Does President-elect Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship mean four of his children wouldn't be considered United States citizens? No, that's not true: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Barron Trump's father is a
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT Say ’72 Mandatory Childrens Vaccines’ Were Never Safety Tested
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci ever say that 72 mandatory childhood vaccines were never safety tested? No, that's not true: Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Lead Stories, "This claim is
Full Fact→ No evidence child found wandering in Dewsbury or Chesterfield
These Facebook posts are likely hoaxes, and very similar to others we’ve seen before.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Donald Trump didn’t name former NBA player Karl Malone director of Child Protective Services
"Donald Trump has appointed NBA legend Karl Malone as the new director of Child Protective Services."
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
“Parents of trans-species kids no longer getting money every month” because of President-elect Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump NOT Planning To Abolish Fake ‘Trans-Species Child Tax Credit’ — It’s Satire
Is President-elect Donald Trump planning to abolish a tax credit for parents of "trans-species" children, or kids who identify as animals? No, that's not true: This originated on a social media account that clearly labels itself as "satir
PolitiFact→ X posts – No evidence of officials threatening to 'keep' children of Helene victims who can't find shelter
“Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trans Child On Magazine Cover Later Blamed ‘Transgender Activists’ For Ruining Their Life
Did the trans child featured on a National Geographic cover later claim that "transgender activists" ruined their life? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that Avery Jackson ever said anything about transgender activists ruining the
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, FBI didn’t seize a video of Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs party
The FBI seized a video of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Sean “Diddy” Combs party.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Real Childhood Quebec Home of Kamala Harris
Do photos showing luxurious mansions depict the real Quebec childhood home of Vice President Kamala Harris and prove she was not raised in a middle-class family? No, that's not true: The images in this post display houses not found on the
PolitiFact→ Ruben Gallego – Ruben Gallego misleads on Kari Lake opposing the child tax credit portion of 2021 spending package
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Recent hurricanes devastated U.S. communities, but this isn’t an authentic photo of a rescued child
An image shows a child affected by recent hurricanes in the United States.
Full Fact→ Image of distressed child holding puppy amid flooding appears AI-generated
Several south-eastern US states have been hit by severe flooding in the wake of Hurricane Helene, but this isn’t a real picture from the disaster.
Health Feedback→ Decline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism
REVIEW Despite overwhelming evidence that childhood vaccination doesn’t cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this belief still persists among some groups. A 2020 study, for instance, found that more than one in three parents of children with ASD
Full Fact→ Childhood vaccines aren’t ‘poison’
Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Mother ‘Angrily Calling Her Child’s Teacher For Misgendering’ Is NOT Authentic — It’s Reenactment With Professional Actress
Does a viral video authentically capture a heated phone exchange between the mother of a 14-year-old transgender girl and her child's teacher who insists on using an incorrect pronoun to address the student? No, that's not true: The woman
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral posts about a lost child separated from his mother aren’t authentic
Photos show a toddler “saved” by Deputy Tyler Cooper.
Full Fact→ Pictured child not ‘saved’ by police in Hartlepool
This is the latest in a series of hoax posts we’ve written about recently, all claiming a wandering child has been found in different parts of the UK.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove ‘Harvesting Children’s Faces’ In China Or Elsewhere — It Shows Women Talking About Facelifts
Does a viral video offer evidence that children's faces are being "harvested" in China or anywhere in the world to be transplanted onto female recipients trying to look younger? No, that's not true: Both Mandarin subtitles and original vo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Five Children Passed Away’ In U.S. From Instant Ramen Noodles During Recall
Was a 2024 recall of instant ramen noodles linked to deaths of five children in the U.S., as a post on TikTok suggested? No, that's not true: At the time of this publication, one voluntary recall was listed on the Food and Drug Administra
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral post about a lost child in Elko County, Nevada, isn’t real
Photo shows a child “saved” by Deputy Ryan Braidley in Elko County, Nevada.
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance’s faulty comparison of Trump, Harris on child separation at the border
A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Fact-checking the False claim that migrants tried ‘to hijack 2 school buses filled with children’
“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”
The Dispatch→ The Unbearable Lightness of Choosing Children
When having children becomes a means to culture-war ends, we’ve lost the plot.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s False claim: Harris wants to ‘forcibly compel” doctors to give children ‘castration drugs’
Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
Full Fact→ Image of child shot in the head was taken in Yemen not Gaza
The picture is actually from Yemen in 2020 but is being shared on social media alongside a graphic of brands to boycott because of their supposed involvement with Israel.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Mel Gibson didn’t accuse Oprah Winfrey of selling children
Actor Mel Gibson told talk show host Oprah Winfrey, “You sell children!”
The Dispatch→ Lazy, Stupid, Childish
Why Donald Trump is losing—again—to a barely competent nonentity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mel Gibson Did NOT Accuse Oprah Winfrey Of Selling Children
Did Mel Gibson accuse Oprah Winfrey of selling children? No, that's not true: "None of this is true," Gibson's longtime publicist told Lead Stories. The post offered no evidence for the claim that the Hollywood actor was "gearing up" to c
The Dispatch→ Claims About Children Born Alive After Abortion Attempts in Minnesota Are True
The state recorded eight deaths among infants who survived abortion attempts during Tim Walz’s tenure as governor.
PolitiFact→ Federal appeals court rules in favor of PolitiFact and Meta against Children’s Health Defense
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in PolitiFact’s favor in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The organization sued Poynter following a fact-check about the flu vaccine.
The Dispatch→ ‘What Are Children For?’ Can’t Remain a Question Forever
Natalism debates are about far more than finances and climate change.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Project 2025 Does NOT Claim ‘Only Valid Family’ Is Working Father, Stay-At-Home Mother, Their Children
Does Project 2025 say, "The only valid family is a working father married to a stay-at-home mother and their children"? No, that's not true: Nowhere in Project 2025's book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise" does it say tha
FactCheck.org→ Vance Wrong On Child Tax Credit, Harris’ Remarks About Climate Change and Having Kids
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In defending his “childless cat lady” comments, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrongly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is calling for an end to the c
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Exaggerations on Chronic Disease in Children
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given children’s health and the “chronic disease epidemic” a prominent role in his campaign. We’ve written abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Suggest Young People ‘Should Not Have Children Due To Climate Change’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris suggest that young people "should not have children due to climate change," as implied by a post on X? No, that's not true: In the clip, she described how "young leaders" define climate anxiety. She did no
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – Kamala Harris has worked to expand the child tax credit, not end it, as J.D. Vance said
Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”
The Dispatch→ Hezbollah Attack Kills 12 Children in Northern Israel
Plus: Boeing’s no-good, very bad year.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Repeats Falsehoods About Childhood Vaccines in Leaked Phone Call With RFK Jr.
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a leaked phone call with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former President Donald Trump incorrectly suggested that childhood vaccine doses are too large
Full Fact→ How many children are in poverty due to the two-child benefit cap?
Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski’s claim that the cap “kept 1.8 million children in poverty last year” is not correct.