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Amy Sherman - PolitiFact Staff Writer
Amy Sherman

PolitiFact Staff Writer

Amy Sherman is a staff writer for the Miami Herald and for PolitiFact Florida. She was born in Amherst, Mass., and moved to Minnesota to attend college at Macalester in St. Paul. She worked for the St. Paul Pioneer Press before moving to Florida in 2004 and joining the Miami Herald.

  1. DeSantis said not ‘a single book’ was banned in Florida. Districts have removed dozens.
    June 1• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, leaves a fundraising picnic for Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa.
  2. Yes, Trump suggested raising Social Security retirement age in a 2000 book
    May 13• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Former President Donald Trump switched his position on raising the age for full Social Security benefits when he joined the 2016 presidential race.
  3. Program finds voters on the rolls who moved or died. Why are states leaving it?
    May 12• Elections
    Ramiro Saez, left, helps his son Lucas Saez, 22, fill out a voter registration form, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in Doral, Fla.
  5. What is an indictment? A guide to the process and what it means for Trump
    April 2• Crime
    Law enforcement personnel confer outside Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Friday, March 31, 2023.
  6. When will Social Security sunset? Barring congressional changes, money will deplete by 2034
    Feb. 26• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden speaks about Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drug costs, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
  7. Biden is halfway through his term. Here’s how many campaign promises he’s kept so far.
    Jan. 20• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden speaks about manufacturing jobs and the economy at SK Siltron CSS, a computer chip factory in Bay City, Mich., Nov. 29, 2022.
  8. Tucker Carlson’s claim that Brazil’s election was rigged is unfounded
    Jan. 13• Nation & World
    Fox News host Tucker Carlson during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on March 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C..
  9. Herschel Walker backs efforts that further his goal of banning abortion
    Nov. 24, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, finished slightly ahead of Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the Nov. 8 midterm election, but with just less than 50% of the vote, forcing a runoff.
  10. Why it’s not suspicious for ballot counting to take days
    Nov. 9, 2022• Elections
    Election workers sort early ballots for signature verification prior to tabulation inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix.
  11. Rubio said someone could blow up a ballot drop box, ignoring safe track record
    Oct. 20, 2022• Elections
    A poll worker verifies a vote-by-mail ballot as a voter uses the official ballot drop box setup at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on Oct. 19, 2020, in Miami.
  12. Fact-checking comments about Rubio and DeSantis votes against Hurricane Sandy aid
    Oct. 3, 2022• Hurricane
    Gov. Ron DeSantis talks during a news conference on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at the Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus.
  13. Democrats’ climate, health care bill fulfills some Biden promises, not others
    Aug. 18, 2022• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14, 2021.
  14. Can Donald Trump run for president if charged and convicted of removing official records?
    Aug. 10, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Former President Donald Trump said in a statement Monday that Mar-a-Lago was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”
  15. In Jan. 6 hearing, former AG Barr discredits ‘2,000 Mules’ voter fraud film
    June 16, 2022• Nation & World
    In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion in St. Louis.
  16. What are red flag gun laws and do they keep people safe?
    June 13, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Hillsborough Chief Judge Ron Ficcarrota presides over a 2019 risk protection case.
  17. Fact-checking 5 claims in the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade
    May 4, 2022• Nation & World
    The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, as security measure are enhanced on the perimeter following protests sparked by news that the court might overturn cases that guarantee abortions.
  18. Hillsborough GOP says Kathy Castor is a communist. That’s ‘completely false’
    Dec. 21, 2021• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, left, listens to U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, right, during a press conference Aug. 18, 2020, outside the USPS branch in downtown St. Petersburg.
  19. Why the GOP talking point about ‘government takeover’ of child care is wrong
    Dec. 3, 2021• Nation & World
    Allison Hornbeck, VPK teacher, on left, talks with Angelo Celormy, center, and Dennasia Parker, right, as they work through an exercise during a preschool class at the Lew Williams Center for Early Learning, 901 34th St. S, on Oct. 5 in St. Petersburg.
  20. Fact-checking Joe Biden at CNN’s town hall
    Oct. 22, 2021• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore on Thursday.
  21. How many undocumented Canadians live in the United States?
    Oct. 5, 2021• Nation & World
    Vehicles enter the United States as a bus drives to Canada in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit on March 16, 2020.
  22. How are Afghan refugees being vetted? Here’s what we know
    Aug. 26, 2021• Nation & World
    Afghan refugees arrive at a processing center in Chantilly, Va., Monday after arriving on a flight at Dulles International Airport.
  23. Photo of sick COVID-19 patients on floor in Jacksonville is real | PolitiFact
    Aug. 20, 2021• Health
    A viral photo originally posted on Reddit of two people lying on the ground sick with COVID-19 seeking treatment.
  24. As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter
    Aug. 10, 2021• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    North Carolina election workers check voters' identification on Super Tuesday at a library in Asheville, on March 8, 2016.