduct. After 37-year-old intensive care ...

Claims about deportations, the Department of Government Efficiency, and someone fainting in the White House were among the mistruths that kept PolitiFact busy in 2025 — and they featured in some of ...

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President Donald Trump once again spoke about settling eight wars since taking office. His latest claim was made during the 79-year-old's speech at the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace', his ...

WASHINGTON -- Just over a year into his second term, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address Tuesday, making his case for sweeping policy changes and executive actions that ...

A phrase Zohran Mamdani used in 2021 made the rounds in media reports and social media after the 33-year-old won the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race. A self-described democratic ...

As usual, President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. And, as usual, most of them had previously been debunked. Trump repeated familiar false claims ...

The seriously r*****ed Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst "Congressman/woman" in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her ...