Did the U.S. military arrest "several Deep Staters" who attended President Joe Biden's state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on December 1, 2022? No, that's not true: The U.S. military is not allowed to arrest civilians. This
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy
Did U.S. Special Forces take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into custody after the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps charged her with "multiple counts of treason and seditious conspiracy"? No, that's not true: A representative of the U
PolitiFact→ Cliff Hayes – Gun homicides 22 times more frequent in U.S. than European Union
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
AllSides→ U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Explained
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/u-s-aid-to-ukraine-explained/ When asked whether Republicans would
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Explained
When asked whether Republicans would “make it more difficult” for Congress to approve Ukrainian aid, Rep. Mike Turner criticized the $40 billion package enacted in May, saying: “We don’t need to pass $40 billion large Democrat bill
Logically→ U.S. Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows a dramatic increase in medical diagnoses following the vaccine in 2021.
Scientific studies show that vaccines do not cause an increase in health issues. The DMED data cited to support the claim is inaccurate.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence that U.S. is deporting Cubans based on political affiliation
The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.”
Logically→ A viral image shows “thousands of ballots in the trash” after the 2022 midterm election in the U.S.
The images are originally from 2020 and 2021, wrongly linked to the 2022 Midterm elections. The claim originated on a satirical Twitter account.
The Dispatch→ The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated
A terrorist attack in Istanbul renews tensions between longtime allies.The post The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FTX helped with a cryptocurrency fundraising site, but there’s no connection to U.S. aid to Ukraine
U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.
Logically→ Ukraine donated billions of dollars to U.S. Democrats through the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange.
There is no concrete evidence supporting the claim that Ukraine funneled money back to U.S. Democrats via FTX. The accusations lack multiple facts.
Poynter→ False narratives failed to take hold ahead of U.S. midterms
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. The foretold “red tsunami” on Election Day turned out […
Logically→ The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. military personnel have been deployed to Ukraine.
The U.S. military personnel are in Ukraine to carry out inspections of U.S. weapons deliveries, not to engage in combat with Russia.
AllSides→ Fact-checking claims in the John Fetterman-Mehmet Oz Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/nov/06/fact-checking-claims-john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-penn/ Penn
AllSides→ Official U.S. election vote counts legally take weeks to certify
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-election-vote-count/fact-check-official-u-s-election-vote-counts-legally-take-weeks-to-certify-idUSL1N3231SX
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims in the John Fetterman-Mehmet Oz Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race
Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz are locked in a tight battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at our fact-checks and stories about this pivotal race.
Truth or Fiction?→ U.S. President Joe Biden’s Speech on Threats to Democracy
On November 2 2022, United States President Joe Biden gave a speech ahead of the November 8 2022 U.S. midterm elections decrying a spike in political violence and urging voters to participate at the polls. Some Twitter users claimed that Biden’s
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – No, Katie Hobbs did not vote to pull the Pledge of Allegiance or the U.S. Constitution from school c
Said Katie Hobbs “fought to” “prevent students from learning (about) the Pledge of Allegiance, Constitution, Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence.”
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Johnson misses with claim U.S. gained energy independence under Trump and lost it under Biden
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
Health Feedback→ Complete vaccine coverage in the U.S. could have prevented almost a quarter of COVID-19 deaths
REVIEW Since the COVID-19 vaccines were first developed, countries around the world have worked to procure enough supplies and encourage their populations to get vaccinated. Despite an early surge in uptake, the U.S. soon fell behind other G7 and hi
The Dispatch→ Is the U.S. Government ‘Too Big to Fail’?
Our looming Treasury bonds crisis.The post Is the U.S. Government ‘Too Big to Fail’? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ We fact check claims in the U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes
True or false? We fact check claims in the U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes.
PolitiFact→ Kathy Hochul – Shootings in New York are down, but comparison to U.S. is flawed
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
PolitiFact→ Citizens for Sanity – Ad falsely suggests immigrant accused of child sexual assault entered U.S. during Biden’s tenure
Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration.
Logically→ Bill Gates’s pledge of $200 million to digital identities in the U.S. is a part of the global elites takeover.
The Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to expand global digital public infrastructure. The theory that it is a part of the elite takeover is false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Destroy ‘Boston University COVID-19 Research Lab’
Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a "Boston University Covid-19 research lab"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on Oct
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Did NOT Resign On October 12, 2022
Did U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris resign from office on or even before October 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The claim was made in the title of a video on Facebook, but, in the actual video, Newsmax talk show host Rob Schmitt does no
Logically→ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed distributing Hurricane Ian relief funds based on race.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That the U.S. Government Paid for Starlink Systems for Ukraine
An antenna for a Starlink terminal in the Kharkiv region. (Photo by Yasuyohsi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images.)A recent viral tweet suggests that Elon Musk’s donation of Starlink systems to Ukraine was paid for by the U.S. government.Andrea Junker @Strand
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Antony Blinken ‘Confess’ That the U.S. Was Behind the Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks?
Antony Blinken. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images.)A video from website TFIGlobal claims that Secretary of State Antony Blinken “confessed” in a recent speech that the United States was responsible for the leaks in the Nord Stream g
Health Feedback→ Neither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
REVIEW In September 2022, a Facebook user posted a video, which appeared to have originated from TikTok, featuring an interview with naturopath Peter Glidden. In that video, Glidden claimed that “The third leading cause of death, as published in t
PolitiFact→ West Virginia Republican Party – Fact-checking how much fentanyl is coming into the U.S.
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
PolitiFact→ Alex Mooney – Fact-checking the current scale of U.S.-Mexico border crossings
“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
Logically→ House Democrats voted to allow non-citizens to vote in U.S. federal elections.
The proposed bill was for expanding minority language provisions in elections. The bill has not mentioned the legality of non-citizen voting.
Logically→ The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act does not address climate change.
The Inflation Reduction Act contributes the most money to issues addressing climate change and energy security.
PolitiFact→ Elaine Luria – Luria stretches Kiggans' comment on proposed 15-week U.S. abortion ban
“Jen Kiggans’ campaign confirmed today that she would support a national abortion ban.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Presidents Can NOT Declassify Documents Simply By Saying ‘It’s Declassified’ Or By Merely ‘Thinking About It’ – There Is A Procedure For Doing It
Can a president of the United States declassify classified documents and information by simply saying "it's declassified" or by just "thinking about it"? No, that's not true: There is a procedure for presidents to declassify documents and
Logically→ U.S. President Joe Biden was heckled in London on his way to Queen’s funeral.
U.S. President Joe Biden was not heckled in London, and the viral video has been digitally altered.
PolitiFact→ How could U.S. voting be affected if election deniers win?
Election deniers running for statewide office have called for sweeping changes such as getting rid of voting machines and mail ballots. Are their ideas really executable? Some are. Here’s how.
Logically→ King Charles III signed a proclamation declaring Donald Trump the winner of 2020 U.S. elections.
The image shared shows King Charles III signing an oath stating that he would uphold the Church of Scotland.