At the end of 2017, one year into the Trump presidency, the familiar begins to escape us.
What Donald Trump Says
- RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research April 24, 2025RFK Jr.’s explanation for autism rates clashes with science
- Brian Tyler Cohen - Claim about Trump rejecting Helene relief for North Carolina lacks context April 24, 2025Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”
- Donald Trump - Is gas $1.98 a gallon in a few U.S. states, as Donald Trump said? That’s False April 24, 2025“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
- Pope Francis defended truth as misinformation trailed him April 24, 2025How misinformation trailed Pope Francis
- Trump skewed the facts about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang and deportation April 23, 2025Trump misleads about proof of Abrego Garcia gang membership
- Donald Trump’s altered Abrego Garcia photo: Why gang experts dismiss MS-13 link to finger tattoos April 22, 2025Donald Trump’s image of ‘MS-13’ finger tattoos: What to know
- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America - Firearm-related deaths are No. 1 killer of college-age people, data shows April 22, 2025“Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in the U.S.”
- Michael Lawler - Putting claim about "largest tax increase" in context April 22, 2025“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
- TikTok posts - No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025 April 22, 2025“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.
- RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations April 21, 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said people with autism “will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem, they'll never go out on a date.” This is a skewed view of the autistic population, data and experts say.
- PolitiFact readers’ feedback in the first 100 days of Trump presidency April 21, 2025Reader response in Trump’s first 100 days
- X posts - No, Arizona election officials aren’t removing ‘50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls’ April 18, 2025Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.”
- Facebook posts - Liz Cheney didn’t pen a viral open letter to Democrats. It started in a Facebook group. April 18, 2025Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration.
- Byron Donalds - Can voters use Real ID to satisfy SAVE Act voting rules, as Byron Daniels said? Not in 44 states. April 18, 2025Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.”
- Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy April 17, 2025President Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency in January, allowing anyone in the world to buy the tokens anonymously. Legal experts say it raises questions about ethics and secrecy.
- Insurrection Act vs. martial law: What power applies to Trump’s April 20 deadline? April 16, 2025Invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 isn’t the same as martial law, despite social media claims. Trump has not publicly discussed martial law.
- Tim Walz - Fact-checking Gov. Tim Walz on Americans’ savings April 16, 2025“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”
- What is the bond market, and why is it so important for the economy? April 15, 2025Even more than the stock market, finance experts say, the bond market may have forced President Donald Trump into pausing his country-by-country tariffs. But why? Here are four questions and answers to explain what the bond market is and why it’s so important.
- Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation April 14, 2025At the White House on April 14, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and several Trump administration officials misleadingly spoke about the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man the U.S. mistakenly deported to El Salvador. We fact-checked their statements.
- X posts - Photo of PA arson suspect Cody Balmer was falsely edited to show anti-Trump sentiment April 14, 2025Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
