April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day. To commemorate it, we produced a video of various mentions of our work over the years by politicians of both parties.
Happy International Fact-Checking Day
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We Could Win a Webby with Your Vote
FactCheck.org is a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Now our loyal readers can help us win the Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted on by the public.
FactCheck.org Wins National Headliner Award
We are honored to have won a 2025 National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our work fact-checking then presidential candidate Donald Trump on immigration issues won the first-place award in that category.
Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress
Here’s our fact-check of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in video form.
Our Most Popular Articles in 2024
We wrote about a lot of misinformation in 2024, and, as usual, some fact-checking articles piqued our readers’ interest more than others. In this post, we present the 10 most popular stories published on our website this past year.
Misinformation Floods Hurricane Season
The 2024 hurricane season has brought with it a deluge of conspiracy theories and false or misleading claims about storms that have devastated some parts of the country and killed hundreds of people.
United Democracy Project
A super PAC launched by the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
Democracy PAC/Democracy PAC II
Liberal super PACs created by billionaire George Soros to fund political organizations that help elect Democrats.
Senate Majority PAC
A super PAC with a singular “mission” to help Democrats “win Senate races.”
Video: FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump generated a lot of work for fact-checkers. In this video, we complied some highlights from the Sept. 10 debate.