Several VERIFY readers asked if a vice president can declassify documents. They can – here’s why.
Joe Biden
President Biden said during a recent event that he awarded his uncle, Frank Biden, a Purple Heart after becoming vice president. But that’s not...
President Biden visited border in January 2023 for the first time since taking office
Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Jan. 8, 2023, after he previously faced criticism for not making any public appearances at the border during...
A district judge declared Biden’s debt relief plan to be unconstitutional in Brown v. Department of Education. The administration is appealing the decision.
Although people who qualify for forgiveness can still apply, the Department of Education can’t cancel any debt while an appeals court considers a legal...
A video of First Lady Jill Biden at an Eagles game was edited to include audible boos. In the original shared by the NFL,...
President Biden’s son, Beau, died from brain cancer in 2015. Biden has attributed his son’s cancer diagnosis to burn pit exposure in Iraq.
Some borrowers with privately held federal student loans are no longer eligible for debt relief if they didn’t apply to consolidate them before Sept....
Federal law gives Congress the authority to set federal student loan interest rates, not the president. That means Biden cannot make interest rate changes...
Some people on social media have claimed that an executive order signed in March 2022 would make paper money “worthless.” That’s false.
The phone number appeared on thousands of Racine County inactive voter registration records after a system upgrade, and most of those weren’t eligible to...
The Consumer Price Index, the most widely used measure of inflation, was unchanged in July, as President Biden claimed. But annual inflation remains high.