Our Most Popular Articles in 2024

We wrote about a lot of misinformation in 2024, and, as usual, some fact-checking articles piqued our readers’ interest more than others. In this post, we present the 10 most popular stories published on our website this past year. Perhaps to no surprise, posts about the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates occupy most of the spots on our list. Articles about immigration also were in high demand, as was our guide to the conservative playbook known as Project 2025. Here, in order, are our most read stories: Harris’ Position on Health Care for Transgender Prisoners and Detainees In this Ask FactCheck article, we answered readers who asked if Vice President Kamala Harris supported government-paid gender-affirming surgery for prison inmates and immigrant detainees. As we wrote, Harris expressed support in a 2019 questionnaire for “medically necessary” gender-affirming care, including surgical care, for federal prisoners and detainees. She also said in an Oct. 16 Fox News interview that, if elected, she would “follow the law,” which requires medical care for prisoners and detainees. Breaking Down the Immigration Figures Illegal immigration was a major issue for voters, and in our article, published in February, we looked at the number of encounters on the...