At the end of 2017, one year into the Trump presidency, the familiar begins to escape us.
What Donald Trump Says
- Susan Crawford - In Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Crawford claims Schimel wants to be part of Trump support network March 28, 2025"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
- Facebook posts - Trump showed the Declaration of Independence, not the Bitcoin whitepaper, at the White House March 27, 2025Video shows the Bitcoin whitepaper “was spotted at the White House.”
- TikTok posts - Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint March 27, 2025People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
- Facebook posts - No, Elon Musk didn’t say Tesla is ‘doomed’ March 26, 2025Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”
- Ask PolitiFact: What evidence does the government need to deport green card, visa holders? March 26, 2025The Trump administration has moved to deport green card and visa holders, including a pro-Palestinian activist, a Georgetown University academic and a Brown University doctor. What evidence do government officials need in these cases?
- Pete Hegseth - Hegseth says leaked Signal group text didn’t have ‘war plans’. But screenshots show attack details March 26, 2025"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
- NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work? March 26, 2025Mid-March’s severe U.S. storms killed dozens of people. The National Weather Service reported warning systems were operational, except for a Kansas City outage. After federal staffing cuts, however, experts worry about the long term.
- X posts - Gen. Colin Powell appeared on Arlington National Cemetery’s notable graves list as of March 25 March 25, 2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
- Nick LaLota - LaLota says he was voting to protect Medicaid, other programs. The budget resolution doesn’t do that March 25, 2025“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
- X posts - Why you should be skeptical of that ‘leaked’ audio of JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk March 24, 2025Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”
- Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’ March 21, 2025Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders embarked on a “fighting oligarchy tour,” drawing thousands to their speeches about income inequality. We checked their statements about Social Security, health care spending and CEO-to-worker salaries.
- Ian Miles Cheong - Netflix hit show ‘Adolescence’ was not based on Southport, England, murders of three young girls March 21, 2025Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
- Harriet Hageman - Does less than 25% of Education Department spending go to students? No March 20, 2025The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
- Facebook posts - No, JFK Jr. didn’t write a letter saying that former President Joe Biden was ‘a traitor’ March 20, 2025Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.
- Trump wants to close the Education Department. Here's what to know. March 20, 2025President Donald Trump signed an executive order that takes steps toward dismantling the Education Department, a key Trump campaign promise. PolitiFact fact-checked his White House announcement.
- Facebook posts - Was Zelenskyy's Pennsylvania visit ‘election interference’? Why experts say no March 20, 2025Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
- Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. March 19, 2025President Donald Trump’s effort to deport Venezuelan gang members without due process rests on his argument that Tren de Aragua has “invaded” the U.S. Experts in immigration and constitutional law are skeptical.
- Elon Musk - Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Fact-checking Elon Musk March 19, 2025“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
- Threads posts - Viral Truth Social post from President Donald Trump about annexing Greenland, Alaska is fabricated March 19, 2025President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, “After I’ve annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska.”
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says measles infection may have benefits, but there’s no conclusive evidence March 19, 2025“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
