# PolitiFact API: Search fact checks > Finds PolitiFact fact checks matching a claim, topic, or person, newest first. An exact person match returns that person's checked statements; otherwise fact-check text is searched. An optional Truth-O-Meter rating filters the results. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by PolitiFact. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/politifact.com/search-fact-checks - Method: `politifact.com/search_fact_checks`, version 1 - Website: politifact.com - Returns: speaker, statement, said_at, rating, published_date, fact_checker, rating_image_url, fact_check_url - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `query` | string | yes | `"gas prices"` | Claim, topic, or person to find, for example gas prices or Joe Biden. | | `rating` | string | no | `"any"` | Truth-O-Meter rating, for example mostly_false; any includes all ratings. One of "any", "true", "mostly_true", "half_true", "mostly_false", "false", "pants_on_fire". Default "any". | | `max_results` | integer | no | `25` | Most fact checks to return, for example 20. Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "query": "gas prices", "rating": "any", "max_results": 25 } ``` Its output: ```json { "fact_checks": [ { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters:", "speaker": "Donald Trump", "statement": "Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”", "fact_checker": "Louis Jacobson", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/may/08/donald-trump/gasoline-prices-falling-crude-oil/", "published_date": "2026-05-08", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" }, { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:", "speaker": "Joe Biden", "statement": "The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”", "fact_checker": "Louis Jacobson", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/joe-biden/gas-prices-hit-5-gallon-more-year-after-joe-biden/", "published_date": "2022-10-28", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" }, { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:", "speaker": "Viral image", "statement": "Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.”", "fact_checker": "Ciara O'Rourke", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/viral-image/no-kamala-harris-didnt-say-this-about-gas-prices/", "published_date": "2022-10-18", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"politifact.com/search_fact_checks","input":{"query":"gas prices","rating":"any","max_results":25}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Find the latest PolitiFact fact checks on claims made by Ron DeSantis - What claims about immigration at the southern border have been rated Pants on Fire recently? Give me up to 10. - Show me 30 recent fact checks about Social Security that were judged mostly false - Has anyone fact-checked the claim that wind turbines cause cancer? Pull what PolitiFact found. - List Elizabeth Warren statements that fact checkers rated true, newest first, max 15 ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Claim, topic, or person to find, for example gas prices or Joe Biden." }, "rating": { "enum": [ "any", "true", "mostly_true", "half_true", "mostly_false", "false", "pants_on_fire" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Truth-O-Meter rating, for example mostly_false; any includes all ratings." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Most fact checks to return, for example 20." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "fact_checks" ], "properties": { "fact_checks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "speaker", "statement", "said_at", "rating", "published_date", "fact_checker", "rating_image_url", "fact_check_url" ], "properties": { "rating": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Truth-O-Meter rating label." }, "said_at": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Where and when the claim was stated, as shown by PolitiFact." }, "speaker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Person or group credited with the claim." }, "statement": { "type": "string", "description": "Statement checked." }, "fact_checker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Name of the fact checker." }, "fact_check_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Link to the fact-check page." }, "published_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Date the fact check was published." }, "rating_image_url": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Link to the rating image." } } }, "description": "Matching fact checks, newest first." } } } ``` ## See more - [Snopes API: List latest fact checks](https://fous.com/methods/snopes.com/list-latest-fact-checks.md): Lists the newest Snopes fact checks overall or in a topic, with each claim, rating, author, publication date, image and article link. 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