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
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Trump rally shooter wasn’t ‘Maxwell Yearick’
The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About 3-Year-Old Boy Found Walking Alone Are NOT Authentic — It’s Scam Aimed At Collecting Personal Information
Do posts about a "little boy approximately 3 years old" found and "saved" by "Deputy Ryan Braidley" authentically describe a real-life situation? No, that's not true: Near-identical versions appeared on social media, claiming the rescue h
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that 20-year-old Trump rally shooter voted for Clinton is Pants on Fire!
Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Donald Trump shooter was not identified as 32-year-old California resident ‘Hank Pecker’
“Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No proof Donald Trump made settlements to 10- to 13-year-olds for child sex crimes
List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes.
Full Fact→ Posts incorrectly claim ULEZ exemption for electric cars ending next year
Posts circulating on social media have shared a BBC headline claiming it relates to London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, but it actually relates to the congestion charge.
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
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, missing Malaysian Flight 370 has not returned after 10 years
"Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 returns after 10-year mystery"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘3 Year Old Baby Girl’ Named ‘Bobbi Renae’ Was NOT Found In Various Locations — It’s Social Media Scam To Generate Engagement
Was the same "3 year old baby girl," whose name is listed as "Bobbi Renae," found in various locations? No, that's not true: Although social media posts making the claim use an image of a child who was found after being missing, the post
Full Fact→ What would two million more appointments a year mean for the NHS?
Labour has promised to add two million more hospital appointments on evenings and weekends if it wins the general election. But how much difference would that make?
PolitiFact→ David Crowley – Was the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in 30 years under Biden?
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – We feel fine: CERN scientists did not end the world 12 years ago. This claim is satire.
CERN scientists admit they “accidentally” ended the world in 2012 while performing experiments into the Higgs boson particle.
AllSides→ Snopes Finally Corrects The Record On Notorious Trump Hoax — Seven Years Later
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/23/snopes-correction-charlottesville-virginia-very-fine-people-both-sides-donald-trump-seven-years/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Earth’s Average Temperature NOT 2 Degrees Celsius Warmer 55,000 Years Ago
Was the Earth's average temperature 2 degrees Celsius warmer 55,000 years ago? No, that's not true: Climate experts contacted by Lead Stories all agreed that the Earth's temperature 55,000 years ago was colder than today's average tempera
Full Fact→ ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036.
AllSides→ Saudi Arabia ends 80-year petrodollar deal with US for multi-currency sales
https://san.com/media-miss/saudi-arabia-ends-80-year-petrodollar-deal-with-us-for-multi-currency-sales/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New-York-To-Florida Flight Did NOT Disappear Then Land 37 Years Later — No Such Missing Flight Was Ever Recorded
Did a passenger flight disappear in 1955 after taking off from New York, only to resurface "37 years later," as a reel on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: This claim appears to be based on a 1985 hoax published by the U.S. tabloid W
The Dispatch→ Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Signals One Cut This Year
A look at our weird economy after a somewhat uplifting inflation report.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Did Donald Trump oversee the biggest-ever one-year rise in murders?
"The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded."
The Dispatch→ What Will This Year’s ‘October Surprise’ Be?
Expect the unexpected.
The Dispatch→ For Joe Biden, It’s Not the Years, It’s the Mileage
The president’s problems have less to do with age and more to do with him.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Does Trump want to repeal the ACA, as Biden says? Tracking his changing stance over the years
Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act.
Full Fact→ It’s not true that more migrants arrived in the UK in two years than between 1066 and 2010
A graphic shared by Reform UK leader Richard Tice claims Rishi Sunak “welcomed more migrants in just two years” than in the 944 years prior to 2010.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Altered Video Has Cristiano Ronaldo Supporting ‘Children Of Gaza’ — He Said ‘Children of Syria’ In Message Recorded Years Ago
Does a video on social media show Cristiano Ronaldo offering support to "children of Gaza"? No, that's not true: The original video of soccer superstar Ronaldo was posted in 2016 and he said it was for the "children of Syria," not the chi
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low
“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Knight Satellite’ Is NOT 13,000-Year-Old Craft — It Was Thermal Cover Lost In Space
Does photographic evidence and reports from several independent sources, including NASA, show that an ancient satellite has been orbiting Earth since at least the 1950s? No, that's not true: The supposed photographic evidence from NASA, s
AllSides→ Are five Americans facing up to 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos for bringing ammunition in their luggage?
https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/are-five-americans-facing-up-to-12-years-in-prison-in-turks-and-caicos-for-bringing-ammunition-in-their-luggage?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
The Dispatch→ The Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Six Years Later
On the power of the Greek tragedy.
Full Fact→ Is the tax burden at a 70 year high?
We’ve looked at the figures after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told BBC Radio Essex that taxes were “at a 70 year high” and due to increase.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SCAM Posts Push Claim About Found 2-Year-Old To Lure People To Share Them
Was an approximately 2-year-old-child, who was never reported missing, found in a town -- and are police keeping the child safe while looking for the child's guardian? No, that's not true: While this situation may have occurred somewhere
Full Fact→ Small boat arrivals are higher so far this year compared to 2023
Rishi Sunak’s claim that small boat crossings are “down by a third” since he became Prime Minister is only true when looking at arrivals in 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California’s Fresno River Viaduct Did NOT Cost $11 Billion, Did NOT Take 9 Years
Did the Fresno River Viaduct in California cost $11 billion over nine years of construction? No, that's not true: A claim on social media misleads about the cost and duration of the project. The viaduct was completed in roughly three year
PolitiFact→ Were more bills signed into law, vetoed this year than normal in Wisconsin? Here’s our analysis.
Politicians may campaign on how many bills got signed into law this year. But was it more than average?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Mislabels As ‘Current’ A 4-Year-Old Der Spiegel Caricature Of ‘Fire Devil’ Trump Wielding Lit Match
Does a social media post from April 2024 show a "current" cover of German news magazine Der Spiegel, featuring Donald Trump with a lit match and a headline that calls him a "Fire Devil"? No, that's not true: The Der Spiegel edition shown
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Was last year's US job growth all from part-time jobs? Why RFK Jr.’s claim is Half True
"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Five years later, Texas never found voter registrations of 95,000 noncitizens
Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ — ‘TDOV’ Is Always March 31, But Easter Varies Yearly
Did President Joe Biden declare Easter Sunday to be "Transgender Day of Visibility"? No, that's not true: The Biden White House did issue a proclamation celebrating the "extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans,"
PolitiFact→ Transgender Day of Visibility always falls on March 31. This year, so did Easter.
Biden’s annual “proclamation” of Transgender Day of Visibility fell on the same day as Easter. But that was a coincidence, because Easter’s date moves every year. Biden also honored Easter.
The Dispatch→ Evan Gershkovich Marks One Year in Russian Prison
The Wall Street Journal reporter’s arrest shines a light on Americans detained around the world.