The National Rifle Association announced it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York.
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Snopes→ Did Texas Pastor Say Keep Weapons ‘Loaded’ Before Inauguration?
The pastor has cited a handful of conspiracy theories that Snopes has previously debunked.
Snopes→ Was a ‘Biden Election Official’ Arrested for Election Fraud in Texas?
An arrest for election-related offenses in Texas in January 2021 had no connection to the Biden campaign.
TruthOrFiction→ Was a ‘Biden Election Official’ Arrested for Voter Fraud in Texas?
Shortly after the arrest of a Texas woman accused of election tampering, right-wing social media users began trying to spin the case into an attack on U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden’s decisive win over outgoing president Donald Trump. Embattled
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Video Of Military Vehicles Shows ‘Fully Armed Military Units … Moving In Texas USA’
Does this video show "fully armed military units ... moving in Texas USA"? This video is presented without any evidence about where it was recorded or when. Because of the lack of information, it is impossible to draw conclusions about th
Snopes→ Trump Takes No Responsibility for Riot as He Heads to Texas
“People thought that what I said was totally appropriate,” Trump claimed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Did NOT Board E-4b Command Post For A Flight To NMCC Abilene, Texas, On January 6, 2021
Did President Trump board an E-4b Command Post to fly to the National Military Command Center in Abilene, Texas on the evening of January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: President Trump was in Washington, D.C. on January 6 and 7. He deliver
TruthOrFiction→ Did a Texas Newspaper Claim “Members of Antifa’ Were Attacking the Capitol?
As the United States continued to reel from the January 6 2021 Capitol riots, an east Texas newspaper became the center of a related side story after it was caught repeating a debunked right-wing conspiracy theory surrounding the attack on the U.S. C
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Will the Supreme Court Hear the Texas Case if the State Files It Differently?
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Snopes→ Did Supreme Court Erupt in a Shouting Match Over Texas Voter Fraud Case?
Fake news is fake news, no matter who repeats it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Did NOT Signal It Would Reconsider Texas’ Bid To Overturn 2020 Election If Refiled As ‘Bill Of Complaint’
Did the U.S. Supreme Court signal it would reconsider the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election, if refiled "with the correct terms"? No, that's not true: Election law experts consulted by Lead Stories agreed
Snopes→ Supreme Court Rejects Texas Attack on Biden Victory
The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory.
Snopes→ Does Texas HB 196 ‘Repeal’ The Castle Doctrine?
The bill does seem to add a "duty to retreat" clause to the defense of self, or of another person. But what about self-defense on one's own property?
Top Fact Checks→ Texas state representative Terry Meza wants to repeal the ‘Castle Doctrine’.
The bill proposed by Terry Meza does not repeal the castle doctrine in Texas, but it modifies the terms of the castle doctrine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight States Have NOT All Joined Texas AG’s Suit Asking Supreme Court To Overturn Other States’ Election Results
Have Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota all joined Texas's lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn election results in four battleground states? No, that's n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Supreme Court Did NOT Vote 6-3 To Take Up Texas AG’s Lawsuit Over Election, NOR Did Tennessee Join
Did the U.S. Supreme Court vote 6-3 to take up the Texas Attorney General's lawsuit seeking to overturn four other states' 2020 election results? No, that's not true: There is no such vote recorded on the Supreme Court's public list of or
Snopes→ Trump Looks Past Supreme Court Loss to New Texas Election Lawsuit
The suit from the Texas attorney general, Republican Ken Paxton, demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated.
Liste→ Biden’s Texas campaign director was not arrested for election fraud
Social media posts and an online article claim a top staffer from Joe Biden’s campaign team was arrested for electoral fraud. This is false; court records indicate that Dallas Jones, a political consultant hired to oversee the campaign in Texas, was
Snopes→ Texas Tops 1 Million Cases As COVID-19 Surge Engulfs the US
Texas became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country from coast to coast.
Snopes→ No, Beto O’Rourke Didn’t Promise To ‘Drop My Nudes’ If Texas Goes Blue
A TV writer's prank earned an almost immediate Twitter suspension.
