Were there just 133 million registered voters in the United States for the November 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: While we could not find a total for voters registered in for all 50 states as of November 4, 2020, we did
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Snopes→ Did Congress Expel 14 Members for Supporting Confederacy, Not Acknowledging Lincoln as President?
There is a history of House and Senate members being kicked out, but did the reasons bear any resemblance to political events in 2020?
Liste→ Image shows former head of Rwanda’s presidential guard being arrested, not a TPLF leader
After Ethiopia’s government announced it had stripped immunity from prosecution for officials of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), an image of a man in handcuffs was widely shared on social media with claims that it showed a leader of
Top Fact Checks→ President-elect Joe Biden was accused of rape.
Biden has not been accused of rape. Instead, he was accused of sexually assaulting a former Senate aide and behaving inappropriately towards women.
Liste→ The Indonesian president’s son does not hold the record for the country’s youngest mayor ever elected
A photo showing the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that he is the Southeast Asian country’s youngest mayor at the age of 33. However, the claim is false; according to the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania, Georgia And Nevada Electors Did NOT Vote For President Trump
Did presidential electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada cast their electoral college votes for President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Joe Biden got all of the electoral college votes in those three states, a result of the Bide
Snopes→ Electors Meeting to Formally Choose Biden As Next President
Electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots on Dec. 14.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say ‘My Son Has Not Made Money In China’ In The First Presidential Debate
Did Joe Biden say "My son has not made money in China" in the first presidential debate? No, that's not true: During the September 29, 2020 debate, Biden addressed the controversy over his son landing overseas work at the time that Biden
Snopes→ Brandon Bernard Executed, a Rarity During a Presidential Transition
The case of Brandon Bernard was a rare execution of a person who was in his teens when his crime was committed.
Snopes→ Has No Presidential Candidate ‘Won Iowa, Florida and Ohio’ and Still Lost?
U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated in December 2020 that one can move the goal posts and still lose the argument.
Top Fact Checks→ President Trump is above the law.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a fundamental principle of democracy that no one is above the law and rejected President Trump's law privilege claim.
Snopes→ Has No Presidential Candidate ‘Won Both Ohio and Florida and Lost’?
There's no law that requires a candidate to win both Ohio and Florida in order to become president of the United States.
Liste→ This video shows a presidential campaign rally in Buenos Aires in 2019, not Maradona’s funeral
A video has been viewed hundreds of times on multiple Facebook and Instagram posts alongside a claim that it shows the funeral of football legend Diego Maradona, who died in November 2020, in Argentina. The claim is false; the clip actually shows a pre
Snopes→ Biden Officially Secures Enough Electors to Become President
California certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.
Liste→ Philippine vice president becomes target of misleading typhoon relief claim, promoted by imposter AFP account
Multiple posts shared thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter claim that Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo lied when she said she was not joined by journalists at her relief operation after Typhoon Vamco hit the Philippines in November
Snopes→ Could Trump Be First US President to Pardon Family Members?
Scuttlebutt around U.S. President Donald Trump's rumored plans to use his pardoning power raised a few questions.
Snopes→ Judge Says No to Digging Up Remains of President Harding
The grandson of the nation's 29th president and his lover, Nan Britton, went to court in an effort to get the Republican’s remains dug up from his presidential memorial.
Liste→ This photo shows Turkish President Erdogan carrying his relative’s coffin
A photo has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan carrying a coffin containing the body of a mosque leader in Istanbul, alongside a cleaner from the same mosque. The claim is
Snopes→ Wisconsin, Arizona Certify Biden Wins in Presidential Vote
Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election results in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump's legal team continued to dispute the results.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Barack Obama Was NOT Arrested For Espionage — It’s A Made-Up Story
Was former President Barack Obama arrested for espionage? No, that's not true: A website completely made up the claim that Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was arrested on November 28, 2020. The article used direct quotes f
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking President Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo
President Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was “rigged” and characterized mail-in ballots as a “disaster” in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. Bartiromo allowed him to make his case without c
Top Fact Checks→ Sanskrit verses recited before President-elect Joe Biden entered the White House.
