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Political leanings: Conservative/libertarian 2024 total spending: $178.6 million for the hybrid PAC alone Americans for Prosperity, a "social welfare" organization, along with Americans for Prosperity Action and Americans for Prosperity Foundation are con

Political leanings: Democratic/liberal 2024 total spending: $97.4 million American Bridge 21st Century is a liberal hybrid PAC that conducts opposition research and runs ads to aid Democratic candidates and organizations. Since 2019, its official name has

In announcing the latest FBI annual report on nationwide crime, President Donald Trump wrongly cast the decline in crime in 2025 as a dramatic turnaround and made misleading claims about the impact of his administration's policies. Speaking to an audience

Following an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a "recent" study "just came out" that "very strongly supports" the id

Studies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after vacci

In Alaska's tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting "the deciding vote" to keep the Epstein files "hidden." While Sullivan voted against considering an amendment to an ot

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted that the only reason why th

In a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the "lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation," seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second