While fact checks may not be quite as flashy and wondrous as fireworks, our collection will at least arm you with knowledge.

Natalie Harp, a young woman often seen in photographs with President Donald Trump during his second term, is a hospice nurse.

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The claim emerged after Donald Trump announced that he plans to begin work on the East Potomac Golf Links in September ...

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

"To prove this," he wrote, "let facts be submitted to a candid world."  In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man walks in front of the Declaration House in Philadelphia, where Thomas Jefferson drafted the ...

The fair, part of celebrations for the United States' 250th birthday, runs from June 25 to July 10, 2026, on the National ...

President Donald Trump is known for bragging about the crowd sizes at his political events - including at his latest rally.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized after it ...

Superhero movies have seemingly trained audiences to sit through several minutes of credits in the hope of a surprise scene. While there are no superheroes in Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated sci ...

A hulking 250-foot triumphal arch embellished in gold. A reflecting pool now tinted dark blue. Decorative fountains scattered across the capital that cost tens of millions of dollars to renovate.