Did Donald Trump's pick for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, write about a drunken party with embarrassingly graphic details on page 21 of his book "Hillbilly Elegy"? No, that's not true: The person who made the post on social media later c
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Announce Fundraising Concert With Beyonce To Support Kamala Harris As Of July 26, 2024
Did Taylor Swift announce they were scheduling a fundraising concert with Beyonce to support Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate? No, that's not true: Neither the singers, nor Harris has announced a fundraisin
The Dispatch→ An Uncertain Election, but Republicans Have More Upside
With 100 days to go, Joe Biden’s departure scrambles the electoral outlook.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Social media rumors claim without evidence that Taylor Swift, Beyoncé singing in support of Harris
Says Taylor Swift “announced a fund raising concert with Beyoncé in support of Harris” on July 23.
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, July 2024 Update
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary President Joe Biden isn’t running for reelection, but his record will still be on the ballot in the fall. Here we look at how the U.S. has performed under the Democ
AllSides→ Biden exit, Harris entry spur flurry of false claims: Fact check roundup
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/07/24/harris-biden-fact-check/74524987007/ President
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Seriously Call 18- To 24-Year-Olds ‘Stupid’ — It Was Sympathy About Young Adults’ Decision-Making Maturity
Does a clip of Vice President Kamala Harris saying that young adults "are stupid" accurately reflect what she said in a 2014 speech about crime prevention? No, that's not true: The full transcript shows that when she said 18- to 24-year-o
PolitiFact→ Was Biden dropping out of the race a ‘coup’? Experts explain
Democrats pressured President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race and critics say it’s a “coup” that subverts democracy. Criticism of the process is fair, experts said, but what happened doesn’t meet the definition of a coup.
The Dispatch→ No, Kamala Harris Never Threatened ‘Vengeance’ Against Trump Supporters
A false quote that originated in 2019 is recirculating.
Health Feedback→ No current evidence to support social media fad of “blood type diet”
REVIEW Posts shared on Instagram in June and July 2024 claimed that eating certain types of foods based on blood type can help to optimize health and nutrition (examples here, here, and here). The posts collectively received thousands of interaction
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Biden With Blackened Eyeballs, Black Face Mask Used To Prop Up Baseless ‘Joe Biden Is Dead’ Rumor
Does an image of President Joe Biden with solid black eyeballs wearing a black protective face mask support a rumor that he died? No, that's not true: The image is fake, with several flaws typical of AI-generated images, and Biden is aliv
The Dispatch→ The Biden Coup
What coups are, and what they aren't.
The Dispatch→ Kamala Harris’ Veepstakes Heat Up
The selection process begins as the current VP seems to have the nomination sewn up.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Described Herself And Her Blue Suit To An Audience Because Many In The Group Were Visually Impaired
Did Kamala Harris tell a group she was "a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit" for no reason during the normal course of starting a meeting? No, that's not true: Harris was describing herself and what she was wearing, which is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Draw Up Treaty To Designate Pedophiles As ‘Legally Protected Minority’ — Story Came From Website Mass-Producing False Stories
Did the World Economic Forum develop a treaty including "pedophiles" in the "legally protected minority" category? No, that's not true: The site that posted the claim included a disclaimer that it makes "NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ... A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Heinz Company Did NOT Announce ‘Tomato Ketchup Clear’ As Of July 22, 2024
Did the Kraft Heinz Company announce clear ketchup using lab-grown tomatoes, as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: A representative for The Kraft Heinz Company confirmed to Lead Stories that "these claims are false." The ba
The Dispatch→ Kamala Harris Now Looks to Win Democrats’ Support
Plus: Donald Trump’s camp foments election integrity doubts again.
The Dispatch→ Software Update Glitch Disrupts Air Travel and Other Industries
Bad code from CrowdStrike knocked out 8.5 million devices running Microsoft Windows.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race. Read PolitiFact's updating coverage
After a criticized debate performance and calls from within the Democratic Party to step aside, President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. PolitiFact is fact-checking and monitoring claims about Biden's exi
The Dispatch→ FBI Disputes Unsupported Claim From YouTuber About Trump Assassination Attempt
No evidence supports claims that an FBI official was present at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania last weekend.
