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PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Are 75% of guns used in school shootings found unsecured in homes? Experts say more data is needed
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
The Dispatch→ House Passes Trio of Foreign Aid Bills
What do the bipartisan pieces of legislation actually do?
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week the House Passed Ukraine Aid
Plus, Israel responds to Iran’s attack, and Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial is underway.
The Dispatch→ House Democrats Help Mike Johnson Tee Up Ukraine Aid for a Vote
Plus: What to watch for as arguments in Trump’s Manhattan trial begin.
The Dispatch→ House Releases Foreign Aid Bills
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s gambit to fund Israel and Ukraine could put his speakership on the line.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World’s ‘First Permanent Electrified Road’ Is NOT Open As Of April 2024 — Project In Sweden Is Paused
Is the world's first permanent electrified road open in Sweden as of April 2024? No, that's not true: Several short sections of prototype electrified roadway in Sweden have been used to test various charging methods for electric cars and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laptop Use By Preteen, Teen Girls Does NOT Cause Miscarriages Later In Life
If preteen and teenage girls use laptop computers on their laps, will it increase their risk of miscarriages later in life? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Lead Stories, "The claims in the video ar
AllSides→ No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding
https://www.wired.com/story/dubai-flooding-uae-cloud-seeding-climate-change/ Dubai is underwater. Heavy
The Dispatch→ Burning Down the House
The end of Mike Johnson?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Erroneous forecast of 85-foot waves was caused by weather system data glitch
The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Roseanne Barr And Michael Richards Are NOT Developing ‘New Non-Woke Sitcom Focused On Traditional Values’ — It’s Satirical Article
Are actors Roseanne Barr and Michael Richards developing a "new non-woke sitcom focused on traditional values"? No, that's not true: The site that produced this claim describes itself as satirical. Lead Stories could find no evidence that
Full Fact→ Video shows Islamic prayer call in Lancaster House, not Buckingham Palace
The footage has been shared widely on social media in recent weeks, but was filmed in March 2023.
Health Feedback→ Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”
REVIEW On 31 March 2024, journalist James Howard Kunstler published a podcast interview with virologist Geert Vanden Bossche. In the interview, Vanden Bossche referred to COVID-19 vaccines as “a large-scale experiment of gain-of-function” and pr
The Dispatch→ House Speaker Mike Johnson Gets Political Cover From Donald Trump
Plus: Don’t expect the former president to face backlash from pro-life leaders for his turn on abortion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine — Scene Was Staged In 2015
Does a photo of a toddler walking past the debris of burned village homes portray the damage caused by foreign mercenaries in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot of a 2015 staged music video. In 2024, the picture was r
The Dispatch→ House Divided Over Surveillance Authority
Republican lawmakers (at least temporarily) tank an effort to reauthorize a key national security tool.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates Venezuelan crime drop and misleads on root causes
"Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bought Highgrove House From Britain’s King Charles III
Did Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy buy the Highgrove mansion from the United Kingdom's King Charles III? No, that's not true: A representative of Grant Harrold, a former royal butler who was cited as the main source in an online
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, Alina Habba didn’t accuse New York judge of taking a $10 million bribe to ‘convict’ Donald Trump
Alina Habba said New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron took a “$10 million bribe from Joe Biden’s shell companies to convict Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media influencer claims a law lets people invade abandoned houses. Is that true?
A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden, White House DID Mention Jesus Christ, The Resurrection On Easter
Did President Joe Biden and his administration not mention Jesus Christ and the Resurrection on March 31, 2024, when many denominations of Christianity celebrate Easter? No, that's not true: The president released a statement on Easter me
PolitiFact→ Inaccurate data used to show cost-of-living increases between Trump and Biden presidencies
A graphic that purports to show the differences between the cost of living today and when Donald Trump left the presidency in 2021 uses inaccurate data.
