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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Melania Trump Has NOT Filed For Divorce — Poster Claims It Was ‘Disinformation Experiment’
Did Melania Trump officially e-file for divorce from Donald Trump over Labor Day weekend 2024? No, that's not true: This story originated with a faked screenshot that looked like Newsweek reporting. The image resembling a Newsweek tweet w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Harris-Walz Campaign DOES Support 25% Tax On Unrealized Gains — But ONLY For Taxpayers Worth $100 Million
Does the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz campaign support a 25 percent tax on unrealized capital gains? Yes, but that's missing context: The tax would apply only to Americans with more than $100 million in wealth. The Harris/Walz campaign endorsed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parody Account Faked Recording Of Trump Call To Fox, Describing Soldiers As ‘Dumb,’ Service ‘Stupid’
Was Donald Trump caught on tape during a Fox News commercial break, saying that someone who is called into war is a "dumbfuck redneck" and that volunteering for military service is "stupid"? No, that's not true: This recording is fake --
FactCheck.org→ Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’
Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year’s r
FactCheck.org→ Final Night of the Democratic National Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary The Democratic convention wrapped up with Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech accepting the party’s nomination for president. She made some misleading or uns
Health Feedback→ Vitamin D3 supplements are safe for treating vitamin D deficiency; comparison to rat poison is misleading
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted in May 2024 referred to vitamin D3 supplements as “rat poison”, calling them “radiated sheep’s wool mixed with chloroform”. It also asserted that vitamin D levels are only low due to lack of sunlight and “hi
AllSides→ Third Night of the Democratic Convention
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/third-night-of-the-democratic-convention/ Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acc
FactCheck.org→ Third Night of the Democratic Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ticket. Other speakers tried
FactCheck.org→ Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary On the second night of the convention, which featured former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as the headliners, fact-based claims took a back seat to hopef
FactCheck.org→ Walz Twists Some Labor Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Delivering remarks at a labor union conference in California, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stretched the facts with several labor-related claims. Walz said Republican vice presidenti
Health Feedback→ Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 1 August 2024 shared a screenshot of a tweet asking “Why are there patents on viruses?” The screenshot listed AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, Zika, SARS, and coronavirus as evidence of viruses being patented. It al
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Harris Picked Her Veep
Plus: Thoughts on Project 2025, the evangelical movement, and how Democrats abandoned rural America.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Joe Rogan Is Suing MSNBC For $30 Million For A Deceptive Video Edit That Made Him Look Pro-Kamala Harris
Is Joe Rogan suing MSNBC for $30 million over a deceptive video edit that made him look like he was pro-Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence as of this writing that Rogan has filed a lawsuit or taken
FactCheck.org→ Vance Wrong On Child Tax Credit, Harris’ Remarks About Climate Change and Having Kids
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In defending his “childless cat lady” comments, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrongly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is calling for an end to the c
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, July 2024 Update
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary President Joe Biden isn’t running for reelection, but his record will still be on the ballot in the fall. Here we look at how the U.S. has performed under the Democ
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent States’ Efforts to Teach the Bible in Public Schools
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Oklahoma’s state superintendent ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as “an instructional support into the curriculum.” But social media p
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Vice President Kamala Harris
In about 48 hours, Vice President Kamala Harris went from No. 2 on the Democratic presidential ticket to the presumptive presidential nominee, after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her. Here, we fact-check some of Harris’
FactCheck.org→ Experts: Delegates Free to Pick Democratic Nominee
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Election law experts say House Speaker Mike Johnson is wrong when he says it is “unlawful” for Democrats to “simply just switch out a candidate who has been chosen
FactCheck.org→ Final Night of the GOP Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary For the first half hour of former President Donald Trump’s speech, when he discussed the attempt to assassinate him in Pennsylvania on July 13 and the need for unit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Bruce Springsteen Announced He Will Leave US If Trump Is Elected In 2024
Did musician Bruce Springsteen announce that he will "leave the United States if Donald Trump is elected President in 2024," as a post on X claimed? There is no record that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer made such an announcement as of
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s NBC News Interview
