PolitiFact analyzed claims by U.S. Sen. Jon Husted and President Donald Trump on the national and state economies, Democratic ...

A Republican-aligned group is running an ad that says Ohio Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown supports “forcing childhood sex change surgery.” It’s a variation on a 2024 ad from the group, ...

Data centers are a contentious point this midterm cycle. Who has the final say on their approval, and why are some cities ...

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Fact-check: President Donald Trump misleads on Iran war, AI in speech to UN By Caleb McCullough, Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2026 Live fact-check: President ...

President Donald Trump announced his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, D.C., will now be a “military complex,” marking the second time he has changed a controversial construction project’s scope ...

A reader asked PolitiFact whether President Donald Trump can legally tear down the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington Monument. There are legal hurdles.

In the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed said his U.S. Senate opponent consistently opposed funding for 9/11 first responders.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is seeking to retain his Georgia seat, has been airing TV ads aimed at older Americans that say his Republican opponent U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wants to cut their retirement ...

As a Maine state senator, Troy Jackson voted for Medicaid expansion but Republican Gov. Paul LePage repeatedly blocked it. The expansion happened in 2019 under LePage’s successor, a Democrat. In June ...

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The second and final night of the Republican midterm convention mixed somber tributes for 9/11 and Charlie Kirk with warnings of Democrats using the midterm elections to usher in far-left policies. In ...