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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Fact Check | No, 300 Iowans did not get to re-vote

Fact Check | No, 300 Iowans did not get to re-vote

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor November 6, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Sarah Watson and Julia Shanahan If your time...

Fact Check | Farm bankruptcies highest in eight years

Fact Check | Farm bankruptcies highest in eight years

Lyle Muller, Iowa Politifact editor October 31, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Julia Shanahan and Sarah Watson If your...

Fact Check | Greenfield attacks on Ernst Affordable Care Act lawsuit position reflect past statements

Fact Check | Greenfield attacks on Ernst Affordable Care Act lawsuit position reflect past statements

Caleb McCullough, Politics Editor October 30, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Sarah Watson If your time...

Fact Check | Ernst's claim to stand with DACA requires context

Fact Check | Ernst’s claim to stand with DACA requires context

Madison Black, Iowa Politifact Reporter October 29, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Sarah Watson If your...

Fact Check | Ernst mostly true in claiming she is one of the most bipartisan senators

Fact Check | Ernst mostly true in claiming she is one of the most bipartisan senators

Rylee Wilson and Rachel Schilke October 21, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Sarah Watson If your time...

Fact Check | Trump’s federal disaster declaration for Iowa made a week after destructive derecho

Fact Check | Trump’s federal disaster declaration for Iowa made a week after destructive derecho

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor August 26, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Sarah Watson If your time is short: ...

Fact Check | Republican committee's claim about the estate tax isn't the whole story

Fact Check | Republican committee’s claim about the estate tax isn’t the whole story

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor July 23, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Rylee Wilson If your...

Fact Check | Existing research shows lower rate of children getting, spreading COVID-19

Fact Check | Existing research shows lower rate of children getting, spreading COVID-19

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor July 16, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson If...

Fact Check | Yes, the former U.S. vice president Johnson County is named after held slaves, married and fathered children with enslaved woman

Fact Check | Yes, the former U.S. vice president Johnson County is named after held slaves, married and fathered children with enslaved woman

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor July 8, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson What...

Fact Check | Fewer than 75 percent of medical and dental students at UI are Iowa residents, but most are

Fact Check | Fewer than 75 percent of medical and dental students at UI are Iowa residents, but most are

Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor June 16, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Caleb McCullough  If...

Fact Check | Iowa leads the nation in overall high-school graduation rates, lags behind in minority graduation rates

Fact Check | Iowa leads the nation in overall high-school graduation rates, lags behind in minority graduation rates

Katie Ann McCarver, News Editor May 29, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Sarah Watson If your...

Fact Check | Theresa Greenfield’s no-corporate-PAC pledge needs some explanation

Fact Check | Theresa Greenfield’s no-corporate-PAC pledge needs some explanation

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor May 28, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Sarah Watson If your...