Did 9,000 "illegals" enter the United States in all of 2020 versus 108,000 in the first three months of 2021? No, that's not true: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Lead Stories the agenc
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Top Fact Checks→ Robert Aaron Long said the U.S. must “fight back” against China on Facebook.
A screenshot of a Facebook status supposedly written by Robert Aaron Long, the suspected Atlanta gunman, is a hoax.
Snopes→ Did a Prague Newspaper Call U.S. a ‘Confederacy of Fools’ for Electing Joe Biden?
A Czech newspaper editorial purportedly claimed the U.S. was endangered by the people who elected Joe Biden as president.
Top Fact Checks→ U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
There is no evidence to show that Chief Justice John Roberts had visited Jeffrey Epstein's island.
Top Fact Checks→ Special intelligence told Donald Trump about COVID-19 spreading in the U.S.
U.S. intelligence reportedly warned Donald Trump about the existence of the virus in November 2019 and about its spread in January and February 2020.
TruthOrFiction→ Far-Right U.S. Legislators Using Disinformation to Gain, Strengthen Positions
Even as acolytes of former United States president Donald Trump consider running to replace retiring Republicans, his allies already in the U.S. government are trying to throw up barriers to passing broadly popular legislation — but all are leani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: El Chapo Did NOT Testify In U.S. Court He Paid Off Nancy Pelosi To Keep The Mexican/U.S. Border Open For Drug Cartels
Did El Chapo testify in U.S. court that he paid off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep the Mexican/U.S. border open for drug cartels? No, that's not true. Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was found guilty in 2019 of 10 counts o
Snopes→ Did Biden Say Indian Americans Are ‘Taking Over’ the U.S.?
Roughly 4 million people of Indian origin currently live in the U.S., representing about 1% of the total population.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nevada Voter Has NOT ‘Disappeared’ — She Cast Her Ballot As A U.S. Citizen Living Abroad
Did Nevada voter Christina Gupana "disappear"? Is the "Louder With Crowder" show correct in saying her vote in the 2020 general election was fraudulent? No, that's not true: Lead Stories located Gupana and spoke to her on several occasion
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The U.S. leads the world in number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, but not in the proportion of the population vaccinated
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world since early 2020, causing more than 100 million confirmed cases and more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide to date, 500,000 of which happened in the U.S. Since the first COVID-19 vaccines were authori
Top Fact Checks→ The Federal minimum wages in the U.S. have remained at $7.25 since 2009, while the wealth of America’s 400 richest has doubled during the same period.
Federal minimum wages in the U.S have been $7.25 per hour since it was last revised in 2009 while the wealth of the top 1 percent has doubled.
FactCheck.org→ Pace of U.S. Vaccinations vs. the World
President Joe Biden boasts that the U.S. is on pace to be the first country in the world to vaccinate 100 million people. That’s true, but per capita the U.S. is not tops in the world in vaccinations. Israel has administered about four times as m
Top Fact Checks→ Over 15 states in the U.S. are debating legislatures to restrict transgender students’ participation in sports.
Bills aimed at preventing transgender youth from athletics are under debate in more than a dozen states in the US.
Top Fact Checks→ Sixteen U.S. states currently allow transgender high school athletes to compete without restrictions.
Currently, there are 16 states in the United States which allow transgender students in high school athletics without any restrictions.
Top Fact Checks→ The army is currently in charge of the U.S. government.
As Commander in Chief, President Biden has been in charge of the army since he took office.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The number of new COVID-19 cases fell and daily vaccination increased in early 2021, but no indication that it was due to U.S. president Biden taking office
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that swept across the U.S. since early 2020 has caused almost 28 million identified cases and 500,000 deaths in the country. In the midst of this major health crisis, the U.S. have seen an important political shift with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Southern U.S. Snow Videos Do NOT Show Evidence Of Something Unnatural
Was the snow that recently fell across a large portion of the world, notably in Texas and Louisiana in mid-February 2021, an unnatural substance that was made in a lab or by the government? Did it not melt away into water the way that nor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S.A. Is NOT A Corporation And African Americans Are NOT Still Owned By Anyone
Is the United States a corporation in the way General Motors is? Is the president the head of a corporation called the United States of America? And are African Americans emancipated but not free? No, none of that is true: this conspiracy
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Die After Hit With a Fire Extinguisher?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-sicknick-fire-extinguisher/ On Jan. 8, 2021, The New York Times
Snopes→ Did U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Die After Hit With a Fire Extinguisher?
