As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term in January 2020, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “totally under control.”
Snopes→ Did Researchers Warn Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Could Increase HIV Risk?
Researchers have warned that a certain form of COVID-19 vaccine could potentially increase the risk of HIV acquisition in some vulnerable populations.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Trump the Only United States President to Have Never Once Hit a 50 Percent Approval Rating?
On January 19 2021, the following screenshot of a tweet appeared on Imgur, featuring claims that outgoing United States President Donald Trump never once went over 50 percent approval during his time in office, and was in fact the “least popular
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia County Meant To Order 250,000 Individual Voter Applications, NOT 25 Million
Did a Georgia county mean to order 25 million voter applications after the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The order was the result of an input error. Officials meant to order 250,000 individual voter applications, not 250,000 packs o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence This Tonic Recipe Will Change Outcomes For People Infected With COVID-19
Will this tonic routine treat COVID-19 in the way that is claimed, and can it prevent anyone who adheres to this regimen from dying of COVID? No, that's not true: This COVID remedy, which is intended to be used as both an inhaled steam tr
Snopes→ Did McConnell Say Trump ‘Provoked’ Attack on U.S. Capitol?
The Senate majority leader said that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol had been "fed lies."
Snopes→ Copypasta Falsely Claims Kamala Harris Is ‘Marxist by Association’
Despite vague assertions in a piece of Facebook copypasta about the incoming vice president's associations, Harris isn't a Marxist.
AllSides→ We Fact-Checked 5 Common Bogus Claims About Vaccines and COVID-19
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7axaa/fact-check-coronavirus-vaccine-claims From the moment COVID-19 e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Guard Commanders Have NOT Confiscated All Ammo And Magazines From Troops Guarding The Capitol
Did National Guard commanders confiscate all ammunition and magazines from troops guarding the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: A claim has gone viral that the Biden transition team feared guard members loyal to President Trump "might k
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A Photo Of Nancy Pelosi Being Arrested By ‘U.S. Marshalls’ — She’s Walking To Her Office
Is this a photo of Nancy Pelosi being arrested by "U.S. Marshalls"? No, that's not true: This is a photo of Speaker Pelosi being escorted by what appear to be U.S. Capitol police as she returns to her office on January 13, 2021, the day o
Logically→ Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have done business in China.
Hunter Biden was interested in striking a deal with a Chinese company in 2017, which ultimately fell apart. Joe Biden was never involved.
Snopes→ 12 Guard Members Removed from Biden Inauguration
Washington has been on edge since the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, which has prompted extraordinary security measures ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.
Snopes→ Two Guard Members Removed from Biden Inauguration
Washington has been on edge since the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, which has prompted extraordinary security measures ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.
Snopes→ Did Hillary Clinton Suggest Trump Spoke to Putin During Capitol Riot?
"I hope historically we will find out who he's beholden to, who pulls his strings," the former Democratic presidential candidate said of Trump.
Snopes→ Live Updates: What We Know About the Trump Pardons
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to use his last full day as president offering clemency to dozens of people.
Snopes→ No, Tom Selleck Did Not ‘Finally Confirm the Rumors’
We clicked "next page" more than 500 times in several slideshow articles to find the truth behind online advertisements featuring actor Tom Selleck.
Snopes→ Did Nostradamus Predict the World Will Fall After a ‘Feeble Man’ Rules?
Nostradamus has been credited with accurately predicting dozens of historical events.
AFP Fact Check→ Discredited US naturopath makes false claims about Gates
A 2019 video has resurfaced in South Africa with claims by a discredited US naturopath that billionaire Bill Gates said the world should be depopulated of billions of people, starting in Africa. However, there is no public record of Gates making the
Poynter→ Mexican fact-checker offers advice on how to handle a change of executive power
Mexican fact-checkers say consistency, transparency and humility helped them maintain credibility with their audience after executive power shifted in their country in 2018. As America prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Jorge R
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Here’s the Letter George H. W. Bush Left Bill Clinton for the First Day of His Presidency’
On January 18 2021, Imgur user SisterMidnight shared an image called, “Here’s the letter George H. W. Bush left Bill Clinton for the first day of his presidency,” with the comment “Classy,” and “I wonder what Presiden
AllSides→ New York Times issues correction after labeling Daily Caller journalist as Capitol Hill ‘rioter’ in photo
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-issues-correction-labeling-daily-caller-journalist-as-capitol-hill-rioter-in-photo
Health Feedback→ People who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
REVIEW To date, there have been 95 million cases and two million deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. To curb the spread of the disease, several governments initiated massive vaccination campaigns using some of the recently developed and approved vaccine
AllSides→ Fact-checking Biden’s rollout of plan to address ‘twin crises’ of economy, pandemic
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/15/biden-terms-vaccine-rollout-dismal-failure-he-unve/ Pres
Snopes→ Can You Now Download Thousands of CIA Files on UFOs?
