Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact

Miriam Valverde

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  • Sun Sentinel
  • Hartford Courant
  • Orlando Sentinel

Past articles by Miriam:

PolitiFact - What’s the average cost of a COVID-19 hospital stay?

To encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., posted a comparison between the c → Read More

PolitiFact | Mitt Romney accurately says Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners

Sen. Mitt Romney blamed both the Trump and Biden administrations for the chaotic events that swept Afghanistan after the → Read More

PolitiFact | Fact-checking Joe Biden on U.S. credibility as military withdraws from Afghanistan

Under fire over the plight of Afghans and Americans trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, President Joe Biden h → Read More

PolitiFact | Ask PolitiFact: What are some basic facts on the U.S. war in Afghanistan?

President Joe Biden's Aug. 16 speech on Afghanistan — after the Taliban took over — highlighted a → Read More

PolitiFact - Ask PolitiFact: Is Florida’s current COVID-19 case spike a result of seasonality?

As the numbers of new COVID-19 cases rise in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has claimed that the ongoing spike is to be expe → Read More

PolitiFact - Ron DeSantis’ effort to blame COVID-19 spread on migrants is short on evidence

As coronavirus cases spike nationally, and especially in Florida, a blame game has erupted between President Joe Biden a → Read More

PolitiFact - Ron DeSantis’ effort to blame COVID-19 spread on migrants is short on evidence

As coronavirus cases spike nationally, and especially in Florida, a blame game has erupted between President Joe Biden a → Read More

PolitiFact | Ask PolitFact: When will the COVID-19 vaccines get FDA approval?

Question: When will the COVID-19 vaccines get full Food and Drug Administration approval? Answer: That’s a questio/> <meta name= → Read More

PolitiFact | Claim about 920 miscarriages caused by COVID-19 vaccination lacks evidence

There’s still a lot to learn about COVID-19 and the vaccines created to protect people from catching and spreading the v → Read More

PolitiFact - Central America and the root causes of migration to the US

Ask Americans why Central American immigrants are arriving at the southern U.S. border in ever-larger numbers, and some → Read More

PolitiFact | Facebook post makes unproven claim about police funding and homicides

A Facebook post shows a chart of "skyrocketing murder rates" in major U.S. cities and suggests that’s a result of cities → Read More

PolitiFact | Joe Biden isn’t resigning, and Nancy Pelosi didn’t ask him to

It is not true that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., requested President Joe Biden’s resignation, and Biden hasn’t → Read More

Biden Promise Tracker:

Democrats in Congress introduced an immigration bill that would help President Joe Biden deliver on his promise to invest $4 billion in Central America to mitigate the factors pushing people to migrate to the United States. The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 seeks a total of $4 billion for fiscal years 2022 to 2025 to address the corruption, violence and poverty in El Salvador, Guatemala and… → Read More

PolitiFact | Ignoring claims from his own party, Kevin McCarthy says no one questions Biden’s election

After meeting with President Joe Biden about infrastructure, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walked out of the White Hous → Read More

PolitiFact - Ron DeSantis’ misleading claim about crime, police funding

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lauded a new state law he championed as "the strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement piece → Read More

PolitiFact - Fact-checking President Joe Biden's first speech to Congress

In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a hist/> <meta name= → Read More

PolitiFact | What is the Biden administration saying about the refugee admissions cap for 2021?

As a candidate for president, Joe Biden promised a very different approach to refugee admissions compared with President → Read More

PolitiFact - Police confusing firearms for stun guns — how often does it happen?

Two major events are unfolding in Minnesota: the trial of a former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, → Read More

PolitiFact - What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

Overcrowding at southern border facilities has raised concerns that migrants might get sick with COVID-19 since they may → Read More

PolitiFact - Border barrier wasn’t 90% finished when Biden halted construction

A Facebook post claims that construction of a southern border wall stopped just before completion. It’s highly misleadin → Read More