Did the U.S. Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest a "third" Colorado Supreme Court justice who voted in favor of removing former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state for the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true:
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israelis Do NOT Get Free Health Care In US, Do NOT Receive Organs Ahead Of Americans
Do Israelis get free healthcare in the United States and receive transplant organs ahead of Americans? No, that's not true: Healthcare in the United States is primarily provided through private insurance or government programs like Medica
PolitiFact→ Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look
Conservatives criticized an job ad for Aldi written by Jobs for Humanity, which creates job boards for groups that are underrepresented in the workforce, saying it showed Aldi isn’t hiring white people. We took a closer look.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Recently Change Its Rules To Prohibit Palestine As Country Of Birth On Passports
Did Canada recently change its passport policy to prohibit people from listing Palestine as their country of birth on their passports? No, that's not true: Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller responded t
The Dispatch→ Haley Continues Her Cross-Country Stump Ahead of Super Tuesday
Plus: With McConnell retiring, who might lead Senate Republicans next?
The Dispatch→ McConnell Retires From Leadership
After almost 17 years, the Senate Republican leader announces plans to step down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Arrest Rear Adm. Michael Platt In February 2024 — Claim Is From Site That Publishes Made-Up Stories
Did U.S. Marines arrest Rear Adm. Michael Platt, Coast Guard officer and military adviser to the Department of Homeland Security, in February 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that publishes fabricated content. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aaron Bushnell Did NOT Comment On Reddit ‘Palestine Will Be Free When All The Jews Are Dead’
Did Aaron Bushnell comment on Reddit that "Palestine will be free when all the jews are dead"? No, that's not true: Bushnell, the 25-year-old U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., d
The Dispatch→ COVID Vaccine Study Prompts Misleading Claims About Potential Side Effects
The study found rare occurrences of adverse events, but social media users are overemphasizing the risks.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Donald Trump did not call his wife ‘Mercedes’ instead of Melania
Donald Trump called his wife "Mercedes" instead of Melania.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bad connection: Solar flares didn’t cause AT&T’s cellphone outage
Solar flares caused AT&T’s cellphone outage.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Radium Exposure Is NOT Beneficial To Human Health
Is exposure to radium beneficial to human health, as a post on Instagram implies? No, that's not true: Radium is recognized by public health experts as a known carcinogen or cancer-causing agent. While it is true that radium was historica
Full Fact→ Overall GDP hasn’t had ‘seven consecutive quarters of no growth’
Labour MP Sarah Owen’s claim at Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t true of GDP overall. She was referring to GDP per capita instead, though she didn’t specify this at the time.
The Dispatch→ Traditional Republicans Feel Unwelcome in Trump’s GOP
Defections stand to reshape the party and could imperil former president’s White House bid.
The Dispatch→ The Least Bad Option
Should Joe Biden be replaced as nominee at the Democratic convention?
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More gun ownership does not lead to less gun violence
The states that have 97% of guns are the states with the least amount of gun violence.
Full Fact→ London council tax as a whole isn’t 71% higher than it was when Sadiq Khan took office
Only the mayor’s portion of council tax in London has increased by 71% in this time. Council tax as a whole has risen, but not by as much.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Showing ‘The View’ Guest Accusing Karine Jean-Pierre Of ‘Bullshit’ On Air Is NOT Real — Clip Is Edited To Add A Person
Did a guest on "The View" accuse White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of espousing "bullshit" on an episode of "The View"? No, that's not true: Damon Imani, a social media personality, edited himself into clips of the real Decem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney World Is NOT Adding Urinals To All Women’s Restrooms — Claim Originated On A Satire and Parody Website
Did Disney announce that urinals would be added to all women's restrooms in their theme parks to provide "a safer and more inclusive atmosphere for everyone"? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article in Mouse Trap News, a we
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Is Disney World adding urinals to women’s restrooms? No, that’s Pants on Fire!
“Disney World is adding urinals to the women’s restrooms.”
