Category: Fact Checks
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Tracey Mann on the State of Agriculture Under Trump
The statement’s characterization of the Biden years as a period where the administration was “asleep at the wheel” leading to “four years of chaos” is not supported by agricultural economic data.
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump Farmer Roundtable
This fact-checking analysis reveals several patterns in the claims made during the roundtable. Many claims contain kernels of truth but are surrounded by exaggeration or lack crucial context. Some claims—particularly regarding international agreements like Chinese soybean purchases—cannot be verified through public sources, which is concerning for transparency and accountability. Several claims fundamentally misrepresent underlying data.…
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Fact-Check Analysis: Trump CAFE Standards Announcement
The announcement on December 3, 2025 contained a mix of accurate specific claims (Ford and Stellantis investments), significantly exaggerated claims (the $18 trillion investment figure), and inaccurate technical claims (the 62 mpg CAFE standard). The overall narrative that regulatory rollbacks alone will dramatically reduce car prices lacks support from automotive economists, who note that vehicle…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Thanksgiving Call to Service Members – November 27, 2025
Trump’s Thanksgiving call mixed accurate information about the tragic death of Sarah Beckstrom with multiple false, misleading, or unverifiable claims.
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump’s November 25, 2025 Air Force One Press Gaggle
This fact-check examines the veracity of major claims made by President Donald Trump during his November 25, 2025 press gaggle aboard Air Force One. Claims were verified using authoritative sources including government data, established fact-checking organizations, academic institutions, and investigative journalism.
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Fact-Checking Major Claims from Trump’s November 21, 2025 Fox News Radio Interview
This fact-check examines the veracity of major statistical and factual claims made by President Donald Trump and host Brian Kilmeade during their November 21, 2025 radio interview.
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Updated: CDC Autism and Vaccines Webpage
The CDC webpage makes claims about the relationship between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The original version of this page stated that vaccines do not cause autism. However, as of November 19, 2025, the page was modified to claim that the statement “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based claim” and that “studies…
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Fact-Check: Trump’s Claims at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum
This fact-check examines major claims made by President Donald Trump during his address at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on November 19, 2025. Each claim is evaluated against available evidence and rated for accuracy. For a summary of the speech, see here. Assistance from Claude AI. Claim 1: Saudi Arabia Committed to $1 Trillion in U.S.…
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump’s November 16, 2025 Press Gaggle
Of the seven major factual claims examined from President Trump’s November 16, 2025 press gaggle, none were accurate as stated. Two claims were demonstrably false (grocery prices declining, Venezuela’s prison population), two were significantly exaggerated (immigration numbers, insurance stock performance), two were misleading due to important omitted context (Thanksgiving meal prices, highest inflation claim), and…
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump’s GB News Interview
This fact-check examines the veracity of major factual claims made by President Donald Trump during his November 14, 2025 interview with GB News presenter Bev Turner at the White House.
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Fact-Check: President Trump’s Air Force One Press Gaggle (November 14, 2025)
President Donald Trump made numerous factual claims during his November 14, 2025, press gaggle aboard Air Force One. This fact-check examines the veracity of his major assertions, using information from reputable news organizations, fact-checking services, academic institutions, and government sources. Understanding the accuracy of presidential statements is essential for informed citizenship, particularly when these claims…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Fox News Interview: Healthcare Claims, Murder Statistics, and Economic Assertions
President Trump’s November 10, 2025 interview with Laura Ingraham contained a mixture of false claims, accurate statements, and assertions requiring substantial context. The interview demonstrated a pattern common in Trump’s public statements: mixing accurate observations about economic trends with significantly false claims about policy proposals and immigration statistics. The most serious inaccuracies involved mischaracterizing Democratic…