Political ads and social media attacks by opponents of Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman have sought to portray Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor as dangerously soft on crime, but some of the claims stretch the facts.
Stories by Robert Farley
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.”
Biden Claims Too Much Credit for Decline in COVID-19 Deaths
With the U.S. experiencing a major dip in the number of daily deaths as the omicron variant wave runs its course, President Joe Biden has repeatedly boasted that his “approach has brought down COVID deaths by 90%.” That figure is accurate, but experts say the dip is largely attributable to a number of factors outside the president’s control.