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The Dispatch→ Trump Administration Halts Funds to NYC for Migrant Services
Elon Musk and FEMA leader scrutinize program to help cities manage migrant flows.
The Dispatch→ Claims That Politico Received USAID Funds Are False
The media company has sold subscriptions to various government agencies.
The Dispatch→ FEMA Did Spend Disaster Funds to House Immigrants—During the Trump Administration
The funds were transferred to ICE and did not hamper the agency’s ability to respond to disasters.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said that no funds intended for disaster relief have been used to pay for programs that respond to illegal immigration. But former President
The Dispatch→ FEMA Did Not Spend Emergency Relief Funds to House Illegal Immigrants
Social media users are making false claims.
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Project 2025 would phase out some funds for public K-12 schools
Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Unfreezing of $16 Billion in Iranian Funds
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A recent deal involving a prisoner swap and the extension of a Trump-era waiver have freed $16 billion in previously frozen Iranian funds. Social media posts distort t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Government Did NOT Buy $5 Billion In Bitcoin — It Was Seizure Of Stolen Funds
Did the U.S. government invest in $71 million worth of bitcoin, which has now grown in value to almost $5 billion? No, that's not true: A video clip has been presented deceptively to make a seizure of stolen funds sound like an investment
The Dispatch→ The Rules for Using Campaign Funds on Legal Fees, Explained
Why an independent candidacy could help New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez pay for his defense in a federal bribery case.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicago Mayor Did NOT Tell Migrants They Can Rob Americans If They Run Out of Debit Card Funds — Satire Source
Did the Chicago mayor tell migrants they can "just rob Americans" if they run out of debit card funds? No, that's not true: The mayor never said this. The fabricated quotes came from a satire article posted by The Daily Wasp, a website th
The Dispatch→ Congress Finally Funds the Government
The controversial funding package could put Speaker Mike Johnson’s gavel at risk.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Is NOT Selling Holy Oil To Raise Funds For His Legal Bills
Is Donald Trump selling holy oil to raise money to cover his legal costs as a defendant in dozens of lawsuits? No, that's not true: The comment about holy oil was a sarcastic remark by TV commentator Al Sharpton about Trump's legal and fi
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kamala Harris did not say Democrats are bribing voters with federal work study funds
Video shows Kamala Harris saying Democrats would use taxpayer dollars to bribe voters.
AllSides→ Republican Claims on Hamas Attack and Iran Funds Distort the Facts
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/republican-claims-on-hamas-attack-and-iran-funds-distort-the-facts/ C
FactCheck.org→ Republican Claims on Hamas Attack and Iran Funds Distort the Facts
Contrary to claims by some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, U.S. taxpayers did not indirectly fund the recent Hamas attack on Israel with Iranian money unfrozen as part of a prisoner swap with Iran in August. The $6 billion fr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT ‘Accidentally’ Send $6 Billion To Ukraine — Funds Will Be Used For Future Aid
Did the United States transfer $6 billion to Ukraine by mistake? No, that's not true: In the summer of 2023, the Pentagon admitted that it overestimated the value of military gear sent to Ukraine due to an accounting mistake but the money
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook posts claiming that Walmart’s giving $500 refunds are scams
“If you shopped at Walmart in 2022, you could be entitled to a $500 refund!”
PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom misleads in claim that Texas “cut” mental health funds, omits that money was restocked
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
Logically→ Euronews reported that an auction house in Germany is raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces by destroying art.
The video report is fabricated and was never published by Euronews. The entities mentioned in connection with the event have denied any association.
Logically→ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed distributing Hurricane Ian relief funds based on race.
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Some university endowments are taxed. There are limits on how endowment funds can be spent
“Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Yes, Borrowers Are Eligible for Refunds on Student Loan Payments Made After March 2020
After the Biden administration announced a student loan forgiveness plan in late August 2022, broad-ranging discussions included claims that some borrowers might be eligible for refunds of payments made during a “pause” initiated in March 2
PolitiFact→ Tony Evers – Wisconsin among the top so far in allocating federal COVID funds to businesses
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Snopes→ Emmett Till’s House, Black Sites to Get Preservation Funds
Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain.
Snopes→ Man in Japan Gambles COVID Town Funds Mistakenly Sent to Him
The money was supposed to be COVID-19 assistance for low-income households in a small Japanese town.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Misleading post links unemployment benefits and reduced tax refunds
The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Empty ATMs, Locked Funds, "Run" On Big 5 Canadian Banks
Were there empty ATMs and locked funds at all of the "Big Five" Canadian banks on February 17, 2022? No, that's not true: The claims are "baseless," the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) told Lead Stories. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
AllSides→ Biden Initiative Funds Drug Overdose Prevention, Not ‘Crack Pipes’
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/biden-initiative-funds-drug-overdose-prevention-not-crack-pipes/ The
FactCheck.org→ Biden Initiative Funds Drug Overdose Prevention, Not ‘Crack Pipes’
The Department of Health and Human Services launched a $30 million grant program in December to help “address the nation’s substance use and overdose epidemic” by reducing the dangers related to drug use. The program doesn’t provide funding
PolitiFact→ Israel O'Quinn – Israel O'Quinn flip-flops on banning personal use of campaign funds
On banning personal use of campaign funds.
Snopes→ Texas-Based Dating Apps Launch Funds to Help Women Affected By Abortion Ban
Both companies are run by women.
PolitiFact→ JB Pritzker – States can use ARPA money to replenish unemployment funds, contrary to Pritzker’s claim
“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
Logically→ Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers draft a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.
WinShape Foundation, which is run by Chick-fil-A's owners, donated to the NCF. The company did not directly donate to the foundation.
Logically→ Starbucks supports and funds Israel.
Starbucks has confirmed that it does not lend any support to Israel or the Israeli army.
Logically→ Maharashtra is receiving funds from the PM CARES Fund for setting up oxygen plants.
The Center allocated PM CARES Fund to the CMSS, a Center's autonomous body, to install PSA oxygen plants across India, not to the state governments,
Snopes→ Did the Trump Campaign Have To Issue Refunds for Recurring Donations?
A report by The New York Times outlines Trump donors who were surprised to find their bank accounts drained.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show A Man With $22,400 In Stimulus Funds
Did a man, Charleston Wilson of Greenwood, Mississippi, receive a stimulus payment of $22,400 and pose for photos with large stacks of cash? No, that's not true: While the identity and location of this man remains a mystery, the photograp
Logically→ Udhay Stalin: The funds supposed to compensate for the shortfall in Tamil Nadu’s GST revenue are being used to make a new parliament building.
Through the final weekly installment, the central government has released the GST compensation shortfall to all the states, including Tamil Nadu.
Snopes→ Did Bernie Sanders Sell Meme Sweatshirts To Raise Funds for Charities?
Internet users praised the Vermont senator for putting to good use a wave of publicity surrounding his Inauguration Day outfit.