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Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award

FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded...

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Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons?

Fact-checking claims about missing and dead scientists

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DeSantis said Florida’s drought could bring a quieter hurricane season. Is that true?

What Florida’s drought means for hurricane season

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Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment in context

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As tick season drags longer, Pfizer hopes to release a Lyme disease vaccine in 2027

Here's what we know about Pfizer’s Lyme disease vaccine

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The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety

It’s a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before...

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