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Amy Sherman

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: What have Trump officials said about ICE agents at voting sites? (opens the original)

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    A fabricated scene of immigration agents prowling a voting site recently spread across social media, with comments split between people in favor of the idea and those who are disturbed by it. In the video, made with generative artificial intelligence, masked immigration officers hassle a voter wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt and yell “keep your head down” to another marking her ballot. TikTok and X users sharing the video said this is what President Donald Trump wants for the November midte

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Amy Sherman and Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporters

    Fact-checking Trump's claim that 'thousands' of immigrants illegally voted in New Jersey (opens the original)

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    President Donald Trump said “thousands” of immigrants in the U.S. illegally cast ballots in New Jersey — which goes beyond what federal and state officials have confirmed so far. “They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote,” Trump said in a July 22 speech in Georgia. “Thousands and thousands of votes.” Trump’s statement came as he criticized Democrats for voting against legislation that included an element of the SAVE America Act voting legislation. Ne

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: Did drug overdose deaths decrease because Trump 'sealed the border'? (opens the original)

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    Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration’s border strategy kept drugs out of Maine and saved lives. “Last year in 2025, did you know that overdoses in the state of Maine were down by 20%, and already in 2026 they’re down by another 17%?” Vance said in an Aug. 24 speech at Compotech, a defense contractor in Brewer, Maine. “We sealed the border, and that’s what happened, my friends, and that’s why we did it.” Vance didn’t specify whether he meant fatal overdoses but he later nodded to

  4. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-checking claims about US Senate candidates and Jeffrey Epstein (opens the original)

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    James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate, accused his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton, of giving a sex offender a light jail sentence. The lenient plea deal generated plenty of headlines and criticism, but Talarico drew even more attention to it in a May interview — accusing Paxton of doling out “Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles.” The accusation in the Texas Senate race is one of many attacks related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the 202

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: How popular are voter ID requirements and how common are they? (opens the original)

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    An ad airing nationwide encourages people to call their senators and tell them to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require photo ID to vote. The ad says the majority of people support that requirement. “As Americans we are fair and logical. 83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us,” says the ad by Restoration of America, the umbrella name of several conservative advocacy organizations. “We need to be able to trust that

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