In 1999, as future U.S. President Donald Trump was building a real estate empire, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was entrenched in international diplomacy and continuing to further civil rights domestically. Following Jackson's death on Feb. 17, 2026, a claim spread online that Jackson once praised Trump for his commitment to underserved communities.

In February 2026, a rumor circulated online that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "walked out" of the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly triggered a North American economic crisis.

A political attack ad features video of Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page saying, "It is unrealistic to assume that 12 to 14 million people will just leave the United States." The footage is from 2012 and omits context.

President Donald Trump has said that Americans are now paying or will pay "the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs," thanks to the administration’s negotiations with pharmaceutical companies.

While this claim began as a joke, the president did call a U.S. skier "a real loser" for speaking about the country's current political state.

"We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before," Trump told diners in Iowa last month.

The president's critics brought some receipts.

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The post A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims appeared first on FactCheck.

When President Donald Trump claimed to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas in a Wednesday interview that “I’m getting – starting to get great polls on the economy,” Llamas quickly pushed back by noting that Trump’s polling on the economy is “not ...

Despite rumors online, the Seattle Seahawks hav not turned down an invitation to celebrate their Super Bowl win at the White House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the request from the family of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. for him to lie in honor at the Capitol.