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Snopes→ Are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Longest-Married Couple in Presidential History?
The couple celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in 2021.
Snopes→ Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home
Moïse’s wife, First Lady Martine Moïse, is hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.
Top Fact Checks→ Kamala Harris has not visited the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the U.S. Vice President.
Kamala Harris made her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border as the Vice President on June 25, 2021, to deal with immigration issues.
Top Fact Checks→ Former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has died of COVID-19.
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation slammed the death rumors of Thabo Mbeki, claiming that the reports are false. The former president is alive.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police
The Trump campaign kept falsely saying that Biden wanted to defund police. Now that he's proposed to boost funding, GOP lawmakers keep repeating this falsehood.
Snopes→ Did Harry von Zell Introduce the President as ‘Hoobert Heever’?
A notorious radio flub became even more infamous through an exaggerated "re-creation" of it long after the fact.
FactCheck.org→ Presidential Vetoes Rare in Unified Government
When presidents enjoy a unified government, meaning the same party controls the House, Senate and White House, they rarely veto legislation. But Republican Sen. John Barrasso left the misleading impression that it would be some sort of historic anomal
Snopes→ Did Biden Call Putin ‘President Trump’ and then Correct Himself?
Was it a "Freudian slip," or an alleged example of Biden's declining cognitive ability? Social media users interpreted the gaffe differently.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Can President Joe Biden actually cancel student loan debt with an executive order?
Can President Joe Biden cancel student loan debt with an executive order? Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said in multiple press conferences that Biden can wipe away such debt with a “flick of a pen.” Canceling student deb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden And Vice President Harris Were NOT Out Of The Country At The Same Time
Were President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both out of the country at the same time in June 2021? No, that's not true: although there appears to be no law stating that at least one has to remain in the country while the oth
Snopes→ Former President Trump Returns As a Diminished TV Draw
Former President Donald Trump reached less than a million measurable television viewers in his return to the public stage at a North Carolina political event.
Snopes→ French President Macron is Slapped During Visit to Small Town
The incident occurred in the town of Tain-l’Hermitage.
Snopes→ Does Trump Believe He Will Be ‘Reinstated’ as President in August 2021?
There is no constitutional way for this to happen.
Top Fact Checks→ Former Pfizer Vice President claims that governments are lying about new variants of COVID-19 being deadlier.
Dr. Michael Yeadon is known to make unfounded claims about COVID-19 in interviews for conspiracy theory websites and media outlets.
Snopes→ Nevada OKs Bill in Try for 1st Presidential Nominating State in 2024
The move upends decades of political tradition and is likely to prompt pushback from other early states that want to retain their places in the calendar.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Will NOT Be Sworn In 19th President, Military Is NOT In Charge And Biden Is The Legitimate President
Will Donald Trump be sworn in as the 19th president of the United States and is the military in charge because Joe Biden is not the legitimate president? No, that's not true. Attorney L. Lin Wood made those false claims -- all of which Le
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Joe Biden Was NOT Computer Generated
Did a computer-generated (CGI) hologram that looked like President Joe Biden appear before a group of reporters and take questions before walking across the lawn and boarding Marine One? And is this the only logical conclusion to explain
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did President Biden Joke About Running Over a Reporter in a Car?
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Liste→ Nigerian separatist leader falsely claims photos of president meeting French counterpart are doctored
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has claimed that photos showing President Muhammadu Buhari meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 17, 2021, were manipulated. But the claim is false: there is no evidence suggesting the i
Liste→ Muslim woman wearing hijab in photo is not a daughter of former US president George W. Bush
Facebook posts with an image of a woman wearing a hijab claim to show the daughter of former US president George W. Bush, who allegedly converted to Islam. The claim is false; the woman in the picture does not resemble any of Bush’s daughters and al
Snopes→ Did Ronaldo Snub the President of Israel?
This video was misunderstood when it first went viral in 2014.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cristiano Ronaldo Did NOT Refuse To Shake Hands With The President Of Israel
Did Cristiano Ronaldo refuse to shake hands with the president of Israel? No, that's not true: A post that makes the claim relies on old footage of the soccer star appearing to snub Michel Platini, then-president of the Union of European
Liste→ This graphic has been doctored to include Pacquiao’s name in the Philippine president’s quote about a former diplomat
A graphic attributed to Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN that features a purported quote from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter. The graphic claims that Duterte said he will “punch” Filipin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Military Is NOT In Control Of The White House; Biden IS In Charge — He’s The President
Is Joe Biden not in charge and is the military in control of the White House? No, that's not true. Biden is the president of the United States per the U.S. Constitution Article 20. The military is not in charge of the White House, and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Has NOT Authorized A Full Forensic Audit Of The 2020 Presidential Election
Did Michigan authorize a full forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: No new audits are planned, a spokeswoman for the Michigan secretary of state told Lead Stories on May 11, 2021. Since the election, more
Snopes→ Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies; Ran for US President in 1988
Du Pont broke with family tradition by leaving the family business for a career in law and politics.
Snopes→ Was Biden 1st President To Omit ‘God’ in National Prayer Proclamation?
A law was passed in 1952 requiring the president of the United States to set aside a National Day of Prayer.
Top Fact Checks→ Restaurants owned by white men in the U.S will be the last to receive funding under President Biden’s “Restaurant Revitalization Fund’.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will prioritize women, veterans, and socially or economically disadvantaged individuals in its first 21 days.
Top Fact Checks→ Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the US President, said he was “really quite agnostic” on COVID-19 vaccine patent waivers.
Fauci did not oppose sharing technology for the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine, but expressed doubt over the time frames.
Liste→ Fabricated screenshots of news broadcasts used to spread false claims about Ugandan presidential inauguration
Facebook posts shared multiple times with purported screenshots from major news networks have claimed that Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine will be sworn in as president ahead of his rival Yoweri Museveni. The claim is false; the screenshots are
Top Fact Checks→ President Joe Biden said the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory in the U.S.
Biden asked state and local governments to urge their citizens to take the vaccine, but he did not mandate it.
Liste→ This photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been digitally altered
A photo purporting to show Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in a wheelchair has been shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter. The image circulated online in April 2021 as Duterte's absence from public events prompted rumours he was ill. The ph
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress, fact-checked
In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, chi
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-speech-congress/ In his f
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How is President Biden doing as he approaches the 100-day mark? Not bad, experts say.
In the first 100 days, new presidents try to turn campaign promises into quick legislative victories, defuse lingering crises, set themselves apart from their predecessor, and set a leadership tone for the next four years — all while avoiding blunder
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Washington Post Will No Longer Maintain Presidential Fact-Checking Database
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/04/27/washington-post-will-no-longer-maintain-presidential-fact-checking-database/
Liste→ This image shows the memorial service for Lol Mahamat Choua, Chad’s fourth president who died in 2019
An image showing men praying in front of a coffin has been shared hundreds of times alongside a claim that it was taken at the funeral of Chad’s former president Idriss Deby Itno, who died on April 19, 2021. But the claim is false; the image shows th
Liste→ Doctored image of ‘missing’ Philippine president misleads social media users
A photo has been shared repeatedly in online posts that suggest it was manipulated to include Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sitting at a desk with one of his longtime allies. The image circulated online as Filipinos speculated about Duterte
Liste→ Doctored image does not show ex-South Korean presidents protesting against expressway project
A photo that purports to show two former South Korean presidents protesting against the construction of an expressway in the 1960s has been widely shared on Facebook. The photo, however, has been doctored. The original photo, taken by a news organisat