Facts Check

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ticket. Other speakers tried to link former President Donald Trump to Project 2025, among other claims. Walz made the […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary On the second night of the convention, which featured former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as the headliners, fact-based claims took a back seat to hopeful pronouncements about the future. We still found some political spin: Obama […]

Political Leanings: Republican 2022 Spending: N/A SAG PAC Inc., a super PAC with Republican connections, was established in late June. The group says it is “dedicated to educating the American public about the real record” of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who launched his independent presidential campaign in October. On its […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary In a torch-passing speech, President Joe Biden vowed that he would be “the best volunteer” to help the campaign of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Biden also touted his accomplishments and took shots at the Republican presidential nominee, Donald […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Delivering remarks at a labor union conference in California, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stretched the facts with several labor-related claims. Walz said Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance “has never cast a vote on a pro-worker bill in his life.” […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. For years, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been criticized by some for his response to riots in his state after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. That criticism picked up again this month when […]

In recent speeches, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Biden administration has spent $9 billion to build only eight electric vehicle charging stations — or even, just eight chargers. That’s not accurate.  Trump is likely referring to $7.5 billion approved by Congress to help build a network of EV […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The Trump campaign showed a video of Celine Dion singing the theme from “Titanic” at a rally in Montana, sparking a rebuke from Dion for unauthorized use of the video. A post on Threads then shared a fake […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a campaign rally in Atlanta and other venues, former President Donald Trump has tried to paint Vice President Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, as being soft on crime. Several of his claims […]

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Vice President Kamala Harris drew a large crowd at a campaign rally near Detroit, according to photos, videos and press reports. But posts circulating online make the baseless claim — amplified by former President Donald Trump — that […]