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Snopes→ California Proposes Rebates for Millions with $76B Surplus
Aided by an astonishing nearly $76 billion budget surplus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed tax rebates of up to $1,100 for millions of households and more than $7 billion to help people affected by the pandemic cover rent and utilities.
Snopes→ Did US Police Tally 10 Million Arrests in 2020?
Data wasn't yet available to definitively answer the question — but the number was certainly possible.
Top Fact Checks→ Budget cuts across London have reached at least £35 million.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, London Mayor Sadiq Khan cut £38 million from the Greater London Authority’s 2020-21 budget.
Snopes→ Did a Millionaire Fire His Bank Because It Did Not Validate Parking?
Next time a clerk looks down his nose at you, tell him about John Barrier and the Washington State bank.
Full Fact - All content→ Claims 163 million people searched ‘how to hit a woman so no one knows’ are untrue
A screenshot of an article claiming “‘How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows’ Was Googled 163 Million Times During 2020” has been widely shared online. One reshare of this headline has been liked more than 200,000 times on Ins
Snopes→ Wine That Went to Space for Sale with $1 Million Price Tag
The wine is out of this world.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows’ Was NOT Googled 163 Million Times During 2020
Was the phrase "How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows" Googled 163 million times during 2020 as reported in an article in The Journal of General Psychology and subsequent articles about those findings? No, that's not true: The author of the
Liste→ Biden speech audience lower than Trump’s, but not 11.6 million
Social media posts and websites claim that US President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress on April 28, 2021 drew 11.6 million viewers, a significant drop from predecessor Donald Trump’s addresses. But Biden’s speech drew an estimated 26.9 million pe
Top Fact Checks→ More than one million, three hundred thousand new jobs have been created since Biden took to office as the POTUS.
Data suggest that 1.4 million jobs have been created since Biden took office in January 2021.
Top Fact Checks→ More than one million, three hundred thousand new jobs have been created since Biden took to office as the POTUS.
Data suggest that 1.4 million jobs have been created since Biden took office in January 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Quarter Of A Million Illegal Votes’ Were NOT Found In The Arizona Audit
Were a quarter of a million illegal votes found in the Arizona audit? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, April 27, 2021, no results from the audit commissioned by Republicans in the state Senate have been released. An exact rele
Full Fact - All content→ There were nowhere near one million people at the anti-lockdown march
Following the anti-lockdown protest in London on Saturday 24 April, claims that up to one million people attended have been shared widely. Crowd sizes are difficult to estimate accurately. Nevertheless one million is an implausible estimate. One video
Liste→ Foot Locker did not donate $200 million to Black Lives Matter
Posts shared across social media say that athletic retailer Foot Locker donated $200 million to Black Lives Matter, yet saw their stores looted by the organization in Minneapolis, amid protests after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. But both Foot L
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Foot Locker Donated ‘200 Million Dollars To BLM’
Did Foot Locker donate "200 million dollars to BLM"? No, there is no evidence the company made a donation to Black Lives Matter. The athletic gear company made an announcement in 2020 that it was "committing $200 million over the next fiv
WaPo Fact Checker→ Biden’s pitch that the economy ‘will create 19 million jobs’ if infrastructure is passed
The president used finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression -- and which other administration officials have bungled.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Archaeologists Did NOT Find A Million-Year-Old Underground Complex Made By Humans
Did archaeologists find a one million year-old artificial underground complex? No, that's not true: the archaeological site in question consists of approximately 3,500 well-studied underground chambers across various complexes, which exte
Snopes→ COVID-19 Pushed Total US Deaths Beyond 3.3 Million Last Year
The coronavirus caused approximately 375,000 deaths and was the third leading cause of death in 2020, after heart disease and cancer.
Snopes→ Rare Van Gogh Masterpiece Sells for $15.4 Million in Paris
The sale of “Street Scene in Montmartre” was highly anticipated as it was one of the few paintings by the Dutch Impressionist master to still have been in private hands.
Snopes→ Is Biden Spending $86 Million for Hotels To House Migrant Families?
After readers asked, we contacted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate the claim.
