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Trump Touts Medicaid Drug Savings, But Details Remain Murky

Trump Touts Medicaid Drug Savings, But Details Remain Murky
October 5, 2026

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

Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
October 1, 2026

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

Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
September 29, 2026

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

Paxton’s Uvalde Comment in Full Context
September 25, 2026

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

Republican Ad Attacks Cooper with Misleading Claim About Rape Kits
September 25, 2026

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.

GOP Ads Mislead on Public Option Proposals’ Impact on Rural Hospitals

GOP Ads Mislead on Public Option Proposals’ Impact on Rural Hospitals
September 23, 2026

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

FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense Keynote
September 18, 2026

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

GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff’s Vote Against Trump Tax Cuts
September 18, 2026

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.