President Donald Trump credited the National Guard Sunday for restoring order in Los Angeles following... The post Trump Escalates Crackdown on Protesters, Bans Masks and Blasts California Leaders appeared first on News Facts Network.
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News Facts Network→ Trump Suggests Musk’s Erratic Attacks Tied to Drug Use as Feud Escalates
Donald Trump is privately blaming Elon Musk’s recent erratic behavior on drug use, according to... The post Trump Suggests Musk’s Erratic Attacks Tied to Drug Use as Feud Escalates appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Steve Bannon Calls for Musk Deportation as Trump-Musk Feud Escalates
MAGA insider Steve Bannon called on Donald Trump to investigate and deport Elon Musk on... The post Steve Bannon Calls for Musk Deportation as Trump-Musk Feud Escalates appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Trump Escalates Attacks on Biden With New Probe Into “Autopen Conspiracy”
Donald Trump ordered a formal investigation Wednesday into whether Joe Biden‘s aides used autopen signatures... The post Trump Escalates Attacks on Biden With New Probe Into “Autopen Conspiracy” appeared first on News Facts Network.
The Dispatch→ The Disney-DeSantis Feud Escalates
An aerial view of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Plus: Biden reaffirms the U.S. commitment to South Korea’s defense.Continue reading The Disney-DeSantis Feud Escalates »
Snopes→ Trump Escalates War on Twitter by Signing Executive Order
The president escalated his war on social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the liability protections that have served as a bedrock for unfettered speech on the internet.
Snopes→ Warren Escalates Facebook Fight with Ad Targeting Zuckerberg
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has escalated her tiff with Facebook by running an ad — on Facebook — taking aim at its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
Snopes→ Border Wall, Bullet Train: California vs. Trump Escalates
The U.S. Department of Transportation told California it planned to cancel nearly $1 billion in federal money allocated to the rail project and wanted the state to return $2.5 billion it had already spent.
Snopes→ Crisis Escalates in Virginia; Top 3 Democrats Under Fire
The political crisis in Virginia spun out of control when the state's attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor.
Snopes→ Trump Escalates Threats Against Migrant Caravan
Trump tweeted: "This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!"
Snopes→ Trump Escalates Fight with ABC After ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation
President Donald Trump escalated a feud with ABC in the wake of the cancellation of "Roseanne," tweeting at the chief executive of ABC's parent company.
The Dispatch→ The Rwandan Genocide Echoes in DR Congo Strife
Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.
The Dispatch→ Two American Missionaries Killed in Haiti
Violence in the Caribbean nation escalates as the Kenyan peacekeeping force delays its deployment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Mom Removing LGBT Flag From Classroom — It’s A Skit By Comedian Jibrizy
Does this video show a real, very angry mom removing a LGBT flag from a classroom? No, that's not true: This video was made by the comedian and content creator Jibrizy. The original full-length video posted on Facebook states that this is
PolitiFact→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
In 2020, with Ron DeSantis as governor, Florida approved up to $570 million in tax credits for The Walt Disney Co. for a regional campus in Orlando. But Disney backed out of the deal as their feud escalates.
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘TikTok Benadryl Challenge’
On April 17 2023, a viral tweet about a deadly “Benadryl challenge” spreading on TikTok claimed that a boy in Ohio died after participating in it: 13-year-old dead after trying deadly TikTok “Benadryl challenge” The challenge is where
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump ‘Peekaboo’ Truth Social Post
On September 21 2022, screenshots of a Truth Social post referencing New York state attorney general Letitia “Peekaboo” James and attributed to former United States President Donald Trump began circulating; it was quickly shared to Reddit&#
Truth or Fiction?→ DCCC Spending Half a Million Dollars to Meddle in GOP Primary?
In late July 2022, posts on social media asserted that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) allocated “nearly half a million dollars to air ads boosting Donald Trump-endorsed John Gibbs over Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who vot
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘ … 4/25/1886: The New York Times Called the Eight-Hour Workday Movement “Un-American”‘
On May 2 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet which claimed that on April 25 1886, the New York Times called the eight-hour workday movement “un-American,” and “blamed the ‘labor disturbances’ on ‘for
Full Fact→ Don’t believe the funny story about the navy and the lighthouse
A story of a confrontation between a British aircraft carrier and an Irish lighthouse is being shared on Facebook along with the claim that it is “the transcript of the actual radio conversation between the British and the Irish, off the coast of
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Identify Suspect in Fatal Shooting as George Floyd’s Brother
Quick Take Viral Facebook posts falsely claim Dejywan Floyd — a Black man arrested April 1 in the fatal shooting of a woman in North Carolina — is George Floyd’s brother. There is no evidence the suspect is the brother of George Floyd
The Dispatch→ American Psycho at 30
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘When Covid Hit New Zealand’ Tweet
In February 2021, an undated screenshot of a tweet spread on Reddit and Imgur, which purportedly described the way New Zealand handled the COVID-19 pandemic (with an unvoiced but inherent contrast with the United States): Yep here you are f
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Long History With Conspiracy Theories
During a town hall event on Oct. 15, NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie pressed President Donald Trump on his sharing of a baseless conspiracy theory that accused his election rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, of murder. The theory, which has no b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say Americans Are ‘Going To Die’ When He’s Not President — Lincoln Project Edited Video Deceitfully
Did President Donald Trump claim Americans are "going to die" when he's not president and call his staff "stupid" in a television interview? No, that's not true: a video -- posted by an anti-Trump political action committee -- deceptively
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Duck Dynasty’s Si Robertson NOT Found Dead
Was Duck Dynasty star Si Robertson found dead? No, that's not true: Uncle Silas Robertson is not dead but was the target of a well-known hoax website. A story went viral claiming that the A&E Television star had died - but the truth is he
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Spread Iran-‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory
Quick Take An online conspiracy theory falsely claims that Democratic leaders coordinated the June attacks on two oil tankers and a U.S. drone and that President Donald Trump caught them in the act. The Trump administration has placed the blame squarel
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Democrats’ Positions on Venezuela, China, Iran
Quick Take Social media posts make a broad and misleading claim that “Democrats stood with” the leaders of Venezuela, China and Iran rather than supporting oppressed people in those countries. The facts don’t support that generalizati
Truth or Fiction?→ Were an Army Veteran’s Prosthetic Legs ‘Repossessed’ After a VA and Medicare Dispute?
On January 9 2020, an article about Army veteran Jerry Holliman and the repossession of his prosthetic legs after a payment dispute between the VA and Medicare was shared to Reddit’s r/nottheonion, a subreddit for news stories odd enough to soun
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s and Miller’s Attacks on ‘The Squad’
President Donald Trump and his top immigration adviser continue to criticize four progressive Democratic congresswomen known as “the squad,” but some of their claims twist the women’s words. We’ve dealt with a couple of these
FactCheck.org→ Economists: Tariffs Not Boosting GDP
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have a small, negative impact on gross domestic product growth, according to economists, the Congressional Budget Office, the International Monetary Fund and the top White House economic adviser. That contra