No ‘First Grandma’ Pension
Q: Will Marian Robinson, Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, receive a $160,000 government pension for babysitting her granddaughters during Obama’s time as president? A: No.
Beyond the Truth-O-Meter
The 2016 FactCheck Awards
We highlight some TV ads that made us laugh out loud and either shake our heads or scratch them.
About That 'Madam President' Hillary Clinton Newsweek Cover
An image showing Hillary Clinton on the cover of a Newsweek publication under the title "Madam President" is real but is not proof that the news outlet colluded with the Clinton campaign prior to the 2016 presidential election.
NBC Accidentally Posts Election Results a Week Early? Nope
In what is becoming a common pre-election conspiracy-driving glitch, an NBC affiliate's software test was interpreted as evidence election results were rigged.
Trump Convoy Caught Spewing Racism on CB Radios? No
Snopes found no evidence that racist comments made in a YouTube video came from a parade of Trump supporters.
Clinton Campaign Didn't Pay Beyonce and Jay Z $62 Million for Cleveland Concert to Secure Black Votes
Reports that the Clinton campaign paid Beyonce and Jay Z $62 million to perform a concert in Cleveland are fake news.
Popular Vote and the Electoral College
Two of our most popular stories on our website right now aren't about presidential nominees Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
Huma Abedin Admits in E-mail to Brother That She Is a Muslim Infiltrator? No.
A look at a homespun effort to discredit the candidacy of Hillary Clinton by making it appear that her top aide admitted to being a radical Muslim plant.
Does Comey's house have a Trump sign on the lawn?
A photograph shows a sign supporting Donald Trump in front of a house owned by Comey, but it's unclear whether he placed it there himself.
Fact-checking the ‘final arguments’ of Trump and Clinton
With the 2016 presidential election race coming to a close tomorrow, here’s a roundup of 29 claims being made by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their “final argument” speeches. Trump repeated many of his greatest hits of debunked claims, and Clinton mainly attacked Trump.
Did Obama Encouraged'Illegal Aliens' to Vote? No
In an interview aimed at a millennial audience, President Obama encouraged Latino citizens to vote. He did not urge undocumented immigrants to vote.
Clinton's name misspelled "Hil-liar-y" on ballot in Arkansas county
This one's true, though the reason may be innocent.
John Podesta, Satanist?
An e-mail published by WikiLeaks mentioned "spirit cooking," but claims that Hillary Clinton or John Podesta practice satanic rituals are grossly exaggerated.
Health insurance dispute in Coghill-Hopkins race
More than $150,000 of special interest money has poured into the Interior to influence the outcome of the race for Senate District B, with a flurry of ads targeting incumbent Republican Sen. John Coghill’s legislative record.
Greatest hits of a fact-challenged campaign
At times it has seemed as though this presidential campaign was occurring in some alternate universe. Up is down, no means yes, day is night.
Trump Presses Forward With Inaccurate 'Criminal' Claims
Donald Trump continued to cite a discredited report and exaggerate news to portray rival Hillary Clinton as a criminal embroiled in investigations on Friday, making inaccurate claims central to his final pitch to swing state voters just four days before the election.
Trump Claims Obama Scolded Protester, Video Shows Otherwise
Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday accused President Barack Obama of screaming at a protester at an earlier rally — but that's not what happened.
No, John Podesta didn’t drink bodily fluids at a secret Satanist dinner
Welcome to the latest edition of What Was Fake on the Internet this Election, a frequently recurring column where we round up the fake and misleading stories on the Internet about the 2016 presidential campaign.
The Final Push: Clinton
As the election comes to a close, we provide a sampling of the misleading claims made by Hillary Clinton during speeches this week.
The Final Push: Trump
With the presidential election just a few days away, we offer a sampling of the misleading claims made by Donald Trump during speeches this week.