Louis Jacobson
Tampa Bay Times
Washington, DC, United States
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New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided
PolitiFact | The Energy Department cautioned that it had “low confidence” in its determination of a lab leak. → Read More
PolitiFact | Joe Biden miscalculates how much billionaires pay in taxes
During a visit to a labor union in suburban Maryland, President Joe Biden made a pitch for more stringent taxes on billi → Read More
The state of the US economy under Joe Biden, in 15 charts
PolitiFact | Biden’s economic record is not flawless, but neither is it as grim as many Americans seem to think it is. → Read More
Biden ignores context in blaming Trump for one quarter of today’s debt
PolitiFact | It is true that about one-fourth of the total debt incurred to date came on Trump’s watch. → Read More
PolitiFact | GOP congressman oversimplifies claim on classified documents amid Biden investigation
President Joe Biden has been grappling with the discovery of classified documents at two locations: his post-vice presid → Read More
Biden is halfway through his term. Here’s how many campaign promises he’s kept so far.
PolitiFact is tracking 99 of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises. → Read More
Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Here’s how.
PolitiFact | One aspect that needs to be sorted out in both cases is motive. → Read More
What could be next for George Santos in the House?
PolitiFact | Santos can’t be blocked from being sworn in. → Read More
PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Vladimir Putin’s lies to wage war on Ukraine
The human toll of the invasion and the nature of the disinformation made the choice clear, PolitiFact said. → Read More
PolitiFact - We asked, you answered: PolitiFact readers’ choice for the 2022 Lie of the Year
The results are in, and — not for the first time — PolitiFact readers have diverged from PolitiFact editors → Read More
PolitiFact - Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine
It was 6 a.m. Moscow time on Feb. 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his "special military operatio → Read More
Fact-checking Kevin McCarthy on what Donald Trump said about Nick Fuentes
PolitiFact | Trump made at least four statements on his controversial dinner. In none did he condemn Fuentes. → Read More
Could a House speaker be deposed midstream? With a slim margin, it’s possible
PolitiFact | If a Republican majority loses members, Democrats could make a parliamentary maneuver “to vacate the chair.” → Read More
PolitiFact | Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise
As he announced another run for the White House, former President Donald Trump promised a "golden age" for Ame → Read More
Our election scorecard documents the tiny ripple of the GOP’s hoped-for ‘red wave’
Of our eight categories, there is only one on which Republicans clearly did well. → Read More
Why it’s not suspicious for ballot counting to take days
PolitiFact | It takes time to count ballots, and states have different rules on when counting can begin. → Read More
PolitiFact - Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race
Georgia’s Senate race between Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker → Read More
A scorecard for Election Day
Here is how to track if it’s a wave election — or a ripple. → Read More
No, it’s not only Democratic cities that take days to count votes
PolitiFact | A claim by Sen. Ted Cruz on how votes are counted in the U.S. gains traction, but it’s misleading in multiple ways. → Read More
PolitiFact | Rick Scott repeats false claim that Democrats cut $280 billion from Medicare
In an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., repeated a talking point previously used by the → Read More