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For the first time since 2009, PolitiFact is recalibrating the Lie of the Year — our award for the most egregious falsehood we've seen in a year's worth of fact-checking. This year, we want to focus less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them. 🧵

President Donald Trump says he “stopped six wars” in six months since taking office. Trump had a hand in temporary ceasefires in a few conflicts. But there’s little evidence he permanently resolved them and, in some cases, little evidence of U.S. intervention.

Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo likened school vaccine requirements to slavery. That’s Pants on Fire!

Authorities have identified Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah, as the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Social media users have made unsubstantiated claims about Robinson’s political affiliations. Here are the facts. buff.ly/3CJFJWU

Federal regulators are allowing Zyn to advertise some of its nicotine pouches as having a “lower risk” of causing mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer and other conditions compared with cigarettes. Some experts are concerned. politifact.com/article/2026...

President Donald Trump has cited “hundreds of billions of dollars” in mutually beneficial gains since the U.S. arrested Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in January. Data suggests Trump’s figure is inflated. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Is Ed Markey in the Epstein files? A 2015 email says a lobbyist tied to Epstein briefed Markey on the case of a Senegalese politician who was Epstein’s friend. But there’s no evidence Markey worked with Epstein or knew of his involvement. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

After Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, social media users misleadingly shared videos of Muslims marching in Dearborn, Michigan. The footage shows an annual parade held since 2004. politifact.com/article/2026...

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed did not call for Shariah to be implemented in the U.S. Social media posts claiming he did distort his old remarks. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Byron Donalds, a Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s race, said a new state law ensures people’s electric bills won’t go up because a data center opens. That’s not guaranteed, experts said. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

In the Michigan U.S. Senate race, Republican Mike Rogers said his Democratic opponent believes America deserved 9/11. Here’s what Abdul El-Sayed actually said. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

As voters express concern about rising prices ahead of the midterm elections, President Donald Trump said prices are “all coming down now.” That’s Mostly False. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Byron Donalds, a Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s race, said a new state law ensures people’s electric bills won’t go up because a data center opens. That’s not guaranteed, experts said. politifact.com/factchecks/2...

President Trump said in a Punchbowl interview that in New York City “when it came to shoveling snow you had to get two forms of identification to get licensed.”  People can shovel their own sidewalk without an ID, but need to present identification to get hired and paid by the city. buff.ly/nja3JSx