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Fact-checking GOP ad on Beasley rulings in death sentence, sexual assault cases

A new TV ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee claims that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley, a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, "vacated" a man's death sentence and "threw out" an indictment in a child assault case.

Amid public concerns about high inflation rates, President Joe Biden sought to reassure Americans that his administration had a handle on the economy by saying the federal government was poised to pay down a portion of the $23.8 trillion federal debt for the first time in several years. PolitiFact checks his claim.

hypatia-h_f0961774f0903b80f3ce275882b1fe66-h_b5a711399f7f8522a1254a4097f07d08-300 — Fact check: Is Biden choosing to send baby formula to the border?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its "out-of-touch priorities." PolitiFact checks that claim.

Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift Among Republicans on Climate Change — Fact check: GOP group says Republicans don't want to throw abortion doctors 'in jail'

The day after the leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent lawmakers and candidates suggested talking points on abortion. PolitiFact checks the claim that doctors don't want to throw doctors in jail.

A mailer produced by the N.C. Futures Action Fund, a liberal group, accuses state Sen. Kirk deViere (D-Cumberland) of voting against Medicaid expansion, the governor's budget and teacher raises. PolitiFact North Carolina checks the claim.