Officials and news outlets have walked back initial reports about his death.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ A look at President Biden’s plan to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump
President Joe Biden called it a “human tragedy”: the Trump administration immigration policy that caused the separation of children from their parents or legal guardians as they arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, usually asking for asylum p
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The CDC didn’t introduce a “major rule change” to inflate COVID-19 deaths; there have been more than 490,000 excess deaths in the U.S. to date
REVIEW An article published by the Gateway Pundit in early February 2021 claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent”. The article received more t
Top Fact Checks→ The May 19th Communist Organization attacked the U.S. Senate on Nov 7, 1983.
A women-led terrorist group called the May 19th Communist Organization bombed the Capitol building's north wing, doing damages worth $250,000.
Top Fact Checks→ The U.S. military has rescued tortured children from tunnels beneath Capitol Hill.
The claim is part of a conspiracy theory being spread by social media users. US Officials have denied reports of child rescue.
Top Fact Checks→ Bill Gates lives in a home worth $147.5 million, which is enough money to buy 1,000 struggling U.S. families a home.
$147.5 million is not enough money to buy 1,000 averagely-priced properties.
Snopes→ Did Biden Sign an Executive Order Allowing the U.S. to Fund Abortions Abroad?
The so-called "global gag rule" was instated by Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Top Fact Checks→ Khalistani separatists vandalized the Mahatma Gandhi statue in California, U.S.
An investigation is currently underway and whether khalistani separatists were responsible for the incident is unverified.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Buses At U.S. Capitol Is NOT Evidence Of An Operation Against Lawmakers And Does NOT Show Anything Unexpected
Is a video of buses at the U.S. Capitol evidence of an operation against lawmakers? Does it show anything unexpected? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence to support the idea that lawmakers were the target of a mili
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism; the U.S. CDC didn’t change their stance on the subject
REVIEW On 21 January 2021, the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), an organization founded by Del Bigtree that opposes vaccines, published an article claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “finally capitulated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Military Was NOT At The White House Arresting Congress ‘Today’ on January 25, 26, 27, Nor 28, 2021
Was the U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress on January 25, 2021? No, that's not true: There's zero proof substantiating such a statement. A video offered as evidence does not show arrests; it's unclear when it was even sho
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden will not forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal unless it rejoins the EU.
Joe Biden did not say or has ever said that he will not strike a trade deal with the UK if it does not rejoin the EU.
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden wants the U.S. to have open borders.
Joe Biden is reversing some Trump-era immigration policies and wants to improve the border immigration process, but does not want open borders.
Snopes→ Widespread Internet Outages Hit Northeast U.S.
Verizon said it was working on the problem hurting Fios service “throughout the Northeast corridor” and that some service had already been restored.
TruthOrFiction→ Is Lloyd Austin Considering ‘Defunding’ or ‘Maybe Disbanding’ the U.S. Army?
The efforts to push disinformation about United States President Joe Biden’s administration began within days of his January 2021 inauguration, with a graphic falsely claiming that the U.S. military faced possible “defunding.” The me
Top Fact Checks→ Biden ordered to halt the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order pausing the wall's construction on the southern border of the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gold Fringe On A U.S. Flag Does NOT Signal Maritime NOR Martial Law Is In Effect
Does gold fringe on the American Flag signal imposition of Maritime or Martial Law? No, that's not true: Gold fringe is a decorative option. Although the U.S. Flag code makes no reference to gold fringe, it has been used since 1835. In 18
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: America’s Biggest Owner Of Farmland IS Now Bill Gates — But He Owns Less Than 0.1% Of All U.S. Farmland
Is Bill Gates now America's biggest owner of farmland in the United States? Yes, that's true: Gates owns 242,000 acres of farmland, according to a forbes.com article, which referenced a landreport.com article. Total farmland in the U.S.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ U.S. fact-checkers expect new debates over policy as Joe Biden prepares to take office
U.S. fact-checkers are planning for a smooth transition from their work fact-checking the outgoing Trump administration to new claims about coronavirus relief, immigration and economic policy coming out of the soon-to-be inaugurated Biden administratio
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."
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