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, Grindr executives didn’t call the RNC “Grindr’s Super Bowl”
An executive of the gay dating app Grindr said the Republican National Convention is "basically Grindr’s Super Bowl.'”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Grindr Executive Said Republican National Convention Is ‘Grindr’s Super Bowl’
Did an executive of the gay dating app Grindr say that the Republican National Convention is "basically Grindr's Super Bowl"? No, that's not true: Video on social media that makes the claim shows a user scrolling through Grindr accounts a
Full Fact→ Video of Marine Le Pen ‘crying’ supposedly after election result is not what it seems
The leader of the French National Rally party was filmed crying with laughter while on a radio show in 2017—not in response to the recent French elections.
The Dispatch→ Mike Lee’s Journey From Trump Critic to Trump Supporter
The senator from Utah sits down with The Dispatch.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Trump’s Wound and Secret Service Response
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Extensive media coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally shows his injury and the immediate response o
PolitiFact→ Jon Stewart – No, the venue that was supposed to host ‘The Daily Show’ was not shifted to RNC’s hard security zone
Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claim that Thomas Matthew Crooks was ‘arrested more than once’ is not supported by evidence
Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
The Dispatch→ No Evidence Supports Claim That Secret Service Countersnipers Were Ordered Not to Engage
A viral claim originated on 4chan, an anonymous online message board.
The Dispatch→ From Couplets to the Cosmos
Charles Taylor’s ‘Cosmic Connections’ asks: Could Romantic poetry rescue modernity?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Air-Fryer Cord Caused Supposedly High Antimony Levels In Child’s Blood
Did a mother's daily use of an air fryer result in high levels of antimony in her child's bloodwork? No, that's not known to be true: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued several recalls on air fryers in the past, but fi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Watching Euro Cup With US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken
Does a video show British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken watching England score against The Netherlands in the Euro Cup? No, that's not true: While Starmer is in this video, he is watching the game
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Mariah Carey Holding Up Cellphone Displaying Message ‘Palestine Does Not Exist’
Does an authentic photo show singer Mariah Carey holding a cellphone with a message that reads, "Palestine does not exist"? No, that's not true: The photo was digitally altered to change the original image on the phone, which displayed a
Full Fact→ Photo supposedly showing US-flagged ship targeted in Gulf of Aden is of Iranian vessel in 2021
An image being shared on social media does not show a recent incident.
AllSides→ Tucker Carlson Post Makes Unsupported Claim About Trump Jurors
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/tucker-carlson-post-makes-unsupported-claim-about-trump-jurors/ On Ma
FactCheck.org→ Tucker Carlson Post Makes Unsupported Claim About Trump Jurors
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The judge in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump denied a defense request to ask jurors about their party registration, so their political affilia
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo shows Mount Etna erupting in February 2021, not July 2024
Photo shows Mount Etna erupting in Sicily in July 2024.
The Dispatch→ Democrats’ Crack-Up Over Joe Biden’s Campaign Continues
Plus: The GOP begins behind-closed-doors work on a new party platform.
The Dispatch→ Waking Up to Legal Weed
The challenges of marijuana legalization are becoming more and more obvious.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Quadruple-Boosted People Get Denied Life Insurance Based Solely On Vaccination Status
Do quadruple-boosted people get denied life insurance based solely on their vaccination status? No, that's not true: The American Council of Life Insurers, which is one of the major industry groups, told Lead Stories that it is not aware
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Autopsy ‘Review’ Revives Unsupported Claims of COVID-19 Vaccine Harm, Censorship
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination is generally very safe, and except for extremely rare cases, there is no evidence that it contributes to death. Social media posts about a now-published, but faulty review of autopsy reports, however, are repeat