TV journalists used words such as ‘explosive’ and ‘bombshell’ and ‘historically chaotic.’ None of that was hyperbolic. None of it.
PolitiFact has fact-checked her 46 times since 2012 in her roles as California attorney general, US senator, presidential candidate and vice president
Biden’s clear endorsement of Harris should carry significant weight with the delegates who will cast the formal votes for the nomination
In the wake of a shooting, there are frantic efforts to answer the question: Why? The public wants a definitive cause. We may never get one.
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Stories that Biden could drop out are dominating coverage. But it’s hard to know what to make of them because the quoted sources are vague.
Trump occasionally offered conciliatory notes, but more often repeated questionable assertions PolitiFact has repeatedly fact-checked
‘You don’t report anything unless you know what you’re talking about.’
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