Samantha Putterman

The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international

Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing.

Advertisement Updated: 11:50 AM PDT May 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

With the facility's future in flux, PolitiFact rounded up fact-checks of statements by DeSantis and Trump that miscast its detainees, environmental effects and funding.

U.S. officials announced federal charges May 20 against former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four people, including three Americans.

Are Cuba's 22-hour blackouts and a US oil blockade unrelated, as Marco Rubio said?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax plan would raise the state’s threshold for taxing primary homes from $50,000 to $250,000 by 2028. We fact-checked DeSantis on the percentage of Florida homeowners who would not have to pay taxes.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his long-awaited plan to overhaul the state's property tax system, saying it would initially eliminate property taxes for 60% of Florida homeowners.

"The real reason you don’t have electricity, fuel or food is because those who control your country have plundered billions of dollars, but nothing has been used to help the people," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Opponents of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax plan say the Republican measure would defund essential public services or cause new taxes as Florida’s local governments try to cover the revenue shortfall. Would it?