The Hill
Our investigations stand on The Hill's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
19 stories, each opening at its source.
- The Hill: Wyden presses DEA for answers on secret Epstein investigation (2015 ‘Chain Reaction’ memo; Epstein + 14)
- The Hill — Borunda resigned from Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (the ‘voter fraud’ panel), 2017
- The Hill — House GOP cuts two weeks from its September schedule
- The Hill — the $800M Argentine beef deal and GOP pushback
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (2024) — US data-center water use, via The Hill
- The Hill — Ohio Republican official said he made 'honest error' in voting twice
- The Hill on the same allegation as described in the injunction
- The Hill: Can CNN really pivot to the center under Chris Licht?
- The Hill: Sanders says Carville should 'start his own party'
- The Hill: Carville says Nevada caucuses are 'going very well' for Putin
- The Hill — the lawmakers were not named subjects and were never charged; could be subjects 'in the future'
- The Hill — Musk pours nearly $160M into Texas PAC boosting Paxton's Senate bid
- The Hill — a Washington Post/University of Maryland poll found about one-third of US adults say Biden was not legitimately elected
- The Hill — the blocked March settlement memo and the 'cracking down' cable
- The Hill — the Pentagon's rationale that the new casualty category is tied to the end of Operation Epic Fury
- The Hill — the oil deal would benefit Middle Eastern business executives tied to the negotiators
- The Hill — DOJ monitor numbers (2022: 289; 2024: 714; 2026: ~1,000)
- The Hill — DOJ warning to America PAC over the giveaway
- The Hill — Guilfoyle's texts to donor Eric Deters, in the run-up to her confirmation
Where their work appears on this site
- Access for Sale →
- Thumb on the Scale →
- Data Centers, Cows, and Your Water →
- The Doors That Keep Closing on Epstein's Money →
- The Freakout →
- A Million a Day →
- We Don't Need to Pretend →
- Projection →
- A Hacker at the Voting-Rights Desk →
- Shielding Israel From Washington →
- The Casualty Count: The Pentagon's Disappearing Iran-War Dead →
- The Cover-Up That Didn't End: crime, settlement, and the fight over the Epstein files →
- The Deal Inside the Deal →
- The Epstein-Files Blockade →
- The Only Donor →
- Cheat Like Hell →
- Voting While Republican →
- The Epstein Class →
- Israeli Influence on the United States →
- Looting the American Public →
- Media Ownership →
- Return on Investment →
- Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
- Sowing Division →
- The Real Voter Fraud? →
- Who Controls What You Get to Know →
How we graded the claims built on their work
20 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE · 1 SOME SMOKE · 1 FALSE / MISLEADING. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- The Doors That Keep Closing on Epstein's Money →
A federal drug task force named Epstein as a target — and 14 others whose names are still redacted.
FACT - Projection →
A member of Trump’s 2017 ‘voter fraud’ commission pleaded guilty to federal child sex crimes.
FACT - The Epstein-Files Blockade →
As the push to force a vote gained steam, House leaders canceled the last two work weeks before the midterms.
FACT - Data Centers, Cows, and Your Water →
At the same time, the administration is sharply raising beef imports from Argentina.
FACT - Data Centers, Cows, and Your Water →
Data centers do use water — a lot of it, and the kind that comes from a tap.
FACT - Voting While Republican →
Edward Snodgrass (Ohio) — a Republican township trustee who forged his dead father's absentee ballot.
FACT - The Cover-Up That Didn't End: crime, settlement, and the fight over the Epstein files →
Fact-check: the 'judge confirmed Trump assaulted a 13-year-old' claim
FALSE / MISLEADING - Thumb on the Scale →
In 2022–23, new corporate ownership steered CNN toward the ‘center’ — with the May 2023 Trump town hall as the emblem.
FACT - Thumb on the Scale →
In 2026, CNN built a special around a strategist’s open ‘contempt’ for the progressive left.
FACT - The Freakout →
James Carville said the happiest person watching Sanders’s Nevada win was Vladimir Putin.
FACT - Data Centers, Cows, and Your Water →
Lutnick said data centers 'don't use water' and pointed at cows instead.
FACT - We Don't Need to Pretend →
None of the three lawmakers was charged, or even formally named a subject — and all deny wrongdoing.
FACT - The Only Donor →
Texas PAC: a committee with one donor.
FACT - Cheat Like Hell →
The 'joke' doesn't contain it — his election-fraud rhetoric is believed literally, and acted on.
FACT - Shielding Israel From Washington →
The blocked settlement cable, and the rewritten settler-violence report.
PROBABLY TRUE - The Casualty Count: The Pentagon's Disappearing Iran-War Dead →
The count was split in two — and it started with a cover story that fell apart.
FACT - The Deal Inside the Deal →
The deal would benefit business figures tied to the negotiators — and reportedly a Trump donor.
FACT - A Hacker at the Voting-Rights Desk →
The DOJ plans a record ~1,000 federal election monitors for the November 2026 midterms.
FACT - The Cover-Up That Didn't End: crime, settlement, and the fight over the Epstein files →
The FBI interview notes referencing a 13-year-old and Trump
SOME SMOKE - We Don't Need to Pretend →
The FBI investigated whether Graham (R) and Clyburn (D) — and Rep. Joe Wilson (R) — were part of a Navatek pay-for-play scheme.
FACT - Shielding Israel From Washington →
The investigation exists, and its sourcing is heavy.
FACT - A Million a Day →
The Justice Department's election-crimes unit warned America PAC in writing that the giveaway 'may violate' the federal ban on paying people in connection with registration.
FACT - Access for Sale →
The timing: days before her Senate confirmation to become ambassador to Greece.
FACT