The viral claim arose from a Treasury report showing liabilities exceeding assets but this has been true for decades and does not constitute insolvency in any legal sense.
Year: 2026
No Public Evidence Found That Former CISA Director Chris Krebs Committed a Federal Crime
Protect Democracy’s tracker notes the government has not produced factual grounds to support the prosecutorial action taken against the cybersecurity official.
RFK Jr.’s ‘We Promote the Measles Vaccine’ Claim Scrutinised Amid Record Outbreak
FactCheck.org found that while the CDC officially recommends the vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy had rarely made unequivocal public endorsements of it.
Trump’s ‘Climate Projections Were WRONG’ Claim Misleads About Routine Scientific Revision
In a Truth Social post Trump cited a regularly scheduled update to climate scenarios as proof scientists had admitted their projections were entirely wrong.
Iran Deal Bringing ‘Peace’ Is a Stretch — Here Is Why Fact-Checkers Say the Claim Misleads
While talks are progressing analysts and fact-checkers caution that unresolved issues around nuclear inspections sanctions and regional proxy forces make “peace” premature.
Image Claiming to Show Ballot Stuffing at California Ballot Box Is Misleading PolitiFact Finds
PolitiFact reviewed footage circulating with claims of California ballot stuffing and found key context was missing from claims being made about the video.
LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt ‘Got Zero Votes’ Claim Is Misleading Says PolitiFact
The viral claim about Pratt receiving no votes was rooted in an out-of-context ballot drop report and does not reflect the full final tally of votes cast.
PolitiFact Confirms: Video Shared as 2026 Philippines Earthquake Footage Is Authentic
Multiple social media users questioned the authenticity of earthquake footage from the Philippines but PolitiFact verified it matched the confirmed event.
Quote Falsely Attributed to Matthew McConaughey Actually Spread with Mick Jagger’s Name
Nearly identical posts credited the same invented quote to both McConaughey and Jagger at different times exposing how viral attribution errors spread across social platforms.
Lincoln Memorial Statues Were Not ‘Coned’ After Reflecting Pool Renovation — But Boston Was
While the Lincoln statue escaped vandalism after the pool reopened fact-checkers confirmed that statues in Boston were targeted in a related incident.