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Americans have seen falsehoods and misinformation spreading like wildfire, sometimes perpetuated by politicians and exacerbated by media outlets. The Heritage Foundation’s team of researchers and policy experts are setting the record straight with fact-check articles on hot-button issues and other topics.

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Fact-Checking Clarence Thomas’ Fact-Checkers on Vaccines and Abortion

GianCarlo Canaparo, Louis Pham

Jul 8, 2022 3 min read

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Fact Check: Biden & Harris’ Lies About Elections, Voting Rights, Filibuster

Hans von Spakovsky, Thomas Jipping

Jan 12, 2022 4 min read

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Prominent “Fact Checker” Gets Fact-Checked by Reality

Mike Howell

Jan 11, 2022 4 min read

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Fact Check: Fact-Checkers Falsely Claim They Are Fact-Checkers

Mike Howell

Jan 7, 2022 5 min read

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Fact-Checking Biden’s Excuses for Rising Energy Prices and Empty Shelves

Katie Tubb, Joel Griffith

Nov 23, 2021 5 min read

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Fact Check: Media Blaming Americans for Rising Prices, Supply Chain Crisis

Joel Griffith

Nov 18, 2021 3 min read

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Fact-Checking Biden’s NBC Interview: 6 False and Misleading Claims on the Border

Lora Ries, Mike Howell, Chad F. Wolf, Mark Morgan

Apr 30, 2021 9 min read

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Fact Check: Biden’s Address to Joint Session of Congress

The Heritage Foundation

Apr 28, 2021 1 min read

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Fact Check: Georgia Election Reform Law

Mike Howell

Apr 16, 2021 6 min read

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Fact-Checking DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Comments on Border Crisis

Chad F. Wolf, Lora Ries, Mark Morgan

Mar 25, 2021 7 min read

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Fact Check: Biden’s Comments on Illegal Immigration, Border Crisis

James Carafano, Lora Ries, Mike Howell, Chad F. Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli, Mark Morgan

Mar 25, 2021 2 min read

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Fact-Checking DHS Chief’s Dishonest Statement on Border Crisis

Chad F. Wolf, Mark Morgan, Lora Ries

Mar 17, 2021 5 min read

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Fact Check: Debunking 10 Myths About the U.S. Postal Service

David Ditch

Aug 19, 2020 11 min read

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