In a speech on the floor of the U.S. House, Rep. Ted Budd said there's about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related." PolitiFact North Carolina checks his claim.

During a Feb. 2 interview on Fox News, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., claimed President Joe Biden was allowing unauthorized immigrants to move ahead of American citizens to get their covid-19 vaccines.

If the government connected inflation to the minimum wage when it hit $7.25 an hour, President Biden said the minimum wage would be "$20 an hour right now." The U.S. Labor Department's data doesn't support his claim.

A new television ad airing in North Carolina slams liberals for not reopening grade schools across the country. The State Government Leadership Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, is launching a "Let Kids Learn" campaign that calls on state lawmakers to allow in-person instruction. The foundation partnered with N2 America, a nonprofit formed recently to improve conservative outreach in the suburbs.