Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Milwaukee's director of elections was not removed from her position for vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election.
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PolitiFact→ X posts – Video of Slovakia Prime Minister speaking against WHO was from November, not ‘last week’
Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.
The Dispatch→ Maryland’s Senate Race Will Come Into Focus This Week
Plus: Why Donald Trump’s decision to address the Libertarian Party could backfire on him.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: France did not send troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Hackers did not project the Soviet Victory banner on Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate this week
Social media users shared photos and videos that made it appear the banner was being projected onto the Brandenburg Gate ahead of this week’s commemorative celebrations.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Straight Out of 1968
Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt campuses across the country.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A video clip of actor Robert De Niro yelling in a crowd shows him rehearsing for a Netflix series, not confronting anti-Israel protesters in New York.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Busy Week for Donald Trump’s Lawyers
Plus: A deep dive on the Cass Review, the protests taking over elite universities, and more.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Carrot, Baking Soda Recipe Does NOT Repair Eyesight In 1 Week
Does a drink recipe mixing carrots, vinegar and baking soda, along with orange and lime juice, restore eyesight within a week? No, that's not true: The claim is not supported by scientific evidence. While carrots contain vitamin A, import
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.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: New York Judge Juan M.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Donald Trump Roiled the Abortion Debate
The presumptive Republican nominee said policy should be left to the states—until Arizona all but banned the procedure altogether.
Full Fact→ No evidence Sadiq Khan ‘Remembrance weekend’ audio clip is real
A recording supposedly of the Mayor of London has been shared widely on social media, but was likely made using AI.
Full Fact→ Only one area in England has seen a 79% increase in four-week waits for a GP
Across England as a whole the overall increase was 38%.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Social Security Administration data does not show that a skyrocketing number of voters are registering without a photo ID, evidence that migrants who entered the country i
PolitiFact→ Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show
Social media users expressed concern after seeing reports of two ships colliding with U.S. bridges in the same week. Reports show such collisions are fairly common in the U.S., although most of these accidents are minor.
The Dispatch→ One Week Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Questions remain over how much rebuilding the bridge will cost—and who will foot the bill.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week, many of them related to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a container ship.
Full Fact→ You do not inhale a credit card’s worth of microplastic every week
This misunderstanding traces back to a scientific paper that said no such thing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Megalodon Shark Attack Of Fishing Boat — Staged Production For ‘Shark Week’
Did a megalodon shark, thought to be long extinct, attack and sink a charter fishing boat off the coast of South Africa as described in a video on social media? No, that's not true: The dramatic scenes in a video, filmed to appear like va
PolitiFact→ Voto Latino . – Deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin isn’t 'less than two weeks' away
"There are less than two weeks until the deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin."
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Before Super Tuesday
Mitch McConnell announces he’ll step down as Senate minority leader.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has not updated its background check policy to allow people in the U.S. illegally to purchase firearms.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: No Show Tonight, But Did You Catch Our Weekend Shows?
Good things come in pairs.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: President Joe Biden did not issue Executive Order 9066 to provide $5,000 gift cards to migrants who enter the U.S. illegally.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Three juveniles were detained and one was later released in connection with the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebration.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week That Defied Description
Oral arguments at the Supreme Court, a ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and a damaging special counsel report for Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Wisconsin’s 20-week limit on abortion access is really not ‘out of bounds’ internationally
“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Hawaii has not passed a bill that could keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot.
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak wrong to say 18-week waits have fallen since pledge
The Prime Minister may have meant to say in a Telegraph article that waits of 18 months have fallen, which they have.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Nikki Haley Fought Back
Plus: The RNC jumps the shark, the United Nations beclowns itself, and more.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Proceedings in former President Donald Trump's New York defamation trial were delayed because a juror was sick and did not interfere with him being in New Hampshire for Tu
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Trump Won Iowa
Plus, a little nostalgia for Sports Illustrated.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A contagion known as Disease X is not real.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Last Week Before Iowa
Christie is out, Haley is confident, and the weather might affect turnout.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A secret underground tunnel discovered at a historic synagogue in Brooklyn was not used for illicit activities, the claims are baseless.
The Dispatch→ One Short Week ‘Til the Iowa Caucuses
The leading GOP contenders barnstorm the Hawkeye State.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Week of 2024
And how January 6 is going to play a huge role in the presidential election.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The federal government does not give people who enter the U.S. illegally a cell phone, a domestic plane ticket to a location of their choice and a $5,000 Visa gift card, a