Freedom of Information Act requests opened up decades worth of materials on unexplained and unidentified phenomena.
Snopes→ Biden Picks Transgender Woman As Assistant Health Secretary
Dr. Rachel Levine is poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Full Fact→ Clearing up some of the confusion over free school meals
Last week, social media was full of images of food parcels sent to parents to feed their children. Ordinarily, state schools in England provide meals to eligible children free of charge, including children whose families receive certain benefits, and a
Logically→ In his first few days, Biden may cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
According to a person familiar with Biden’s plans, he could cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline in his first few days.
Logically→ Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden are missing.
Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden have been videotaped from different events, and there is no evidence that they are missing.
Full Fact→ A kiwi fruit did not test “positive” for Covid
We’ve seen many people sharing a video on social media that seems to show a kiwi fruit testing positive for Covid-19. It follows a similar video, in which a glass of Coca-Cola also appeared to test positive. The people in the videos, and many of
Snopes→ A New COVID-19 Challenge: Mutations Rise Along with Cases
Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic.
Snopes→ Joe Biden to Propose 8-Year Citizenship Path for Immigrants
The bill is set to be introduced after President-elect Biden takes the oath of office on Jan. 20.
Logically→ Donald Trump says that migrant caravans have reached the U.S. border.
Thousands of migrants headed for the U.S. hoping that the new administration will ease immigration rules, following harsh policies under Trump
AFP Fact Check→ Video distorts Imran Khan’s comments on Indian government
A video of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appearing to praise the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been viewed tens of thousands of times online. However, the footage has been misleadingly clipped; the full video of Khan’s r
AFP Fact Check→ These photos of wall art in Sri Lanka were not taken at the same location
Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times purport to show two comparison shots of a mural in Sri Lanka alongside a claim that it shows the painting has deteriorated. The claim is misleading: the photos do not show the same mural. Photos ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBS News Did NOT Report A Florida Man Kidnapped 27 People To Force Them To Play Yahtzee
Did CBS News report on Twitter that a Florida man had been arrested for kidnapping 27 people and forcing them to play Yahtzee for 36 hours straight? No, that's not true: the widely viral screenshot of a tweet supposedly sent by @CBSNews i
AFP Fact Check→ Imposter blogs spread hoax report claiming mother of dead flight attendant was gunned down
Multiple blogs have shared a video report that claims the mother of flight attendant Christine Dacera, whose death triggered a high-profile crime investigation in the Philippines, was gunned down in January 2021. The claim is false; the video in fact
Health Feedback→ VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate that the COVID-19 vaccines caused adverse events; evidence does not indicate vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
REVIEW An article published in mid-January 2021 by Children’s Health Defense, an organization which opposes vaccines, claimed that thousands of adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including deaths, were reported in December 2020. The o
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a demonstration against Facebook in Myanmar in October 2018
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple social media posts alongside a claim it shows a demonstration against Facebook in Myanmar held in January 2021 over alleged political interference by the platform. The claim is false; the photo i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Broken Link That Included The Word ‘Guantanamo’ On The Site Of The Office Of Military Commissions Did NOT Have Any Special Significance
Did a broken link that included the word "Guantanamo" on the website of the Office of Military Commissions have any special significance? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the link, which took users to a dead page on the site of th
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows an Indian airline plane hit by major turbulence in July 2020
A video has been viewed more than one million times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows the last moments of Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air flight before the aircraft crashed in the Java Sea in January 2021. The claim is fa