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Republican Ads Distort the Facts in Claiming Democratic Support for ‘Sex Changes’ for Kids
In several congressional races, Republican ads are claiming that Democratic candidates support “sex changes” for children or support taxpayer money being used for such surgeries. But the allegations of support for those claims are flawed.
Republican Ads Attack El-Sayed for Past Comments, Positions on Policing and Prisons
Multiple ads airing in Michigan attack Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for past statements he made, or positions he held, about policing and prisons. But the ads either omit context or exaggerate his past policy proposals.
Misleading GOP Attacks Over Taxes on Tips, Overtime, Social Security
In congressional races around the country, Democrats find themselves under attack in political ads for allegedly opposing the popular tax cuts for tips, overtime and older Americans that were part of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Many of the candidates themselves say they support those particular provisions.
The Context for Trump’s ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks
President Donald Trump’s remarks about the possibility that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego have sparked a firestorm of criticism, with Democrats claiming the president was either calling for a foreign adversary to attack the U.S. or portraying the destruction of two major cities as acceptable collateral damage. That’s not our reading of the president’s comments.
MAGA Inc
A political action committee affiliated with President Donald Trump.
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A Democratic group that backs veterans for public office.
Club for Growth Action
A conservative super PAC focused on economic issues.
Trump Touts Medicaid Drug Savings, But Details Remain Murky
President Donald Trump and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are "rescuing state budgets" or helping to "save Medicaid" by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over a decade. But experts say there are many unanswered questions about the scope of those deals that could limit the potential savings, including how many drugs they actually cover.
Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received ”$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’s business partner.”
Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are political messages intended to influence the 2026 midterms and may violate U.S. laws, including a prohibition against using federal funds for propaganda.
Paxton’s Uvalde Comment in Full Context
In the Texas Senate race, comments Republican Ken Paxton made in 2022 about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are circulating on social media, thanks to posts by his opponent, Democrat James Talarico, and the Democratic Party. But their posts use just a snippet of Paxton’s remarks, depriving voters of the full context.
Republican Ad Attacks Cooper with Misleading Claim About Rape Kits
A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper “let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf” when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits were in the custody of hundreds of local law enforcement agencies and were never submitted for testing by the state crime laboratory that Cooper oversaw as attorney general.
League of Conservation Voters
A pro-environment/liberal nonprofit with an affiliated super PAC.
One Nation
A Republican nonprofit affiliated with the Senate Leadership Fund.
America PAC
A pro-Republican super PAC created by Elon Musk, the co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX.
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A super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the Senate.
Trump’s Ban of News Organizations Goes Beyond Obama, Biden Actions
In banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, the Trump administration has argued that the move is similar to actions taken by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. But the ban goes beyond what those presidents did.
GOP Ads Mislead on Public Option Proposals’ Impact on Rural Hospitals
As Democrats release a flurry of midterm ads portraying GOP cuts to Medicaid as a threat to rural healthcare, Republicans have countered with ads claiming Democratic candidates in Texas and Pennsylvania would put dozens of rural hospitals out of business by creating a public health insurance option. But the ads cite an industry-backed study whose assumptions don’t apply to all public option proposals.
FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense Keynote
Headlining a conference for Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit he previously led that regularly spreads vaccine misinformation, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a litany of familiar false and misleading claims, particularly about vaccines.
GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff’s Vote Against Trump Tax Cuts
A Republican TV ad cherry-picks parts of last year’s budget reconciliation law, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to overstate the impact of the law or distort Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s record.
RFK Jr.’s Faulty Claim that U.S. Measles Response Is ‘Better’ Than ‘Any Other Country’
When asked about the largest surge in measles in over 30 years, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. is doing or has done “better … than any country in the world” in controlling outbreaks of the disease. But plenty of nations don’t have the high caseload America is now experiencing.
Midterm Ads Clash Over GOP Law’s Impact on Rural Healthcare
As the midterms approach, ads supporting Democrats and Republicans are making competing claims about how President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy law will impact rural healthcare.
Paxton’s AI-Heavy Ad Leaves Out Context of Talarico Remarks About Christianity
In the Texas Senate race, Republican candidate Ken Paxton is running an ad that features an artificial-intelligence version of James Talarico, Paxton’s Democratic opponent, repeating several statements the real Talarico made about religion and gender identity. But some of the statements are missing the context behind the remarks.