Did the CIA declassify a 1957 file in 1999 that proves true the theories about the hidden history of an advanced global civilization, the Tartarian Empire? No, that's not true: The CIA document "National Cultural Development Under Communi
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2024 Solar Eclipse — It’s From 2017 Eclipse
Does a viral image on social media show the 2024 solar eclipse? No, that's not true: The photo appeared online almost seven years before the April 9, 2024, solar event. It was taken by an astrophotographer who captured the previous eclips
The Dispatch→ Why Congress Must Reform FISA Section 702—and How It Can
Instituting a warrant requirement would protect Americans against abusive searches of their private communications.
Full Fact→ Only one area in England has seen a 79% increase in four-week waits for a GP
Across England as a whole the overall increase was 38%.
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – RFK Jr. said that Jan. 6 ‘protestors carried no weapons.’ Evidence shows that's Pants on Fire!
On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – No, this video doesn't show New York Gov. Kathy Hochul being denied entry into police officer’s wake
Video shows “New York Governor Kathy Hochul being denied entry into the wake for slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller.”
AllSides→ Does Not Ejaculating for 7 Days Increase Testosterone by 45%?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/increase-testosterone-45-percent/ Claim: Not ejaculating for seven da
PolitiFact→ Nancy Mace – No, crime has not 'skyrocketed' under Joe Biden, as Rep. Nancy Mace claimed
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
PolitiFact→ 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting
Elon Musk has flooded X with false or misleading posts about immigrants voting illegally. His frequent warnings ignore safeguards to prevent fraudulent voting.
PolitiFact→ Kristi Noem – Claim that Joe Biden banned religious Easter egg designs isn't all it's cracked up to be
“Joe Biden banned ‘religious themed’ eggs at the White House’s Easter Egg design contest for kids.”
PolitiFact→ Scott Walker – Former Wisconsin governor's statement on layoffs is correct, but it’s lacking context
“We just had 100% increase in layoffs.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – US warning Russia about a terror attack doesn’t mean the US ordered it. It was the ‘duty to warn'
A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Pete Buttigieg didn't blame Baltimore bridge collapse on racism. This clip is from 2021
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”
The Dispatch→ The Reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702, Explained
Congress is weighing the renewal of a powerful intelligence-gathering tool.
PolitiFact→ At stake in mifepristone case: abortion, FDA’s authority and return to 1873 obscenity law
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to federal regulation of mifepristone, a prescription-only abortion drug. A victory in the case, brought by a conservative group, would lay the groundwork for a de facto nationwide abortion ban.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Oklahoma National Guard's deployment for April eclipse doesn’t signal something ‘bigger’
The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
PolitiFact→ Brian Kilmeade – Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it's not the Chinese government
The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Did NOT Raise Taxes On Most People Earning Under $75,000
Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act raise taxes on most people earning under $75,000? No, that's not true: The 2017 law aimed to lower taxes for individuals through measures such as reducing income tax rates and raising the standard deduction.
PolitiFact→ Eric Hovde – Are GOP Senate candidate's claims about national debt under Biden, Baldwin correct?
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
PolitiFact→ MAGA Inc – MAGA Inc. ad cuts off Biden’s criticism of Trump's Russia, NATO remarks, making him appear lost
President Joe Biden said “do whatever the hell they want,” paused, and then said, “I guess I should clear my mind here a little bit.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden said Medicare drug price negotiations cut the deficit by $160 billion. That's years away.
“We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton quoted from gospel song 17 years apart. It’s not nefarious
Video of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton speeches proves that their words are “all scripts and copied, all fake.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Katie Britt's immigration claims in Republican 2024 State of the Union response
In the Republican response to the State of the Union address, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., criticized President Joe Biden for creating a “border crisis” through executive actions. Here’s the context behind some actions Britt highlighted.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Say Biden Was Planning ‘Terrible Crime’ Against Russia On March 7, 2024
Did Tucker Carlson say in Russian that Biden was planning a "terrible crime" against Russia on March 7, 2024? No, that's not true: In the original video of Carlson taken from his social media account for a post on X, he does not mention P
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Fact check: Elon Musk's claim that Democrats are avoiding deportations to win elections is False.
Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.”
PolitiFact→ Voto Latino . – Deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin isn’t 'less than two weeks' away
"There are less than two weeks until the deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This photo doesn’t show the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas; it was posted in 2017
Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof a study found lab-grown meat funded by Bill Gates causes 'turbo cancer'
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
Full Fact→ Ireland’s U17 women’s football team didn’t turn away during Israeli national anthem
A video which is claimed to show the football team turning their backs while the Israeli anthem is played, has been edited.
Full Fact→ London council tax as a whole isn’t 71% higher than it was when Sadiq Khan took office
Only the mayor’s portion of council tax in London has increased by 71% in this time. Council tax as a whole has risen, but not by as much.
PolitiFact→ No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'
After a shooting in Joel Osteen’s Houston church, some pundits claimed the assailant was transgender and the tragedy was a sign of rising LGBTQ+ extremist violence. Domestic terrorism experts say data doesn’t support that.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 97% Of Guns NOT In Areas Of US That Account For 3% Of Gun Violence
Are 97 percent of the guns in the United States located in areas that account for only three percent of gun violence? No, that's not true: Gun violence experts told Lead Stories that different statistics demonstrate a correlation: In regi
PolitiFact→ Heartland Signal – Claim that GOP candidate Eric Hovde 'owns three homes in Central America' is Mostly False
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."
Full Fact→ The NHS Covid-19 app didn’t cost £37 billion
An old myth that the NHS Covid app cost £37 billion has resurfaced. In fact, that’s the budget for the first two years of the entire Test and Trace programme.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts invented the name 'Sahil Omar' as one of the Kansas City shooting suspects
“At least one of Kansas City shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant.”
PolitiFact→ What's going on at the US-Mexico border, and what are asylum and parole?
What's going on at the US-Mexico border, and what are asylum and parole?
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – An 1871 law did not make the United States government a corporation
An 1871 law made the United States government a for-profit corporation.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump was not the first GOP presidential nominee to sweep Oklahoma’s 77 counties
In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56."
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Killer Mike's arrest at Grammy Awards wasn't because he didn't endorse Joe Biden
Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Altered photo shows Taylor Swift holding a 'Trump won' flag
Taylor Swift was photographed holding a “Trump won, Democrats cheated!” flag.