REVIEW On 11 March 2025, Fox News aired an interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. During the interview, Kennedy discussed the current measles outbreak in Texas with host Sean
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE DID Cancel The Contract Of A Texas Nonprofit That Was Being Paid $18 Million Per Month For 3,000 Empty Shelter Berths
Did DOGE find a nonprofit that was being paid $18 million per month? Yes, that's true: An NBC San Antonio investigation confirmed that a local nonprofit was being paid $18 million per month by the federal government for migrant family fac
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say
A measles outbreak in West Texas had sickened at least 198 people as of March 7. It began with Texas residents, but the origin of the outbreak is unknown, state health officials said.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Stock photos in news reports don’t mean Texas measles outbreak isn’t real
“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a vaccine campaign did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Minimizes Measles Outbreak in Texas
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, falsely claiming that people had been
Lead Stories→ Explainer: Texas Child Dies Following Measles Infection — Key Facts About the 2025 Outbreak
In February 2025, public health officials in Texas reported the death of an unvaccinated child following a measles infection. As of this writing, national health authorities report at least three outbreaks of the highly infectious, vaccin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas — Company Denies Rumor
Is there evidence the Coca-Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tanks In Texas Heading To Border Under Trump’s Executive Order
Does a video show a long line of military trucks in Texas hauling tanks to the U.S. southern border in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency in 2025? No, that's not true: The video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mark Cuban Moved Company From Texas To California
Did billionaire Mark Cuban move a company from Texas to California as of January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: A post that reported as much included a photo of a building with the logo "Cost Plus Drug Company," likely a reference to a Tex
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of Fort Worth, Texas, car pileup is from 2021, not New Year’s Day 2025
Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Did NOT Ban Pride Flags In School Classrooms As Of December 16, 2024
Did Texas ban Pride flags in school classrooms as of December 16, 2024? No, that's not true: This originated from SpaceX Fanclub, a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer: "We post SATIRE, nothing on this page is real." The first comment
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Texas didn’t criminalize pride flags in classrooms
“Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Did Texas gift 355,000 acres of land to Trump for deportation camps? No, the offer was way smaller
“Texas just gifted Trump 355,000 acres for deportation camps.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Did NOT Gift Trump 355,000 Acres For Deportation Camp — But Texas Official Did Propose Use Of Ranch
Did the state of Texas gift Donald Trump 355,000 acres for deportation camps? No, that's not true: The Texas land commissioner wrote to President-elect Trump on November 19, 2024, to offer a 1,402-acre state-owned ranch for deportation fa
Full Fact→ Image supposedly showing CNN graphic of Texas election results is fake
The broadcaster says the picture is “completely fabricated and manipulated”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Showing Kamala Harris Winning Texas With 51.8% Against Trump With 45.7% — CNN Says Image Is ‘Fabricated’
Did CNN air a screenshot of election numbers that showed Kamala Harris winning Texas with 51.8 percent and 1,113,499 votes against Trump with 45.7 percent and 982,091 votes? No, that's not true: CNN said the image was "completely fabricat
PolitiFact→ X posts – CNN did not air a graphic showing Harris with more votes than Trump in Texas. That’s Pants on Fire!
An image shows CNN reporting that Vice President Kamala Harris has more votes than former President Donald Trump in Texas.
The Dispatch→ Viral Images of Early Vote Counts From Texas Are Fabricated
The state does not report any vote counts until polls close on Election Day.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Tarrant County, Texas, voting machines are not changing Donald Trump votes for Kamala Harris
"Breaking: Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are reporting that the voting machines are flipping their votes from Trump to Kamala Harris."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Possible Voting Machine Glitch On One Ballot in Tarrant County, Texas, Did NOT Indicate Widespread Vote-Switching — Election Official Says Questioned Ballot Was Not Counted, Voter Was Issued A New Ballot
Did a possible voting machine glitch in Tarrant County, Texas, on one ballot indicate widespread vote-switching? No, that's not true: Tarrant County elections administrator Clint Ludwig said he believes the one person making the claim abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Secretary Of State Did NOT Open Voting To Noncitizens In 2024 Election
Did Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson say that noncitizens would be allowed to vote in the 2024 elections? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that Nelson opened voting to non-U.S. citizens. In an October 2024 election advisory, t
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The good word: Texas megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes isn’t missing, despite online claims
“TD Jakes MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHES: The search for the renowned bishop begins!”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this isn’t a photo of a missing Texas couple
Photo shows missing couple Raymond Peterson and his wife Sophie.
The Dispatch→ Texas’ Purge of Voters From Voter Rolls Is in Accordance With Federal Law
A viral claim is missing context.
Full Fact→ Article claiming Texas declared Pride flags in classrooms illegal is satirical
Users on social media have been sharing a satirical article with the belief it describes a genuine law change.
The Dispatch→ The Texas Senate Race Is Too Close for Ted Cruz’s Comfort
And why former Rep. Liz Cheney is supporting Cruz’s challenger.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Texas election law allows homeless voters to register. This video doesn’t show anything illegal.
"Dallas County Texas (tells) election workers to (illegally) lie on registration & use a church address to register homeless people to vote!”
The Dispatch→ Democrats See A Chance in Texas, Florida, But Could Get Beto-ed
And things look dire in Montana, Ohio.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence University Of Texas Students Who Knelt During National Anthem Were ‘Removed From Scholarships’ — Photo Is Of Kennesaw State University Protests
Were University of Texas students who knelt during the national anthem "removed from scholarships" as a social media post with a link to an article in the comments said? No, that's not true: The photo appearing with the story depicts chee
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, University of Texas didn’t pull scholarships from all student athletes who knelt during anthem
“All students who knelt during the national anthem were rounded up and removed from scholarships” at the University of Texas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Montage Shows Any Authentic Footage Of Hurricane Beryl Hitting Texas On July 7, 2024
Does a video montage of clips contain authentic footage of Hurricane Beryl striking Texas on July 7, 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories connected nine of the clips to storms in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Florida and Canada, but not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Woman Did NOT Bake Bread In Outdoor Mailbox In Sweltering Heat of June 2024 — Post Started As Joke
Did a Texas woman bake bread in her mailbox using the sweltering heat of June 2024? No, that's not true: The woman shown in a social media post originally shared an image of her pulling a loaf of bread from her mailbox as a joke about sum
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – The false claim that Trump’s felony conviction bars him from the Texas ballot
“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Constitution Does NOT Bar Trump From Presidential Ballot Due To Felony Convictions — US Constitution Sets Requirements
Does the Texas Constitution prevent Donald Trump from being on the presidential ballot there due to his conviction on 34 felony counts? No, that's not true: State-level laws do not govern eligibility for federal office. The U.S. Constitut
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump Claims Falsely He Won All Texas Border Counties in 2016
He won five of 14, but not ‘the entire border.’
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule on a Texas immigration law’s constitutionality
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.”
The Dispatch→ How School Choice Upended GOP Politics in Rural Texas
Advocates say statewide runoffs next week will spell big gains for the national school choice movement.
Full Fact→ Image of crashed helicopter is from Texas not Iran
A photo of a damaged helicopter is circulating on social media with false claims it shows the crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ National Guard soldiers were not called to address Israel-Hamas war protest at Texas university
Amid student protests on an increasing number of college campuses, social media users falsely claimed that a demonstration at UT-Austin was met by the National Guard.