FactCheck.org Clinches Prestigious National Headliner Award

FactCheck.org is proud to announce its achievement of the prestigious 2025 National Headliner Award for excellence in online beat reporting focused on government and political affairs. The top honor in this category recognized our rigorous fact-checking of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s immigration assertions. The National Headliner Awards, established in 1934 by the Atlantic City Press Club, revealed this year's recipients on April 30. Authors Robert Farley, Catalina Jaramillo, D’Angelo Gore, and Lori Robertson crafted three impactful articles that dissected misinformation surrounding a bipartisan immigration bill and analyzed Trump’s security claims linked to Venezuela. The judges praised our comprehensive journalism for empowering voters with essential facts.