Person
Barack Obama
Person29 claims evaluated across 4 fact-checks involving Barack Obama.
Verdicts reflect claims in stories involving Barack Obama, not necessarily their own statements.
Congress is older than the voters it answers to, and those voters skew old too
The median senator is 12 years older than the median 2024 voter. Research finds lawmakers follow voters, and voters are older than the country.
Trump’s ‘National Scallops Day’: What the Post Gets Right, Leaves Out, and Gets Wrong
The NOAA action opening the Northern Edge of Georges Bank is real, but the post misattributes a 32-year-old Clinton-era closure to Obama and Biden, falsely credits Biden as co-creator of the…
Two Iran Deals, Eleven Years Apart: Trump’s 2026 MOU vs. Obama’s JCPOA
The 2026 US-Iran ceasefire memorandum defers the hard nuclear numbers to a ‘final deal’ 60 days out; on the measures Trump used to attack the 2015 JCPOA, the signed text is so far looser and…
Trump Calls for Obama’s Arrest: A Fact-Check of Every Claim
Trump posted 55 times in three hours calling for Obama’s arrest on treason charges — every specific claim he made has been investigated and debunked, most of them by Trump’s own appointees.
Who Broke America’s Finances? A President-by-President Audit From WW2 to Now
Both parties built the $39 trillion debt: Republicans cut revenue, Democrats added spending. The through-line is a top tax rate that fell from 91 percent to 37, and the donors both sides protect.