Full Fact→ Decade-old headline in The Atlantic is being shared on social media
The headline claims a homophobic slur has been tweeted 2.6 million times in the last three months.
AllSides→ Did Mossad Celebrate Aaron Bushnell’s Self-Immolation?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-mossad-celebrate-aaron-bushnell-self-immolation-1873292 An acti
AllSides→ Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/posts-mislead-about-covid-19-vaccine-safety-with-out-of-context-clip-of-fda-official/
The Dispatch→ CPAC 2024 Presents a Vision of a Second Trump Administration
The former president modifies his revenge-seeking rhetoric.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Angela Merkel Is NOT The Daughter Of Adolf Hitler
Is Angela Merkel the daughter of Adolf Hitler? No, that's not true: Merkel, the former German chancellor, was born in 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany. Hitler died on April 30, 1945, almost a decade before Merkel was born. Merkel's parents w
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
SciCheck Digest Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the COVID-19 vaccines. The high number of reports does not mean the vaccines are unsafe, contr
PolitiFact→ Why the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting haven’t been named, unlike Kyle Rittenhouse
After the Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting, some people questioned why the juvenile suspects haven’t been named although minors have been identified in other incidents. Here’s what state laws and journalism ethics experts say.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NASA is not photoshopping pictures of Canada and passing them off as Mars images
The pictures we see of Mars are actually Devon Island in Canada.
PolitiFact→ Sean Parnell – A Nevada glitch does not equal mail ballot fraud
Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
Health Feedback→ Global COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
REVIEW In late February 2024, a flurry of posts appeared on social media platforms like Instagram, revolving around a study newly published in the scientific journal Vaccine. This is part of the Global COVID Vaccine Safety project that analyzed adve
The Dispatch→ Ahead of South Carolina, Haley Supporters Remain Steadfast
Plus: Nevada’s Sam Brown attempts a balancing act on abortion policy.
Full Fact→ Footage of dead birds on a frozen lake is from South Dakota, not China
The video is being shared widely on social media with claims the birds died as a result of the freezing temperatures.
PolitiFact→ Elise Stefanik – Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
Full Fact→ Fiona Bruce’s husband not paid £3.9 million per year to advertise for the government
Nigel Sharrocks left the company group associated with this contract before the contracts this claim seems to refer to were awarded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minors Arrested In Connection With Kansas City Parade Shooting Are NOT Charged With Shooting People
Were the minors arrested in connection with the Kansas City parade shooting charged with shooting people? No, that's not true: As of February 21, 2024, neither of the two juveniles had been charged with shooting anyone. According to the c
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump presume que él ‘hizo pagar’ a los aliados de la OTAN, pero eso es engañoso
En Español: Un video en Facebook muestra a Donald Trump presumiendo que hizo pagar a aliados de la OTAN. Eso es engañoso. Expertos nos dijeron que más bien fue la agresión rusa lo que motivó a Europa a incrementar sus gastos de defensa.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Ad Misleads on Haley Opposition to Trump Border Policies
A new campaign ad from former President Donald Trump makes two misleading claims about Nikki Haley’s opposition to border policies championed by Trump. The ad claims Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, “joined Bide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow Did NOT Tweet Discouraging People From Disclosing Vaccine Injuries
Did MSNBC host Rachel Maddow post on X discouraging people from disclosing vaccine injuries "on social media," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for MSNBC confirmed to Lead Stories that "the post is fak
PolitiFact→ ‘So, who’s right?’ PolitiFact reader feedback on immigration, fact-checking Trump
PolitiFact readers wrote in with their comments about our coverage of immigration, our fact-checking of former President Donald Trump and a debunk of the cemetery mail truck hoax.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Immigrants In Canada ‘Forced To Live’ Near Active Train Tracks
Does a video on social media show immigrants in Canada "forced" to live near busy train tracks in Toronto? No, that's not true: This video was shot in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, and gained traction online during February 2024. A Niger