Snopes→ Is the FBI Investigating After Trump Fans Surrounded Biden Bus in Texas?
Videos of the incident in Texas went viral during the last weekend before Election Day.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Such Thing As The ‘Texas Day Of Purge’ Allowing ‘DemSocialist Anarchist’ To Be Chased Down And Legally Shot Under The Insurrection Act
If President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act after the election does it mean that "DemSocialist Anarchists" can be "chased down and legally shot" for the Texas Day of Purge"? No, that's not true: Shooting American citizens beause of th
Snopes→ Did Armed Trump Supporters Harass a Biden-Harris Campaign Bus in Texas?
The Alamo City Trump Train Facebook Group appeared to have been used to organize the convoy's movements.
Snopes→ Did a Texas Woman Display a ‘Skeleton Strip Club’ in Her Yard for Halloween?
The Richmond resident had some adult fun with Halloween this year.
Snopes→ Texas Early Voting Exceeds Total of All 2016 Ballots
Texas is the first state to hit the milestone in 2020.
Snopes→ Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 78
Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78.<
Snopes→ Did Texas Remove Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ and Disabled Clients of Social Workers?
Advocates fear the rule change could leave some members of vulnerable groups without service.
TruthOrFiction→ Was Netflix Indicted by a Texas Grand Jury over ‘Cuties’ Controversy?
On October 7 2020, posts claiming that a Texas grand jury had “indicted Netflix” over its distribution of the film Cuties began circulating on social media: Netflix’s Indictment in the News Readers searching to validate the stor
Snopes→ Texas Legal Filing To Block Early Voting Offers Little Evidence of ‘Illegal Ballot Harvesting’ Scheme
The writ, filed by Republicans, accuses Democratic officials of violating the state's election laws.
Snopes→ Texas Governor Restricts Mail-In Ballot Drop-Off Locations
Abbott called his order a move to enhance poll security, while Democrats blasted it as a naked effort to suppress voters.
Liste→ Texas ballot fraud story misrepresented by attorney general before spreading online
US Attorney General Bill Barr said a Texas man committed voter fraud with 1,700 mail-in ballots, a claim repeated more than 30,000 times on Facebook. This is false; Barr’s office said the nation’s top law enforcement officer was inaccurately briefe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Man Was NOT Arrested For Filling Out 1,700 Ballots As Attorney General Barr Said In Interview — DOJ Says Barr Was Misinformed
Was a Texas man arrested for filling out 1,700 ballots as Attorney General William Barr claimed in a Sept. 2, 2020, CNN interview? No, that's not true: Barr was misinformed when he made the statement, according to the Department of Justic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disneyland Is NOT Moving To Texas
Is Disneyland leaving California and moving to Texas? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim. The Mouse House is not abandoning its home state for the Lone Star State. The claim originated from an article (archived here) where it
Snopes→ Is Disneyland Abandoning California, Moving to Texas?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Payments By ActBlue Texas Are NOT Connected To BLM, Thousand Currents or Rioters — They’re Refunded Political Contributions
Are hundreds of individual payments made by ActBlue Texas connected to Black Lives Matter, Thousand Currents or rioters? No, that's not true: The payments are refunds of political contributions, according to an ActBlue spokesperson and a searc
Snopes→ Court Refuses to Order Houston to Host Texas GOP Gathering
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he had directed city lawyers to terminate the contract because he believed the event could not be held safely.
Snopes→ Trump Rips Private Texas Border Wall Built by His Supporters
President Donald Trump criticized a privately built border wall in South Texas that’s showing signs of erosion months after going up, saying it was “only done to make me look bad,” even though the wall was built after a months-long campaign by hi
TruthOrFiction→ Is a Texas Doctor Curing COVID-19 Patients For $50?
A Texas doctor’s claim that he has cured more than 75 patients for COVID-19 for no more than $50 spread widely around Facebook and YouTube before apparently being removed from both platforms. Dr. Brian Procter first drew attention through a phot
Snopes→ Texas Governor Issues Mask Order to Fight Coronavirus
The order requires “all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions,” the governor’s office said.
Snopes→ Was a Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue Vandalized in Texas?
The incident in 2020 wasn't the first time the statue had been defaced.