We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

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"To prove this," he wrote, "let facts be submitted to a candid world."  In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man walks in front of the Declaration House in Philadelphia, where Thomas Jefferson drafted the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fact-checking journalism around the world is at a crossroads. Democracies are weakening. Social media platforms are withdrawing their financial support for fact-checking. And the ...

The cover of Austin Kelley’s debut novel, “The Fact Checker,” will be immediately recognizable to a certain type of person: Ah, the New Yorker, they might think, before blinking and realizing that it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump mischaracterized core elements of the U.S. economy and stretched the facts in claiming to have toppled Iran’s government as he addressed the nation Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump filled his first 100 days back in office with the same relentless lying and inaccuracy that was a hallmark of his first presidency and his 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns.

States across the country have waded into interchange fee regulation in recent years. These are the charges that banks and card networks collect from merchants on every card transaction. Illinois ...

In public discourse, we spend a great deal of collective energy debating the accuracy of facts. We fact-check politicians, monitor social media for misinformation, and prioritise data-driven ...