• Analysis

The most popular fact checks of 2021

Fact checks concerning the coronavirus and former president Donald Trump dominated the list.

  • Analysis

The biggest Pinocchios of 2021

Our annual roundup of the most outlandish claims of 2021.

  • Analysis

No, Trump did not order 10,000 troops to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Fox personalities keep falsely saying that Trump requested 10,000 troops to protect the Capitol.

  • Analysis

Democratic ad claims Cortez Masto helped ‘lower costs’ for prescription drugs

The Majority Forward ad conflates two separate bills anchoring Biden’s agenda: a bipartisan infrastructure law that has passed and a Democratic spending bill that hasn't.

  • Analysis

Manchin’s ‘historic context’ for spending is using the wrong metric

The West Virginia senator is using inflation-adjusted dollars to compare Biden's agenda but the more appropriate measure is percentage of GDP.

  • Analysis

Baldwin says he never pulled the trigger. Experts are skeptical.

Gun experts have said Baldwin's explanation is "not plausible" and "improbable."

  • Analysis

Rand Paul’s false claim that masks don’t work

The Republican senator mischaracterized one scientific study and ignored all the others.

  • Analysis

Yellen’s claim that the CBO found the Biden plan is ‘fully paid for’

The Treasury Secretary is picking and choosing what elements of the CBO score she embraces.

  • Analysis

Biden’s ‘aggressive’ use of a tax loophole he’s trying to shut down

Tax experts say the Bidens used a tax-avoidance strategy to skirt hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicare taxes, but is it hypocrisy or clever tax planning?

  • Analysis

Sen. Stabenow’s claim that the U.S. does not try to limit Japanese vehicle sales

Meet the "chicken tax" -- a steep tariff from the 1960s that has profited the U.S. auto industry and thwarted foreign manufacturers

Load More