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FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
The candidates disagreed on the facts regarding the coronavirus, jobs, taxes and more.
FactChecking the First Trump-Biden Debate
In a chaotic debate with plenty of crosstalk, there was also plenty to fact-check.
Final Night of the Republican Convention
President Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination in a speech filled with familiar falsehoods.
Republican Convention Night 3
The vice president accepted his party’s nomination and then delivered a speech filled with false and misleading claims..
Republican Convention Night 2
The fact-checking fodder included claims about the economy, the Democratic nominee and the president’s actions.
Republican Convention Opening Night
On Day 1, Republicans made numerous false and misleading claims on tax cuts, the economy, immigration and COVID-19, among other topics.
New ‘Plandemic’ Video Peddles Misinformation, Conspiracies
The second part of “Plandemic” — a documentary-style video that presents a sweeping conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, patents and vaccines — landed on Aug. 18, spinning together many of the falsehoods about the disease that we’ve been debunking for months, plus some new misleading claims.
Final Night of the Democratic Convention
We provide context to some of Joe Biden’s claims in his speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination.
Democratic Convention Night 3
There was news: Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination. But there was little to fact-check.