Does a photo taken less than two weeks after Donald Trump's right ear was grazed in an assassination attempt show it undamaged? No, that's not true: The photo on social media predates the shooting by more than seven years. There's no evid
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Austin Private Wealth did not short 12 million shares of Trump Media on July 12, 2024
Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GovTrack Did NOT Delete Only Kamala Harris’ 2019 Voting Report Card; All From 2019 Were Consolidated, Deleted
Did GovTrack delete only Vice President Kamala Harris' 2019 report card, which rated her as the most liberal senator that year? No, that's not true: GovTrack told Lead Stories that it consolidated and deleted everyone's 2019 report card.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. John Fetterman Does NOT Refuse To Wear Suits Except For Netanyahu — He Wears Suits On Senate Floor
Did Sen. John Fetterman wear a suit for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress despite "refusing to wear a suit to literally everything else?" No, that's not true: Fetterman wears a suit whenever he goes to the Ho
The Dispatch→ How Well Do Tech Companies Know You?
James C. Scott’s lessons about government can be applied to big tech platforms.
PolitiFact→ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress in a defiant hourlong speech about Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. We fact-checked what he said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tractors In Photo Were NOT On Beach Blocking Migrant Boats From Landing In UK — Protest Was In France
Does a photo show tractors lined up to block boats of migrants from landing at the port of Dover in the U.K.? No, that's not true: The photo on social media shows a protest on January 26, 2024, at a French seaside resort where President E
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Memorandums Do NOT Indicate Transfer Of Presidential Power Ahead Of Death
Do memorandums by President Joe Biden prove he is transferring his presidential power to others in advance of his death? No, that's not true: The delegation of powers to lower-level officials is a common practice in the federal government
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Half-Staff US Capitol Flag Does NOT Mean Biden Died Week Of July 22, 2024 — It Was Lowered For Jackson Lee’s Death
Did the U.S. Capitol lower its flag to half-staff during the week of July 22, 2024, because President Joe Biden had died? No, that's not true: The flag was lowered on July 22, 2024, to honor Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died July 19, 2024
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden CAN Be Replaced On Ballots As 2024 DNC Nominee; Delegate Roll Call Decides, Weeks After He Withdrew
When he dropped out of the race on July 21, 2024, was it too late for Joe Biden's name to be removed from general election presidential ballots across the country? No, that's not true: Biden was not yet on the ballot for this election cyc
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
Full Fact→ Fake Wetherspoons free ‘meal for two’ deal recirculates on Facebook
A similar post went viral in 2023. But the pub chain has confirmed it is not real.
The Dispatch→ A Historic Week for America
Republicans enjoy an upbeat convention while President Joe Biden faces more calls to end his campaign.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Trump Shooter Crooks Wearing Yarmulke, Synagogue Representatives Say
Does a photo on social media show Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks wearing a yarmulke? No, that's not true: Representatives of the Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Butler, Pennsylvania, told Lead Stories they know the person in
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Secret Service sniper wasn’t wearing a red string bracelet tied to Kabbalah Judaism
A photo shows a Secret Service sniper at the July 13 Trump rally wearing a red string bracelet tied to Kabbalah Judaism.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Baselessly Suggest Others Were Involved in Trump’s Assassination Attempt
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Viral online posts make the unfounded claim that a woman at former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally acted “suspicious,” suggesting th
AllSides→ We fact-checked some of the rumors spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/misinformation-narratives-fact-checked-wake-trump-assassination-attempt-2024-07-15/
AllSides→ Dem Powerbroker Who Suggested Trump Shooting ‘Staged’ Has Visited Biden White House at Least 10 Times
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/dem-powerbroker-who-suggested-trump-shooting-staged-has-visited-biden-white-house-at-least-10-times/
The Dispatch→ More Questions Than Answers About Trump Assassination Attempt
‘It was unacceptable.’
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Trump rally shooter wasn’t ‘Maxwell Yearick’
The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
The Dispatch→ ‘The Democrats’ Were Not Behind Notable Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. History
A viral meme makes false claims about the men behind attacks on civil rights leaders and former presidents.
AllSides→ We fact-checked some of the rumors spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/misinformation-narratives-fact-checked-wake-trump-assassination-attempt-2024-07-15/
PolitiFact→ Trump VP pick J.D. Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer
In his first interview after being selected as Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, J.D. Vance addressed his past comments about abortion, domestic violence and Trump. We looked at the facts and context behind his statements.
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report That Trump Was ‘Shot With Three Different Weapons’
Did CNN report that former U.S. President Donald Trump was shot with three different weapons during an assassination attempt at a rally on July 13, 2024, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: CNN reported on July 14, 2024, that an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Smiling While Escorting Trump To Safety During Assassination Attempt — Image Is Digitally Altered
Health Feedback→ Study claiming 74% of deaths due to COVID-19 vaccines contains signs of potential biases, uses flawed methodology
REVIEW In late June 2024, social media posts on Facebook claimed that “73.9% of deaths” from a collection of 325 autopsy case reports were “significantly linked to COVID-19 vaccination” (examples here and here). These posts referenced a revi
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From Another Rollercoaster Ride of a Week
President Joe Biden stays in the presidential race despite increasing calls for his withdrawal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fences Were NOT Erected Around Walter Washington Convention Center For Biden’s July 11, 2024, Press Conference — For NATO Summit
Was a military-like zone with fences set up last minute where President Joe Biden was scheduled to give his press conference on July 11, 2024? No, that's not true: A video on social media shows fences around the Walter E. Washington Conve
Full Fact→ Why is King Charles not wearing a crown on new banknotes?
King Charles is not wearing a crown on new banknotes, but contrary to some claims circulating on social media, this does not mean there is no monarch.
PolitiFact→ Michael McCaul – Were immigration agents told not to detain ‘aggravated felons’? Here’s why that’s Mostly False
“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Did LGBTQ+ leaders sign a WEF pro-pedophile treaty? No, that’s Pants on Fire!
LGBTQ+ leaders sign World Economic Forum treaty to “Accept Pedophiles as 'Legally Protected Minority’”
The Dispatch→ We Aren’t All Soviets Now … Or Are We? | Jonah Goldberg vs. Niall Ferguson
They’re not like us.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT A Mystery Planet In FAA Weather Time Lapse Images — It’s Smear On Larsen Bay, Alaska, Camera Lens
Did a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera capture images of a mysterious planet in the southern sky over Larsen Bay, Alaska? No, that's not true: Images taken at the same time at other FAA weather camera stations on Kodiak Isla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Authentic Footage Shows A Tornado Hitting Florida On July 7, 2024 — No Extreme Weather That Day
Does a video show authentic footage of a tornado hitting a Florida beach, or Miami, on July 7, 2024? No, that's not true: National Weather Service records did not document any such extreme weather in the entire state of Florida on July 7,
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Footage of towering tornado does not show Hurricane Beryl making landfall in Mexico
Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.
The Dispatch→ Is ‘Text, History, and Tradition’ Alive and Well?
Plus: Kannon Shanmugam’s favorite BBQ spots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malta ‘Roman Tidal Baths’ Photos Do NOT Prove Sea Level Stable For Millennia — Sharp Rise Seen In Last Twenty Years
Does a photo of the "Roman tidal baths" on Malta demonstrate that the sea level has been consistent for thousands of years? No, that's not true: The waterfront architecture known as the Roman Baths of Sliema were not built during the Roma
The Dispatch→ Waking Up to Legal Weed
The challenges of marijuana legalization are becoming more and more obvious.