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Louis Jacobson - PolitiFact Chief Correspondent

PolitiFact Chief Correspondent

Louis Jacobson is the chief correspondent for PolitiFact and a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Times. He has served as deputy editor of Roll Call and as founding editor of its legislative wire service, CongressNow. Earlier, he spent more than a decade covering politics, policy and lobbying for National Journal magazine.

  1. PolitiFact examined the price of Walmart's Thanksgiving meal package after President Donald Trump referenced it in talking points about lowering prices.
  2. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2. Earlier this month, Trump promised Americans $2,000 each from the "trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue he said his administration has collected.
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  4. The Northern Lights over Reykjavik, Iceland.
  5. The U.S. Capitol is seen from Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. As House Republicans continued their efforts to advance what President Donald Trump calls his “big, beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt played down the bill’s expected federal deficit impact.
  6. The HF Sinclair El Dorado oil refinery is seen March 21 in El Dorado, Kan. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said May 18 on NBC's "Meet the Press" that gas prices have "collapsed" under President Donald Trump.
  7. The U.S. Capitol is seen from Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.
  8. President Donald Trump expressed high hopes for an executive order to reduce drug prices. But experts caution that the order’s required procedural steps would make it far from an immediate fix.
  9. A 13-year-old private Boeing aircraft that President Donald Trump toured to check out new hardware and technology features, and highlight the aircraft maker's delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft, takes off from Palm Beach International Airport on Feb. 16. Trump is facing backlash for his willingness to accept an airplane worth an estimated $400 million from Qatar’s royal family.
  10. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, is flanked by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, second from right, as he speaks during an event with House and Senate Democrats to mark 100 days of President Donald Trump's term on the steps of the Senate on April 30. Schumer said last month on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump's tariffs would cost American families about $4,000 a year.
  11. President Donald Trump holds a document with notes about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he speaks with reporters during a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington.
  12. Michael Milano works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025.
  13. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks to reporters after Senate Republicans met with Elon Musk at the Capitol in Washington on March 5.
  14. Elon Musk, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 11.
  15. A cargo ship waits to leave to the leave the Port of Los Angeles on June 25, 2024, in San Pedro, California.
  16. President Donald Trump speaks as Usha Vance listens in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
  17. President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024.
  18. Workers pack avocados in Uruapan, Mexico, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
  19. Former President Donald Trump dances as former first lady Melania Trump watches at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach.
  20. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 23.
  21. A view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
  22. This combination of photos taken at campaign rallies in Atlanta shows Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, 2024, left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on Aug. 3.