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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said foreign adversaries can access U.S. voting machines and manipulate votes. His comments reflect concerns that election technology experts have, but no such hacking attempts have been recorded.
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/22/foreign-adversaries-voting-machines/
Published: July 22, 2026 22:25
Can foreign adversaries access voting machines?
The annual health assessment for members of the military will soon include required screening for testosterone deficiency. But when it comes to testosterone levels, scientists don’t agree on a single value that is too low.
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/22/testosterone-replacement-therapy-military-hegseth/
Published: July 22, 2026 19:39
What’s testosterone replacement therapy and who needs it?
Many Americans support switching to year-round daylight saving time to see more sunshine. But doctors and sleep experts say that schedule can disrupt our circadian rhythms and long-term health. Here’s why.
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/21/daylight-saving-time-healthy-standard-time/
Published: July 21, 2026 20:12
Why doctors say permanent daylight saving time is a bad idea
Did the U.S. try yearlong daylight saving time before and hate it? Yes. Polling showed it wasn’t popular, and what was meant to be a two-year trial ended in a few months.
https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jul/20/social-media/a-1973-law-made-daylight-saving-yearlong-for-a-trial-period-then-it-was-canceled-early/
Published: July 20, 2026 21:46
“Congress just picked the one version of clock reform America has already tried, hated, and repealed.”
Legionnaires’ disease is a serious bacterial pneumonia most often spread when someone breathes in water droplets contaminated with legionella bacteria. It’s not spread from person to person. Here are 4 facts.
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/20/legionnaires-disease-outbreak-nyc-city-pneumonia/
Published: July 20, 2026 21:04
4 facts during a deadly NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak
In the Ohio Senate race, Sherrod Brown blamed Ohio residential electric bill hikes on HB 6 and said his opponent, Jon Husted, had backed it. Husted supported the legislation. But the law wasn’t the main driver of rising prices.
https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jul/20/sherrod-brown/sherrod-brown-blames-hb-6-for-electric-bill-spike-experts-say-the-law-wasnt-the-main-cause/
Published: July 20, 2026 17:45
Since the passage of the “Jon Husted-backed” HB 6, Ohioans’ residential utility rates have gone up $663 a year.
President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say 250,000 noncitizens are on four states’ voter rolls. But this is a preliminary number that is often drastically reduced after vetting.
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/17/mullin-homeland-security-noncitizen-voters-trump/
Published: July 17, 2026 21:56
Are 250,000 noncitizens on US voting rolls?
President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say 250,000 noncitizens are on four states’ voter rolls. But this is a preliminary number that is often drastically reduced after vetting.
http://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jul/17/Mullin-dhs-250000-noncitizen-voters-Trump/
Published: July 17, 2026 21:10
Fact-check: Are 250,000 noncitizens on US voting rolls?
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has taken aim at his Senate competitor, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., over Georgia’s healthcare premiums. Analysts agree that premiums increased, but what was the cause?
http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jul/16/jon-ossoff/did-mike-collins-help-double-health-insurance-prem/
Published: July 16, 2026 15:58
President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”
President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address to the country with an expected focus on election security. PolitiFact will fact-check his remarks live.
http://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jul/16/president-trump-address-nation-speech-election/
Published: July 16, 2026 15:47
Fact-checking Trump TV address on election security