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What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
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<div>Announcing PolitiFact Readers’ Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year</div>
2025 Lie of the Year: Readers’ Choice winner
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<div>A history of PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025</div>
Lie of the Year lookback, from 2009 to 2025
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<div>Ben Shapiro didn’t say full release of Epstein files would destroy Trump’s presidency</div>
Shapiro dismissed a discharge petition for the Department of Justice to release files relating to Epstein as a distraction from Trump's presidency.
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Trump Confirms His Disparaging Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’ at Immigration Meeting
Nearly eight years ago, President Donald Trump denied using the word “shitholes” to describe African countries during an Oval Office meeting on…
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Beware this video claiming to show US troops seizing oil ship near Venezuela
In December 2025, the U.S. did seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela — just not the one shown in…