Republican Ads Attack El-Sayed for Past Comments, Positions on Policing and Prisons
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@factcheck.org@factcheck.orgMultiple ads airing in Michigan attack Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for past statements he made, or positions he held, about policing and prisons. But the ads either omit context or exaggerate his past policy proposals.
@factcheck.orgMisleading GOP Attacks Over Taxes on Tips, Overtime, Social Security
@factcheck.orgIn congressional races around the country, Democrats find themselves under attack in political ads for allegedly opposing the popular tax cuts for tips, overtime and older Americans that were part of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
@factcheck.orgThe Context for Trump’s ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks
@factcheck.orgThe Context for Trump’s ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks
@factcheck.orgTrump Administration Touts Medicaid Drug Savings, But Details Remain Murky
@factcheck.orgTrump Touts Medicaid Drug Savings, But Details Remain Murky
@factcheck.orgPresident Donald Trump and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are “rescuing state budgets” or helping to “save Medicaid” by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over a decade.
@factcheck.orgTrump Makes False Claims About Climate Change
President Donald Trump has continued to make false claims about climate change, dating back to his first term. We covered similar inaccurate talking points in September 2024.
@factcheck.orgDemocratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
@factcheck.orgIn the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received “$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’s business partner.”
@factcheck.orgExperts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
@factcheck.orgExperts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
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@factcheck.orgPaxton’s Uvalde Comment in Full Context
@factcheck.orgRepublican Ad Attacks Cooper with Misleading Claim About Rape Kits
@factcheck.orgPaxton’s Uvalde Comment in Full Context
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@factcheck.orgRepublican Ad Attacks Cooper with Misleading Claim About Rape Kits
@factcheck.orgEvery election cycle since 2010, we have published profiles of some of the many outside groups trying to influence who gets elected to Congress and the White House. This update features write-ups of six more of the biggest spenders so far for the 2026 midterms.
@factcheck.orgTrump’s Ban of News Organizations Goes Beyond Obama, Biden Actions