President Joe Biden has made progress toward reducing the deficit, but mostly because pandemic-era programs wound down. The debt, meanwhile, has continued to rise.
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Full Fact→ Poll suggests British Muslim voters’ support for Labour has fallen by 30%, not by half
ITV News has corrected an article which inaccurately reported a poll’s findings on British Muslims’ support for Labour since 2019.
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak wrong to say 18-week waits have fallen since pledge
The Prime Minister may have meant to say in a Telegraph article that waits of 18 months have fallen, which they have.
Logically→ COVID-19-vaccin har inte orsakat 17 miljoner dödsfall
Full Fact→ NHS waiting list was not falling before the pandemic
Oliver Dowden said that the numbers waiting for elective care in England were falling ‘on many measures’ before the pandemic. We’re not sure which measures he means. On the main measure, they were not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Palestinian Man Falling In A Street Is NOT ‘Theater’ From Gaza In 2023 — It Was Shot In Hebron In 2015; There’s NO Evidence Man Was Faking Injuries
Does a video of a man collapsing in the street prove that his fall was staged for pro-Hamas propaganda and that it happened in Gaza in 2023? No, that's not true: The footage predates the 2023 Hamas-Israel war. Contrary to online speculati
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for this scam: the U.S. isn’t giving everyone $6,400
"The U.S. is sending everyone a free $6,400 right now.”
Full Fact→ Debt is only projected to begin falling towards the end of the decade
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s claim that the government is “delivering” on the pledge to get debt falling is only correct when looking at longer-term projections.
The Dispatch→ Chris Christie Predicts Political ‘Fallout’ for Trump’s Trials
The former New Jersey governor talks to Dispatch Politics about his path to the nomination.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Gavin Newsom Falling Down Steps While Deplaning — It’s 2014 Footage Of Tommy Tuberville
Does a video show California's governor, Gavin Newsom, falling down the steps while deplaning? No, that's not true: According to the person who first posted it, the footage, filmed in 2014, shows Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who at that time wa
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video doesn’t show President Joe Biden falling down plane stairs in Poland
Video shows President Joe Biden falling “on the plane stairs shortly after landing in Poland.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Joe Biden Falling Down Air Force One Stairs While Visiting Poland — It’s Another Person
Did a video genuinely show President Joe Biden falling down Air Force One stairs while visiting Warsaw, Poland? No, that's not true: The video showed an unidentified person falling down the airplane stairs, but Lead Stories reviewed indep
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Biden did not fall down airplane stairs in Poland: Fact check
President Joe Biden did not fall down the stairs of Air Force One while disembarking from a flight in Poland.
The Dispatch→ Did an Iron Dome Missile Fail and Fall on Tel Aviv?
The claim is true, though no injuries were reported.
Full Fact→ Prime Minister wrong to say UK’s debt ‘is falling’
The latest data for both of the main measures of the UK’s national debt shows it has increased over the last year.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Jimmy Fallon interviewing Kelly Clarkson about weight loss
Video shows late night host Jimmy Fallon interviewing singer Kelly Clarkson about a weight loss product.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Expresidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, no falleció en incendio en cárcel de Nueva York
“Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This ad wears thin: Don’t fall for a deepfake of Kelly Clarkson hawking diet pills
Video shows singer Kelly Clarkson discussing a “weight loss formula.”
Full Fact→ Is the asylum backlog ‘falling rapidly’?
We’ve looked at the figures after immigration minister Robert Jenrick made this claim on Sky News.
Logically→ Video på fallskärmshoppare från Egypten felaktigt kopplad till händelser i Israel
The Dispatch→ Lax Sanctions Enforcement Has Yielded a Windfall for Iran
The regime has made much more on oil sales since he took office.
PolitiFact→ West Virginia Republican Party – Are West Virginia Republicans correct that real wages have fallen since Joe Biden took office?
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy’s Ironic Downfall
Plus: What the former speaker’s ouster means for GOP fundraising.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t fall for this supposed anti-Ukrainian billboard declaring ‘Glory to Urine’
A greeting message for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Glory to Urine.”
Logically→ Gammal historia om tillfälligt förbud mot svenska flaggan delas som ny
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for social media posts promising free money from Walmart
“Walmart must pay $500 to customers who made purchases in the last 180 days.”
Full Fact→ The number of prison escapes has been falling since the 1990s
We looked into the figures after the PM claimed prison escapes were 10 times higher under the last Labour government.
The Dispatch→ The Arguments Against Aiding Ukraine Still Fall Flat
The United States is better off helping the country thwart Russian aggression.
Full Fact→ House prices haven’t fallen to a 14-year low
A since-deleted post from the Daily Telegraph wrongly claimed house prices had fallen to “14-year lows”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hurricane Idalia Making Landfall On ‘Clearwater Beach Florida’
Does a video accurately display Hurricane Idalia's landfall on a beach where many people are present in Clearwater, Florida? No, that's not true: This video clip shows a brief waterspout that occurred in June 2023 -- not a hurricane that
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – El COVID-19 sí existe, más de 1 millón de personas han fallecido en Estados Unidos por la enfermedad
El COVID-19 “nunca existio”.
FactCheck.org→ No Support for Viral Claim That COVID-19 ‘Lockdowns’ Are Returning This Fall
SciCheck Digest The U.S. is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, so it may be prudent for people to wear masks when out in public and take a few extra precautions. But the government is not planning to implement mask mandates or “lockdowns,” des
Logically→ No, viral video is not of youth drowning in Kashmir’s Aharbal waterfall
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for this Facebook post promising cheap Walmart bikes
Walmart is selling bicycles for $6.95 instead of recycling them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Fall Asleep While Meeting With Israeli President Herzog
Did President Joe Biden fall asleep during an important meeting with the president of Israel? No, that's not true: Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on July 18, 2023. A video clip posted on Instagram shows a
Full Fact→ Sky News article wrongly claims falling inflation figures mean decline in checkout costs
It’s not necessarily the case that lower inflation means things cost less than before. Kantar’s data shows prices are still rising, but less steeply than previously.
Logically→ Edited video of man falling into pothole and disappearing shared as real
Logically→ Video of Karnataka’s Jog Falls wrongly shared as visuals from Kerala
Full Fact→ No clear evidence of a significant fall in average waiting times
The health minister Maria Caulfield said that NHS England waiting times were falling “drastically”. The latest data does not support this.
Full Fact→ Wages are growing faster than before the pandemic, but have fallen in real terms
The Prime Minister claimed his government was delivering “the fastest wage growth in years”.