"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”
PolitiFact→ Trump New York trial: Do statements by other Republicans violate gag order?
Former President Donald Trump’s gag order says he can’t direct others to make statements about witnesses or counsel. Trump’s Congressional allies have made such statements, but experts said it would be hard to prove Trump directed it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 23andMe Did NOT Sell All DNA Assets To Chinese Government In 10 Billion Dollar Deal
Did the genetic testing company 23andMe sell all DNA assets to the Chinese government in a $10 billion deal? No, that's not true: The spoof article that originally made the claim includes a warning at the bottom, telling readers that the
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – Joe Biden didn’t set up Donald Trump with classified documents
“Bombshell: Biden had pallets of classified docs sent to Mar-a-Lago before FBI raid! Trump was setup.”
Full Fact→ Is the tax burden at a 70 year high?
We’ve looked at the figures after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told BBC Radio Essex that taxes were “at a 70 year high” and due to increase.
The Dispatch→ The GOP Hopes an Oregon Scandal Yields a House Pickup
Plus: House lawmakers want Biden to reverse his Israel weapons policy.
Full Fact→ Newspapers did not publish high quality photos of 1969 moon landing before astronauts returned to Earth
A series of front papers that covered the 1969 moon landing are being shared on Facebook implying it was faked.
PolitiFact→ Lila Rose – Activist sentenced for blocking access to D.C. abortion clinic, not for handing out roses
Anti-abortion activist sentenced to 57 months in prison for “handing roses and resources to women at an abortion facility.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Milwaukee's director of elections was not removed from her position for vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, millions of young Americans got health care because of Baldwin’s Affordable Care Act efforts
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got healthcare.”
AllSides→ Biden Twists Trump’s Comments on Tracking Pregnancies and Punishing Women Who Get Abortions
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/biden-twists-trumps-comments-on-tracking-pregnancies-and-punishing-women-who-get-abortions/
Full Fact→ Video of man in shroud shows Muslim burial training in Malaysia not dead body in Gaza
The footage is actually from Malaysia and was filmed before the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.
AllSides→ Reminder: ‘Misinformation’ is the word for facts the Biden administration dislikes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3003905/reminder-misinformation-word-facts-biden-administration-dislikes/
AllSides→ Morgan Freeman Said He Thinks a 2nd Trump Presidency Would Be ‘Good for the Country’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morgan-freeman-trump-reelection/ Claim: Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presid
AllSides→ Did El Paso record only four inches of rain in 2023?
https://elpasomatters.org/2024/05/13/el-paso-rain-weather-climate-change-gigafact/?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
AllSides→ Does Donald Trump ‘want to criminalize women’ who get an abortion?
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/05/abortion-donald-trump-women-wisconsin-criminalize-fact-brief/?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
Full Fact→ Sadiq Khan wrongly identified in 15 minute cities interview
The video circulating online actually shows Shyam Batra, who announced he would stand to be London’s mayor but was not on the ballot paper in May 2024.
Full Fact→ Bill Gates is not planning to attack food supplies to create a market for bird flu vaccine
Mr Gates did not tweet “There really is no choice—bird flu jab, or die painfully”.
The Dispatch→ A New Chapter for The Dispatch
Plus: Biden and Trump agree to presidential debates.
Internet Archive→ Hearing on Holding Attorney General in Contempt of Congress : CSPAN2 : May 17, 2024 3:41am-8:00am EDT
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, voted along party lines, 18-15, to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not providing audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview of President Biden to th
The Dispatch→ Trump or Baby Hitler?
The freaks are running our politics.
The Dispatch→ The President, Congress, and Arms Transfers, Explained
Who decides what and how much military aid to send to foreign allies?
The Dispatch→ Antisemitism, an Ivy League Tradition
A congressional report criticizes Harvard for failing to respond to increased threats to Jewish students.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ Chant Dubbed In Mother’s Day Video Of Biden And Granddaughter Leaving Church
Did a jeering crowd chant "Fuck Joe Biden" at the president as he was leaving church with his granddaughter on Mother's Day? No, that's not true: The audio on this video clip has been edited to add the sound of an aggressive crowd chantin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breyers Ice Cream Is STILL Legally Ice Cream
Is Breyers ice cream now, legally, no longer ice cream? No, that's not true: The company sells multiple flavors of ice cream and others that are frozen dairy desserts. Some of Breyers' products are labeled "frozen dairy dessert" as they a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect’s Wife Is NOT Ukrainian Refugee — Police Said Such Speculation Is ‘Hoax’
Is the wife of the suspect in the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico a Ukrainian refugee? No, that's not true: The head of the country's national police said that such speculations on social media are "definit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Joe Biden In Sexually Suggestive Pictures With A Girl — Man Pictured Is Someone Else
Does footage exist that shows President Joe Biden possibly naked with a girl? No, that's not true: The image shown in the social media post is not of Biden. Instead, it is a screenshot from a video that has appeared on pornographic websit
PolitiFact→ X posts – Would Sen. Katie Britt’s bill ‘create a national registry of pregnant women’? No.
Sen. Katie Britt introduced a bill “to create a national registry of pregnant women.”
FactCheck.org→ Biden Twists Trump’s Comments on Tracking Pregnancies and Punishing Women Who Get Abortions
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In an interview with Time, former President Donald Trump was asked, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, if states should monitor women’s pregnancies and/or prosecute women wh
PolitiFact→ X posts – Video of Slovakia Prime Minister speaking against WHO was from November, not ‘last week’
Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Was NOT Awarded ‘Greatest Trader In Congress’ — Altered Video With Fake Audio And Chyron
Did President Joe Biden award Rep. Nancy Pelosi a medal for being the "Greatest Trader In Congress"? No, that's not true: This video clip has been edited to display a fake NBC News chyron and to add a fake audio track. This video shows in
The Dispatch→ A Tableau of Impunity
No, Mitt Romney, Trump shouldn’t have been pardoned.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No proof Barbara O’Neill’s cousin ‘was sentenced to life in prison’
“They are hiding the fact that Barbara O’Neill’s cousin was sentenced to life in prison for revealing these gatekept health secrets.”
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Was Lyme disease spread as a bioweapon? No, that theory is Pants on Fire!
Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ JFK airport project misrepresented as not allowing bids from white, male-owned businesses
Social media users are falsely claiming that certain businesses will be excluded from JFK’s multibillion dollar redevelopment based on the race and gender of their owners.
FactCheck.org→ ‘Who Is Bobby Kennedy?’ Video Promotes Debunked Anti-Vaccine Narratives
A recent video promoting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promises to “start with some irrefutable facts.” The over 30-minute video, narrated by actor Woody Harrelson, begins with some biographical truths abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show French Prisoners Celebrating Police Deaths, Ambush Of May 2024
Does a video show French prisoners celebrating the killing of two police officers in an ambush in May 2024? No, that's not true: The video predates the attack. The ambush happened as a prisoner named Mohamed Amra rode in a prison van; a c
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t get clowned! Apple isn’t getting rid of the clown emoji. That headline is fake.
CNBC reported that "Apple device update set to remove clown emoji" because it has become a far-right symbol.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The Antisemitism Act hasn’t proposed to ‘eliminate’ part of the Bible
“The House of Representatives in the U.S. just passed … the Antisemitism Act that proposes to eliminate part of the Bible.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Pepper Essential Oil Does NOT Cure Arthritis Or Rheumatism
Can black pepper oil cure arthritis and rheumatism, as a post on Facebook implied? No, that's not true: There is no known cure for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, a spokesperson for the Thurston Arthritis Research Cente