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PolitiFact→ Brad Holyman-Sigal – How many birds die in building strikes in New York City and the U.S.?
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Tyson Foods isn’t hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. Boycott calls persist
Conservative influencers and politicians are calling for a boycott of Tyson Foods after false claims spread online saying the multinational meat producer is planning to hire 52,000 people who came to the U.S. illegally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call For Prince Harry ‘To Leave The U.S.’
Did Donald Trump demand on March 19, 2024, that Prince Harry leave the United States? No, that's not true: In an interview posted online that day, the GOP presidential nominee said only that his administration would take "appropriate acti
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That U.S. Billionaires Get a Free Ride on Taxes
IRS data shows high earners pay more in income taxes than their share of earnings.
Health Feedback→ Fluoride level in U.S. drinking water is safe; people of all ages, including infants, can consume fluoridated water
REVIEW Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that helps prevent tooth decay. It does so by strengthening tooth enamel and making teeth more resistant to acid attacks from plaque bacteria and sugars in the mouth, which can lead to dental caries (
The Dispatch→ Rafah Offensive Lays Bare U.S.-Israel Divide
Are Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden at their breaking point over Gaza’s southernmost city?
PolitiFact→ Jeanette Nuñez – Miami has the largest asylum case backlog in the U.S. Here’s why
Miami’s immigration courts have the “largest backlog of any court in this country with 10% of the overall immigration cases,” and “more than 90%” of people lose their asylum claims.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – AI-generated building imagines life under the U.S. Capitol
Image shows “underneath the Capitol building.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, CNN did not announce that presidents of Kenya and U.S. discussed invading Haiti by sea
CNN posted on X that Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden to organize a “naval invasion of the Haitian coast.”
The Dispatch→ Should the U.S. Defend Taiwan?
Arguing for a Trump-Reagan policy fusion.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A potential TikTok ban passed the U.S. House, but the legislation’s future is uncertain
As of March 13, they “really just banned TikTok … we got 6 months left to use it.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Nancy Pelosi was not behind Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, despite repeated debunked claims
Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Dispatch→ U.S. Ships Depart for Gaza
The Biden administration begins the military-led construction of a temporary pier in the Mediterranean.
PolitiFact→ Franklin Graham – No, 10 million people have not entered the U.S. under Biden as pastor Franklin Graham claims
“Over 10 million people have come across the border with no vetting, no plan, and no path” during Biden’s presidency.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Commission Did NOT Sentence Rear Adm. Michael Platt To Death In February 2024
Did a "military commission" sentence Rear Adm. Michael Platt to death for committing treason and sedition? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that "the claim is false." This claim appeared in an article on a we
PolitiFact→ Can social media platform outages impact U.S. elections? Not likely, experts say
Biden administration officials said they knew of no links between March 5 Meta outages and the 2024 primary elections. Experts said social media outages do not affect voting.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The U.S. Code doesn’t say traitors would be publicly hanged at high noon
The U.S. Code states that a person convicted of treason would be “taken by the posse to the nearest busy intersection and at high noon hung by the neck until dead.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. JAG Did NOT Arrest 3rd Colorado Supreme Court Justice
Did the U.S. Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest a "third" Colorado Supreme Court justice who voted in favor of removing former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state for the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true:
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Polish foreign minister did not call the U.S. ‘dysfunctional and unreliable’ over Ukraine aid
Poland's foreign minister said the U.S. is "dysfunctional and unreliable" because it has not sent more aid to Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof Taylor Swift said she’d leave the U.S. if Donald Trump won
Taylor Swift said she “will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Migrants living in the U.S. unlawfully can not legally purchase firearms
The ATF updated their background check policy to allow “illegal immigrants” to purchase firearms.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Is the U.S. third in gun violence because of five cities? Data doesn’t support that claim
Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT Participate In Fiction Website’s Fantasy of U.S. Customs And Border Protection Patrol Conspiracy
Did United States Marines arrest two United States Customs and Border Protection Patrol agents for accepting bribes from immigrants for entry into the United States on February 19, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a websi
PolitiFact→ Elise Stefanik – Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, the price of an inhaler in the U.S. is massively higher than overseas cost
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fiction Website’s Latest Dark Fantasy Did NOT Spur American Red Cross Letter to U.S. Navy JAG
Did American Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Gail McGovern send a letter to the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps about a fiction website's fantasy stories about political tribunals and executions at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's no
PolitiFact→ What is Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde’s stance on abortion?
An attack ad says Eric Hovde is “totally opposed” to abortion. We dug into his stances.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy use U.S. aid to buy yachts? No, that’s False.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used U.S. aid funds to buy two yachts for $75 million.
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause autism; difference in infant mortality rates between Japan and the U.S. unrelated to childhood vaccine coverage
REVIEW An Instagram reel posted on 12 February 2024 made a number of claims about vaccine safety and questioned the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s current immunization schedule for children and adolescents in the United St
The Dispatch→ Most of the Money in the ‘Foreign Aid’ Bill Would Stay in the U.S.
More than three-fourths will be invested domestically.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Is Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaving Ukraine to become a U.S. citizen? No, that’s false.
Photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s U.S. naturalization certificate.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview exchange on U.S.-Mexico border was fabricated
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he finds the U.S.-Mexico border issue “ironically amusing.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marine Corps ‘White Hats’ Did NOT Arrest FEMA Regional Administrator Tony Robinson In February 2024
Did U.S. Marine Corps "white hats" arrest Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Administrator Tony Robinson on February 2, 2024? No, that's not true: FEMA and Pentagon representatives confirmed to Lead Stories that this claim is fa
PolitiFact→ U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on removing Donald Trump from ballot. Here’s what to know
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments that former President Donald Trump should be removed from Colorado’s presidential primary ballot. We explain the 14th Amendment, why the court is hearing this case and what the arguments are.
PolitiFact→ As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic
Chinese immigration at the U.S. border has surged, and former President Donald Trump and his allies are calling the immigrants “military age men” with allegiance to the Communist Party of China. Here’s why that’s misleading.
PolitiFact→ Steve Scalise – No, the Senate immigration bill does not allow 5,000 people to illegally enter the U.S. daily
The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley said Texas could secede from the U.S. Here’s why that’s wrong
If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”
The Dispatch→ U.S. Steps Up Offensive Against Iranian Proxies
Will the Biden administration’s latest actions be enough to deter attacks on U.S. troops and treasure?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Texas tractors are not lining up on the U.S. southern border, that Facebook video is from Germany
“Texas tractors defend border.”