Hoax-Slayer→ Million Dollar Giveaway From Warren Buffett Scam
According to this email, your email address was chosen online while searching at random, making you eligible to receive a million dollar giveaway from Warren Buffett, the American billionaire investor and philanthropist. The post Million Dollar Giveawa
Liste→ Math doesn’t add up in claim every American could get $1 million payment
Social media posts claim the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief act includes enough money to pay every American $1 million, and there would still be funds to spare. This is false; it would cost more than $300 trillion for all of the country’s citizens to
Snopes→ Did Democrats Add Immediate Vaccines for ‘3 Million Illegals’ to Stimulus Bill?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Liste→ The fish caught in a Nigerian village is not worth millions of dollars
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim that a man in Nigeria caught a fish worth $2.6 million, and his village ate the fish instead of cashing in. However, the value of this fish is hugely overestimated. The $2.6 million figure can be trace
WaPo Fact Checker→ Biden’s repeated invocation of ‘7 million jobs’ created by his economic plan
Most of the time, Biden gets his talking point right. But he flubbed it on March 12.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Does NOT Give House Members A $25 Million Bonus
Did the COVID-19 stimulus bill give members of the U.S. House of Representatives a $25 million bonus? No, that's not true: The $1.9 trillion bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, does not give bonuses or raises to House members. The cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PepsiCo Did NOT Give $100 Million To Black Lives Matter
Did PepsiCo give $100 million to BLM? No, that's not true: False rumors that circulated in summer 2020 and were debunked at that time resurfaced in March 2021. In summer 2020 several large corporations pledged large sums of money to racia
Top Fact Checks→ Pakistan to receive 45 million doses of Covaxin from India.
Pakistan will be receiving 45 million doses of the Covishield vaccine from India under the United GAVI Alliance.
Snopes→ Would HR 1 Ensure Millions of ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Are Registered to Vote?
In an op-ed for The Daily Signal, former Vice President Mike Pence criticized the Democrats' voting rights reform bill.
Top Fact Checks→ Under the Prime Minister’s housing scheme, four million poor people in UP have got housing in the past three years.
Around 1.45 million houses have been completely constructed under the PMAY-G project in Uttar Pradesh since 2015, out of the sanctioned 2.19 million.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Silent On The 4 Million People Without Power Due To The Winter Storm
Was Joe Biden silent on the 4 million people without power due to a February 2021 winter storm? No, that's not true. The president did not appear on camera to address the situation, but he made several public statements about the storm an
Snopes→ Millions Endure Record Cold Without Power; At Least 20 Dead
A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather has claimed more lives.
Snopes→ Millions Endure Record Cold Without Power; at Least 14 Dead
The storm that overwhelmed power grids and immobilized the Southern Plains carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England and the Deep South.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: $33 Million Was NOT Spent On Trump’s First Impeachment
Was $33 million spent on Donald Trump's first impeachment? No, that's not true: No government accounting of what was spent has been released. Independent estimates vary, but all put the cost of the trial at way under $33 million. One was
Snopes→ Tennessee Man Leaves $5 Million to Pet Border Collie
Lulu, an 8-year-old border collie, will be living the good life in Nashville after inheriting $5 million in her owner's will.
Snopes→ Was Madam C.J. Walker the First Woman To Become a Millionaire?
There's little doubt about C.J. Walker's accomplishments.
Top Fact Checks→ India vaccinated over 7 million people against COVID-19 within 26 days.
As of Feb 12, 2021, 7.5 million Indians were administered the COVID-19 vaccine, making India the fastest in crossing the 70 lakh mark in 26 days.
Top Fact Checks→ Pop star Rihanna was paid $2.5 million by a PR firm with Khalistani links to tweet in support of farmer protests.
There is no evidence to indicate that Rihanna was paid $2.5 million by Skyrocket PR or by any other agency or firm for her tweet on farmers' protests.
Top Fact Checks→ Bill Gates lives in a home worth $147.5 million, which is enough money to buy 1,000 struggling U.S. families a home.
$147.5 million is not enough money to buy 1,000 averagely-priced properties.
TruthOrFiction→ Did 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses ‘Go Missing’?
Online speculation around former presidential advisor Jared Kushner swirled on social media after stories appeared about ongoing problems facing United States President Joe Biden’s administration as it continued fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, n