REVIEW Claims that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or that future pandemics have been planned beforehand by health authorities, universities, and prominent personalities like Bill Gates have continually surfaced on social media over the last few y
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The Dispatch→ Early Jockeying in Virginia to Succeed Glenn Youngkin in 2025
Plus: Most GOP hopefuls avoid hitting Trump in the latest Iowa cattle call.
Logically→ Claims that Earth will experience an ‘internet apocalypse’ in 2025 are false
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Simulation was not prep for a planned 2025 pandemic
Simulation with fictional virus shows ‘“what they're preparing for us" in 2025.
Full Fact→ The Government is not expecting tree planting to almost halve by 2025
Projections for “afforestation in the UK” published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero actually show a mix of figures for both the UK as a whole and England only.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Air Force Policy To ‘Control The Weather By 2025’ — Claim Goes Back To 1996 Research Paper
Did the U.S. Air Force say, on the record, that the military branch wants to control the weather by 2025? No, that's not true: The Air Force public affairs team told Lead Stories that it is not Air Force policy to control the weather by 2
Snopes→ NASA Bumps Astronaut Moon Landing to 2025 at Earliest
The space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century.
Snopes→ McDonald’s Has Pledged to Reduce Plastic Use in Happy Meal Toys by 2025
The fast food company plans to rely on recyclable and renewable materials.
Logically→ The population of the U.K. has been projected to be 22.93 million by 2025.
The claim is unfounded as COVID-19 vaccines are safe and found to reduce the death rate substantially.
Logically→ The population of the U.K. has been projected to be 22.93 million by 2025.
The claim is unfounded as COVID-19 vaccines are safe and found to reduce the death rate substantially.
Logically→ Pandas, elephants, and other wild animals are likely to become extinct by 2025.
None of these animal groups will become extinct within five years, although some specific species are critically endangered.
Snopes→ ‘Alexa, What Will Happen to Florida in 2025?’
Alexa, why can't you predict the future?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump CANNOT Be Returned To The Presidency Until 2025
Could Joe Biden be legally ousted from the White House and Donald Trump returned to the presidency before the next election if fraud were found to have put Biden there? No, that's not true: A sitting U.S. president can only be removed thr
Logically→ The World Bank has said that COVID-19 will continue until March 2025.
The World Bank set out an economic recovery plan lasting until March 2025. It did not provide a date for the end of the pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan’s Active Voter Count NOT 8.4 Million, Closer To 7.2 Million, Inactive Registrations Included By Law
Do Michigan's voter rolls list 8.4 million voters who can cast a ballot, when there are fewer than 8 million voting-age residents in the state? No, that's not true: 8.4 million does not accurately reflect the number of active registered v
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Harris’ and Trump’s Fox News Appearances
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Both presidential candidates appeared on Fox News on Oct. 16 — former President Donald Trump in a town hall with women voters in Georgia and Vice President Kamala Harris in an
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, 2024 Pre-Election Update
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Here’s how the U.S. has fared since President Joe Biden took office: The economy has added more than 15 million jobs. The number is now about 6 million higher t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Projected Path For Hurricane Leslie’ — Simulation Game
Does an authentic animation show Hurricane Leslie's projected path through Florida with tens of thousands of deaths, as a post on X suggested? No, that's not true: The clip was taken from a hurricane simulation game called Hurricane Outbr
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Spin on Tax Cuts Raising Revenues
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Former President Donald Trump is proposing to lower the federal corporate tax rate to 15%, insisting that when he lowered it to 21% starting in 2018, revenues received by the govern
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hurricane Milton — It’s Compilation Of Old, AI-Generated Or Digitally Manipulated Clips
Does a viral video montage show actual tornados and damage from Hurricane Milton in Florida in October 2024? No, that's not true: The montage is a compilation of older, unrelated clips. Some of them show signs of digital manipulation. The
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation Floods Hurricane Season
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The 2024 hurricane season has brought with it a deluge of conspiracy theories and false or misleading claims about storms that have devastated some parts of the country and killed h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Elk Escaping Wyoming Wildfire In 2024
Does a video show fenced-in elk escaping a wildfire in Wyoming in 2024? No, that's not true: The video on X shows three elk fleeing a wildfire in Montana in 2021. The person who made the video located it in Big Horn County, Montana, in a
