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PolitiFact is live fact-checking the State of the Union tonight. Here’s how to watch, where Biden stands with his promises, and more: #StateOfTheUnion  #SOTU2023 

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We fact-checked Joe Biden’s claims about inflation, Trump’s share of the national debt, and investments in the nation’s infrastructure.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will deliver his State of the State address today. Here's a look at how DeSantis has fared on our Truth-O-Meter:

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Marjorie Taylor Greene said a single Illinois school received $5.1 billion for equity and diversity efforts. That’s wrong. The money was divided among Illinois school districts to reopen schools after pandemic closures.

There’s a central question the U.S. appears to be unequipped to answer about police killings: Are more people dying at the hands of law enforcement now than ever?

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Joe Biden has said he came out quickly to oppose the Iraq War. That's not what the record shows.

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump said Clinton would double taxes for Americans. False.

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NEW: Medical experts and the CDC said it’s not biologically possible for the COVID-19 vaccines to “shed” or affect unvaccinated people, despite what anti-vaccine activists claim.

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump's suggestion that Hillary Clinton and her campaign started the birther movement is False.…

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Trump says the visa lottery "hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of our people." But lottery entrants must meet educational and work experience requirements. #SOTU 

An image of the Highland Park shooting suspect shared by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is noticeably edited. There’s no evidence it actually shows him "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center," as she claimed.

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