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In an interview two days after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden drew contrasts between himself, his Republican challenger, and Trump&
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say Humanity Needs To Be ‘Forced Into A Collaboration’ With ‘Globalist Entities’
Did World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab say that "humanity needs to be 'forced into a collaboration' with globalist entities"? No, that's not true: Even the recordings of Schwab's speech shared by accounts posting this claim on the
FactCheck.org→ Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee
President Joe Biden’s debate performance on June 27 left many in his own party uneasy about his ability to serve another four years. “I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett, one of s
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Rival Debate
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Excluded from the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate
Summary The much-anticipated first debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump featured a relentless barrage of false and misleading statements from the two candidates on immigration, the economy, abortion, taxes an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Draft-age American Men Are NOT ‘Automatically Registered In The US Military’ After House Vote — Pending Legislation Would Simply Automate Already-Mandatory Registration
Are all American men aged 18-26 now "automatically registered in the U.S. military" after an "overnight" vote in the U.S. House of Representatives? No, that's not true: American men in that age group have been required for decades to regi
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Ruling on COVID-19 School Mandate Lawsuit
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. SciCheck Digest A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for its now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The court said t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inauthentic Photo Does NOT Show Real ‘Ice Wall’ In Antarctica Or Actual City Beyond It
Does a "leaked photo" authentically show a "city on the other side of the ice at Antarctica," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: The image was created using artificial intelligence, based on the results of three image ana
Health Feedback→ False claims that pandemic treaty abolishes nations’ sovereignty and allows WHO to impose health policies circulate on social media
REVIEW Conspiracy theories surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty have been rife in popular discourse. For instance, some websites, as well as politicians, have alleged that countries that sign the treaty would lose their s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vin Diesel Did NOT Pull $1 Million Donation to Boy Scouts — Claim From Satire Site
Did actor Vin Diesel pull his $1 million annual donation to Boy Scouts of America while being quoted as saying, "It's no longer the organization I know and love"? No, that's not true: A representative of The Boy Scouts of America organiza
FactCheck.org→ Lake Ad Makes Misleading Claim About Gallego and Noncitizen Voting
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has consistently said that he opposes allowing anyone other than United States citizens to vote in Arizona and in federal elections. But in a campaign
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA Recipients
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A new Biden administration rule will make recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals eligible to obtain health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act. But
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Boeing Singapore Airlines Turbulence Incident In May 2024
Does a social media video show an incident on May 21, 2024, in which a Boeing Singapore Airlines plane hit extremely rough air? No, that's not true: The clip is from nearly five years earlier. Instead of the Singapore Airlines flight, the
Health Feedback→ Very rare cases of blood clots linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are well-known and have been publicly recognized since 2021
REVIEW A claim that the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca “admitted” for the first time that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause blood clots went viral on social media platforms in late April and early May 2024. One example is an Instagram reel in w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democratic Party Did NOT Announce Proposal To Change US Flag ‘To Make It More Inclusive’
Did the Democratic Party propose to change the U.S. flag to "make it more inclusive," as of early May 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence on the party's official platform website or social media channels, or in news
Full Fact→ UN has not issued a directive to create a ‘one world government’
The United Nations is not forcing countries to hand over their militaries or change their names in July 2025.
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, April 2024 Update
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, here’s how the U.S. has fared during his time in office: The economy added 15.2 million jobs. The number is now near
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Country Music Hall Of Fame Did NOT Say It Would Not Consider Taylor Swift For Induction — Story Originated From Satire Website
Did the Country Music Hall of Fame make a statement announcing that it would not consider Taylor Swift for induction because her music "is bubblegum, not country"? No, that's not true: The story came from a satirical website but then was
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Biden’s statement on prescription costs for Medicare including cancer drugs
Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”