Americans for Prosperity
A conservative/libertarian "social welfare" group with a related hybrid PAC and nonprofit, all backed by Charles Koch. The post Americans for Prosperity appeared first on FactCheck.org .
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American Bridge 21st Century/AB PAC
A liberal hybrid PAC that conducts opposition research and runs ads to aid Democratic candidates and organizations. The post American Bridge 21st Century/AB PAC appeared first on FactCheck.org .
Trump’s Misleading Crime Drop Claims
In announcing the latest FBI annual report on nationwide crime, President Donald Trump wrongly cast the decline in crime in 2025 as a dramatic turnaround and made misleading claims about the impact of his administration's policies. The post Trump’s Misleading Crime Drop Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org .
RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR Vaccine
Following an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a “recent” study “just came out” that “very strongly supports” the idea. But there’s no evidence of any such credible study, past or present. The post RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR…
Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 Shots
Studies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after vaccination while also accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of deceiving the public about the safety of the shots during pregnancy. The post Republicans Revive…
Alaska Senate Candidates Attempt to Link Each Other to Epstein
In Alaska's tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting "the deciding vote" to keep the Epstein files "hidden." While Sullivan voted against considering an amendment to an otherwise unrelated bill that would have released the files earlier, he, like the rest of the Senate, supported a bill to make the records public.…
Wright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue States
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted that the only reason why those awards and not others were canceled is that the grant recipients were in states that vote for Democrats. The post Wright’s Hairsplitting…
Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second term with total inflation at the end of his predecessors’ full four-year terms. The post Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast…
Collins Did Not ‘Support’ OBBBA’s Medicaid Cuts, as Democratic Ad Claims
Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation's many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group falsely claims she "voted to support Donald Trump on the largest Medicaid cut in history." The post Collins Did Not ‘Support’ OBBBA’s Medicaid Cuts, as…
Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims
During the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. The post Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org .