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Fact-check: What happens in North Carolina if a poll worker marks your ballot?
Fact-check: How long did Trump say the Iran war would last?
Fact-check: How long did Trump say the Iran war would last?
Fact-check: Republicans claim Cooper was in New York when Helene hit North Carolina
Fact-check: Republicans claim Cooper was in New York when Helene hit North Carolina
Fact-check: Trump says US data center opposition is a ‘China PR thing’
Fact-check: Did Biden 'cut off' White House access for 400 reporters?
Fact-check: Did Biden 'cut off' White House access for 400 reporters?
Fact-check: RNC says 54% of NC's commercial driver licenses were issued illegally to noncitizens

The Republican National Committee claimed that 54% of North Carolina commercial driver’s licenses were issued illegally to noncitizens. That number is based on a sampling — not a full accounting — of CDLs issued in the state.

Fact-check: Trump says diesel prices are up because of Ukrainian attacks on Russia

President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” adding: "he’s causing a shortage of diesel fuel. This isn’t done by the Middle East. This is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine."

A $5,000 'bribe'? Fact-checking claims that Trump's promise to send post-election checks is illegal

"I am gonna get for all adults, Democrat, Republican, all adults in our country. And you deserve it with what you had to do and how you had to suffer for four years under Biden. We're going to get you, if we win, we're going to get you $5,000," President Donald Trump said Sept. 16 in Gastonia.

‘Blood-soaked killing fields’: Fact-checking Trump and Whatley’s claims about Cooper and crime in NC

President Donald Trump joined Republican US Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia to bash Whatley’s Democratic opponent, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.

Fact-check: Kennedy says the US has the 'sickest children in the history of the world'

“This country pays two to three times what every developing nation in the world pays, and yet we have the sickest children in the history of the world,” U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, addressing the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 10.

Almonds or data centers: which requires more water? Fact-checking AI executive's claim about ChatGPT

“For every 38,000 ChatGPT queries, that is the same amount of water that is used in the production of a single almond in California,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a Sept. 1 episode of the Sources Podcast.

Fact-check: Cooper says NC officials ‘removed’ an HBCU early-voting site ahead of midterm elections

North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper said election officials “removed that ballot box” from North Carolina A&T, a historically Black university in Greensboro. While the campus had a site in 2024, it has never had one in midterm elections.

Fact-check: Can Trump give Americans $5,000 if Republicans win midterms?
Fact-check: Can Trump give Americans $5,000 if Republicans win midterms?

“I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,” President Donald Trump said, adding: “If the Republicans win. You win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the ‘Trump dividend.’”

Fact-checking Trump's RNC claims about affordability, US senate candidates El-Sayed and Talarico

President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the Republicans’ first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, spotlighting policies about transgender people, illegal immigration and opponents who align with democratic socialism.

One year later: Fact-checking conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death

Misinformation swelled almost immediately after Charlie Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, evolving from chaotic breaking news rumors into complex, unfounded narratives — many pushed by people who share Kirk’s political beliefs.

Live blog: Fact-checking opening night of the Republican National Committee's midterm convention
Live blog: Fact-checking opening night of the Republican National Committee's midterm convention

President Donald Trump will headline the speeches for night 1 of the RNC Midterm Convention 2026.

North Carolina's kindergarten vaccination rates show vulnerability to measles amid US outbreaks

North Carolina students are returning to class this fall amid outbreaks of measles across the U.S. PolitiFact examines kindergarten vaccination trends across the nation.

Fact-checking Trump's claim that 'thousands' of immigrants illegally voted in New Jersey

“They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote,” President Donald Trump said during a speech in Georgia. “Thousands and thousands of votes.”