By Lori Robertson and Robert FarleyFactCheck.org Since he entered politics, president Donald Trump has been a regular on our end-of-year list of the most egregious and noteworthy falsehoods and distortions. With Trump back in the White House in 2025, it’s no surprise that he dominates this year’s whoppers. Trump is
By Robert Farley Since announcing the temporary federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s, law enforcement, president Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized state laws limiting the use of cash bail. But his arguments have strayed from the facts in three key areas: Trump claimed that “every place in the country where you
By Alan Jaffe and Saranac Hale Spencer Approximately six months into the second term of president Donald Trump, Republicans, and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Donald Trump administration’s impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick examples of consumer products to support their claims, while
By Saranac Hale SpencerFactCheck.org The Supreme Court ruled on the evening of April 10 that the Donald Trump Administration must comply with a lower court’s order to “facilitate” the release from custody of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported without a hearing to a mega prison in
By Lori Robertson and Robert FarleyFactCheck.org After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, president Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements about the conflict and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine had “started” the war