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Misleading Claims About FEMA’s Future Under Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts misleadingly claim that “Trump’s Project 2025 will end” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and provide “ZERO federal he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Hitler’s Mercedes In Front Of Zelenskyy’s Office Building — Digitally Manipulated
Does a photo in an online article prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought Hitler's Mercedes during his 2024 trip to the United States? No, that's not true: The article's image of the vehicle, supposedly in front of the U
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said that no funds intended for disaster relief have been used to pay for programs that respond to illegal immigration. But former President
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Contractor Used Secondary Runway But Did NOT Prevent Civilian Disaster Aid At Greenville, South Carolina, Airport For Helene Victims
Did FEMA aircraft block a runway at the Greenville, South Carolina, airport on October 5, 2024, preventing civilian disaster aid from reaching Hurricane Helene victims and "stopping help"? No, that's not true: While an airport representat
FactCheck.org→ Trump Ad on Taxes Uses Deceptive Political Playbook
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a classic example of how political ads mislead viewers by using out-of-context quotes, a TV ad from former President Donald Trump’s campaign cites the New York Times as say
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Tank Destroyed In Lebanon In 2024 — It’s Russia’s T-90 Blown Up In Ukraine
Does a viral video show an Israeli tank destroyed "by the resistance's fire" in Lebanon in October 2024? No, that's not true: The claim recycled footage of a Russian tank in Ukraine that emerged on social media nearly a year before the st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens Did NOT Sign $400 Million CBS Deal For Morning Show To Rival ‘The View’
Did conservative talk show hosts Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens sign a $400 million deal with CBS for a morning show to rival "The View," as posts on social media claimed? No, that's not true: This first appeared on a website that publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Running To Bunker To Escape Iranian Missiles In October 2024
Does a video circulating on social media show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running to a bunker to take shelter from an Iranian missile attack? No, that's not true: The video was posted to Netanyahu's Twitter account in Decemb
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC CEO Did NOT Hint At Potential Cancellation Of ‘The View’ — From Satire Site
Did the CEO of ABC hint that the network may cancel "The View," saying "It's time to end a show that's lost its relevance"? No, that's not true: The website that originally reported this comes with a satire label. Neither ABC itself nor n
FactCheck.org→ Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump’s
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent remarks, Vice President Kamala Harris has cited several economic analyses, claiming they found her plan would “strengthen the economy” and former President Don
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Lose Five Major Sponsors After Endorsing Kamala Harris — Site Says Story Not Real
Did Taylor Swift lose five major sponsors after endorsing Kamala Harris for president? No, that's not true: This story initially appeared on a website that says it "specializes in satire, parody, and humor," and that "nothing on this webs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE NYPD Memo Says Members Must Start Displaying Their Pronouns
Is a New York Police Department memo that says all uniformed members must start displaying their pronouns starting January 1, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the NYPD told Lead Stories that the memo is fake. It al
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Summary The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. In a lengthy exchange on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Rock’ And Elton John Had NOT Endorsed Donald Trump In 2024, As Of September 10, 2024
Did Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Elton John endorse Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential race? No, that's not true: Video clips of Johnson and John do not show either one of them having said that they endorse Trump for the 2024 pres
AllSides→ Online Posts Misrepresent Biden’s Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/online-posts-misrepresent-bidens-proposed-tax-on-unrealized-capital-gains/
FactCheck.org→ Online Posts Misrepresent Biden’s Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts have misrepresented a tax proposed in President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget. The 25% tax on unrealized capital gains would apply only
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ireland’s President Does NOT Have Powers To Unilaterally Decide What Government, Parliament Do
If elected to serve as Ireland's president, can MMA fighter Conor McGregor force legislators to convene and face questioning about their policies? No, that's not true: Ireland's Constitution does not grant such powers to any president. A