Health Feedback→ It’s safe to use aluminum foil when cooking food; no evidence to date showing it causes Alzheimer’s or cancer
REVIEW Aluminum is a metal abundant in our daily environment. It’s the most predominant metal in the earth’s crust and is present in air, water, and the human body. We’re exposed to trace amounts of aluminum in our diet from things like tea, s
PolitiFact→ X posts – Does video show the earthquake leveling an ‘entire block of unfinished houses’ in Taiwan? No
Video shows “an entire block of unfinished houses collapsed as a result of an earthquake in Taiwan.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden White House Did NOT Introduce Rule Banning Christian Symbols From Easter Egg Contest — Policy Is Decades Old
Did the Biden White House introduce a rule banning Christian symbols from an Easter egg contest in 2024? No, that's not true: The restrictions, which include "religious symbols" and "overtly religious themes," have been in place since the
Full Fact→ Unevidenced claim Labour leader called for ‘more houses’ for asylum seekers recirculates on Facebook
As we’ve previously explained, there’s no evidence Mr Starmer said a quote attributed to him about building more houses for asylum seekers.
Health Feedback→ 2019 report by TV host Sharyl Attkisson exaggerates one expert’s opinion in court case to claim vaccines cause autism
REVIEW On 6 January 2019, an episode of the TV show Full Measure, hosted by journalist Sharyl Attkisson, went viral on social media. The episode, titled “The Vaccine Debate”, claimed to provide evidence that the U.S. government knew long ago tha
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, NASA doesn’t have a mission to cause ‘mass psychosis’ during the April 8 solar eclipse
Three rockets NASA is launching during the April 8 solar eclipse is “a ritual causing mass psychosis.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent White House Easter egg contest, Day of Transgender Visibility proclamation
Transgender Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 since 2009, when the holiday was created.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Captain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian
Following the crash that caused Key Bridge to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared a screenshot of a webpage they said identified Dali’s captain.
Full Fact→ Council did not order mural to be removed because it features the Union Jack
This mural appears outside a London fish and chip shop and has been the subject of much attention.
FactCheck.org→ Elon Musk Overstates Partisan Impact of Illegal Immigration on House Apportionment
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In claiming that illegal immigration benefits Democrats, entrepreneur Elon Musk vastly overstated its impact on the apportionment of House seats and Electoral College votes. ̶
PolitiFact→ X posts – Edited Wikipedia entry doesn’t prove Israel caused the Baltimore bridge collapse
Edited Wikipedia entry provides proof that “Israelis deployed Talmudic network to take out” Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Full Fact→ Debt isn’t ‘cleared’ if an offer of payment in cash is refused
Cash is ‘legal tender’ but there’s no obligation for shops and businesses to accept it. Just offering cash doesn’t clear a debt.
Health Feedback→ Evidence that artificial sweeteners like aspartame cause cancer lacks support, according to review from WHO agencies
REVIEW In July 2023, a claim that the artificial sweetener aspartame could cause cancer circulated in media outlets including the New York Times, NPR, and The Economist. This claim appeared to surface in response to a joint press release from the In
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anheuser Busch Will NOT Discontinue, Rebrand Bud Light, Did NOT Say ‘We Can’t Save It’
Did Anheuser Busch announce the company would discontinue and rebrand Bud Light, saying, "We Can't Save It"? No, that's not true: The website that published the article is a satire site, with a disclaimer noting that they are part of a ne
The Dispatch→ Democrats Accuse Trump of Saying He Would ‘Round Up Latinos’
The former president said he would begin a large deportation operation if elected but did not refer to Latinos.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Used To Imply Michelle Obama Is Male Are Fakes
Are images of former first lady Michelle Obama with a bulge under her dress real? No, that's not true: The images used in a social media post that show bulges are altered and one zoomed in picture does not actually show a bulge. Lead Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Used The Word ‘Bloodbath’ In Car Import Tariff Segment of Speech
Did Donald Trump say in a speech that there would be a "bloodbath" if he weren't elected in November 2024? Yes, that's true, here's more context: The former American president used the term on March 16, 2024, while campaigning in Vandalia