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Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing

September 9, 2026

Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It’s true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislation and that the company supported his campaigns. But Husted hasn’t been charged with or accused of any wrongdoing in the scandal, which is the impression the ads may leave with voters.

Trump, Project 2025 and Climate Change/Fossil Fuels

October 1, 2025

As part of our series on Project 2025, we look at some instances where President Donald Trump and Project 2025 agree on climate change and fossil fuels — beginning with the rollback of climate change policies.

Trump’s Misleading Promotion of ‘Clean’ Coal

April 16, 2025

While presenting a series of executive orders conceived to increase electricity generation from coal, President Donald Trump misleadingly suggested that environmental regulations were to blame for the industry’s decline, wrongly said that coal plants are being opened “all over Germany,” and misleadingly, and repeatedly, referred to coal as “clean.”

Harris vs. Trump on Climate Change

November 1, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different track records on climate change. To shed light on the two candidates’ climate agendas, we sorted through their campaign materials and recent statements on the campaign trail.

Clearing Up the Facts Behind Trump’s ‘Clean Coal’ Catchphrase

November 9, 2018

President Trump loves to extol “clean coal.” But an exceedingly small amount of coal is used in a way that most people would consider clean.

Trump Stump Speeches: Economy

October 26, 2018

President Donald Trump is proud of his economic record, and he points to some key economic indicators with great delight. But he doesn’t always stick to the facts out on the campaign trail when he talks to his supporters.

FactChecking Trump’s Iowa Rally

June 22, 2017

The 2020 presidential campaign is more than 1,200 days away, but President Donald Trump held yet another Make America Great Again rally — this time in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And, as he did in past campaign speeches, Trump spoke for a long time and reeled off numerous false and misleading claims.

FactChecking Trump on Coal Jobs

June 19, 2017

FactCheck.org Deputy Managing Editor Robert Farley discusses President Donald Trump’s misleading boast that the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania is proof that his administration is “putting the miners back to work.”

Health Care, Russia Probe, Coal Jobs

June 17, 2017

Trump’s Coal Spin

June 12, 2017

President Donald Trump touted the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania as evidence that his administration is “putting the miners back to work.” But construction of the mine in question began before the 2016 election. And experts say it’s not evidence of a resurgence in coal mining.