Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges Jan. 5 in New York federal court. "I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the ...

This viral video shared by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones predates Nicolás Maduro's arrest by the U.S. military. It is from 2024 and shows people protesting election fraud. It was one of several ...

After the Trump administration captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, images and videos that claimed to show the aftermath went viral on social media. "Venezuelans are ...

One thing President Donald Trump has consistently promised after the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is private U.S. investment in the country’s underproductive oil fields.

Tensions between Trump and Maduro escalated in September after the U.S. government began attacking vessels off the coast of Venezuela, killing more than 100 people, in what Trump described as an ...

Claims about deportations, the Department of Government Efficiency, and someone fainting in the White House were among the mistruths that kept PolitiFact busy in 2025 — and they featured in some of ...

A February Pew Research Center survey found that Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people. Fifty-six percent supported banning health care professionals from providing ...

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision to disqualify Alina Habba as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. The court said the Trump administration did not follow the law and bypassed ...

President Donald Trump shared a claim that former President Barack Obama received millions in Obamacare-related royalties before Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency stepped in to stop it. That ...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Aug. 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine. PolitiFact is ...

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Social media users falsely claimed the New York Mets replaced the American flag with a Pride flag during the national anthem. The Pride flag was briefly shown mid-song on Mets Pride Night June 13. But ...