A video is from an old event which was organized by the Hindu American Seva Communities. Joe Biden has not entered the White House yet.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Does the Dominion Voting Systems organization have ties to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, George Soros and the Clinton Foundation?
https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics CLAIM: Attorney Sidney Powell claimed that widely used voting m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania Did Not Tally More Mail-in Votes In The Presidential Election Than Actual Ballots Received
Did the mail-in vote count (2,589,242) in the presidential election in Pennsylvania exceed the actual number of ballots sent to voters (supposedly 1,823,148) and were 1,126,940 votes "created out of thin air"? No, that's not true: The Pen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Confuse Maradona With Madonna In Tweet
Did President Trump seemingly confuse recently deceased soccer superstar Diego Maradona with singer Madonna? No, that's not true: the tweet in which the President seemingly made comments praising Maradona's music from the 1980's was a cru
Liste→ This graphic from a Philippine broadcaster has been doctored to include a false quote about President Duterte
A graphic has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts purporting to show a genuine quote from a Philippine television personality published by a Philippine broadcaster. The alleged quote and the posts suggest the television personalit
Liste→ Posts mislead about Joe Biden’s president-elect status
Posts on social media claim that there is no “office of president elect” and accuse Joe Biden of appropriating the title. This is misleading; nearly-complete election results confirm Biden’s victory and the “office” of the president-elect, t
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Addressing President Trump’s Claims About Rejected Georgia Ballots
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Remove The Title ‘President Elect’ From Joe Biden’s Page
Did Facebook remove the title "President Elect" from the @joebiden Facebook page, and then only identify President-elect Joe Biden as a politician? No, that's not true: a database of screenshots of the @joebiden Facebook page, for more th
Snopes→ Pennsylvania Certifies Biden As Winner of Presidential Vote
The Pennsylvania State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,” Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted.
Liste→ Nigeria did not give US President Donald Trump a deadline to concede the election or face sanctions
Multiple posts making the rounds on Facebook claim the Nigerian government gave US President Donald Trump 72 hours to concede the 2020 presidential election to former vice-president Joe Biden. This is false; Nigeria rejected the statement attributed to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Older Sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau, Did NOT Tweet In Support Of The President
Did Donald Trump's older sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau, tweet in support of the president? No, that's not true. The "tweet" was created on a parody account. It's not real. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by President Trump on
Liste→ Hoax tweets falsely claim support from Biden, Obama for Ugandan presidential challenger
A Facebook post shared more than a hundred times claims to show tweets from US president-elect Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama calling for the release of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine who was detained on November 18, 2020. Howe
Snopes→ President Trump Invites Michigan GOP Leaders to White House
President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for a meeting amid a longshot GOP push to overturn the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory.
Top Fact Checks→ President Trump secretly watermarked mail-in ballots to prove some ballots were fraudulent.
Federal agencies do not print electoral ballots. This theory originated from QAnon affiliated accounts
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wayne County, Michigan, Board Of Canvassers Did NOT ‘Refuse’ To Certify The Results Of The Presidential Election — First They Deadlocked, Then They Certified The Votes
Did the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Canvassers "refuse" to certify the presidential election results? No, that's not true: First, the board of four deadlocked in a 2-2 tie over certifying the votes. Then a couple hours later, the boa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mobster ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino Was NOT Behind President-elect Joe Biden’s Win In Philadelphia
Did mob boss Joey Merlino, also known as "Skinny Joey," help Joe Biden win Philadelphia by getting him 300,000 fraudulent votes? No, that's not true: The Philadelphia City Commissioners, a bi-partisan body that supervises elections, say t
Top Fact Checks→ Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.
This claim is false and misleading, there were not more ballots than registered voters inMilwaukee.
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden isn’t President-Elect until Trump concedes the election.
The winner of a presidential election is conventionally known as President-Elect. A concession is not required for the title to be used.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Make An Official Statement Saying There Is Currently No President-Elect
Did Congress make an official statement saying there is currently no president-elect? No, that's not true: One of the 535 members of Congress -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. -- sent a letter to the administrator of the General Services Administr