The White House announced on Aug. 24 that President Joe Biden will take action this year to cancel thousands of dollars in federal student loan debt for millions of Americans, fulfilling a campaign promise he made during the 2020 election cycle. We answer some of the questions readers may have about the debt relief plan, and address political claims about the impact of the plan.
Stories by Robert Farley
Deputy Director, FactCheck.org
FactChecking Republican Attacks on Fetterman’s Crime Stance
Trump’s Dubious ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Documents
Scott Overstates Tax Increases in Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act proposes to raise over $700 billion in new revenues over 10 years to be spent on energy, climate change initiatives, health care and deficit reduction. But not all of those revenues come via higher taxes. More than half comes from health care savings and from beefed up IRS tax enforcement.
Q&A on the FBI’s Search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
Sorting Out the Partisan Tax Spin on Inflation Reduction Act
Late Ad Misleadingly Claims Republican Candidate for Governor Could ‘Slash’ State Police Funding
Unraveling Trump’s Unsubstantiated Claim of ‘Crooked’ Nursing Home Votes
Biden’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
Noem’s Misleading Claim About Safety of Medication Abortion
The Food and Drug Administration and numerous peer-reviewed academic studies have concluded that medication abortions are “safe and effective” and that serious adverse events are relatively rare. But South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem misleadingly called medication abortions “very dangerous medical procedures.”