We fact-checked Trump’s New Hampshire statements about Hamas, drug overdoses, the border wall and the price of bacon. Some of his claims were false or misleading while others omitted context.
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PolitiFact→ The US freed $6 billion in Iranian money. Did it help fund Hamas’ attack on Israel?
Republicans say Joe Biden’s decision to free $6 billion of Iranian money helped fund Hamas’ attack on Israel. Those funds haven’t been released yet, but experts say confirming where the money ultimately goes is complex.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, a Bill Gates-funded COVID-19 vaccine won’t be released into the air
"Bill Gates mRNA 'air vaccine' approved for use against non-consenting humans"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates’ ‘Air Vaccine’ Was NOT ‘Approved For Use Against Non-Consenting Humans’
Was Bill Gates' "air vaccine" greenlighted by the federal regulators to be covertly applied "against non-consenting humans"? No, that's not true: No credible media organizations have reported this purported news. With no supporting eviden
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – You can pass the salt: Bill Gates and the FDA aren’t coming for it
“FDA wants to replace salt with Bill Gates’ new mRNA fake salt.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Bill Gates didn’t warn of an ‘mRNA tsunami’ that will exclude people from society
“Bill Gates: People who resist ‘mRNA tsunami’ will be excluded from society.”
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak has not written off £14.9 billion in PPE fraud
Claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote off £14.9 billion in PPE fraud are not correct. The figure may relate to stock impairments at the DHSC. The level of PPE fraud seems much lower.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘No Zelensky No War’ Billboard Was NOT Displayed On New York’s Fifth Avenue — It Was Edited Into 2021 Video
Did a billboard go up on New York's Fifth Avenue during the summer of 2023, reading "No Zelensky No War"? No, that's not true: This video is fake and has been digitally edited. The original video posted on YouTube in 2021 shows the corner
Full Fact→ McDonald’s french fries do not all come from Bill Gates and a GM potato farm
This claim has been shared by thousands of people on Facebook.
Full Fact→ The Pope and Bill Clinton haven’t called for ‘urgent depopulation’
The Pope did talk about climate change at an event with the former president.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ¿Te picó un mosquito? No es culpa de Bill Gates, él no esta liberandolos
“Bill Gates está liberando miles y miles de mosquitos modificados genéticamente para que le piquen a las personas…y que pueden ser perfectamente una arma biológica”.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t fall for this supposed anti-Ukrainian billboard declaring ‘Glory to Urine’
A greeting message for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Glory to Urine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Clinton And Pope Francis Did NOT Call For ‘Urgent Depopulation’ To Save The Planet
Did Bill Clinton and Pope Francis call for "urgent depopulation" to save the planet? No, that's not true: The pope and former President Clinton had a public conversation in September 2023 during the Clinton Global Initiative 2023 meeting
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of a billboard near Times Square misspelling ‘Glory to Ukraine’ was fabricated
CLAIM: A video shows a technical error causing a digital billboard near New York City’s Times Square to read “Glory to Urine” instead of “Glory to Ukraine” while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in town to speak at the United Natio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Just Agree To Pay $2.3 Billion In Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement In DOJ History — Happened In 2009, Unrelated to C-19 Vaccine
Did Pfizer recently agree to pay $2.3 billion for medical fraud, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice and was this related to Covid-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Pfizer did agree
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Glory To Urine’ Was NOT Displayed On A Large LED Billboard Near New York City’s Times Square — Video Manipulation
Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the U
PolitiFact→ Unleash Prosperity Now – Attack ad exaggerates effects of school choice bill, Cooper's opposition
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
The Dispatch→ The Farm Bill Is a Case Study in What’s Wrong With Washington
Just because legislation is bipartisan doesn’t make it good.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Estudio de garrapatas financiado por Bill Gates no tiene que ver con reportes de alergia a la carne
“Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill Does NOT Make It Illegal To Confront Or Fight Back Against Looters, Burglars And Shoplifters
Does California Senate Bill 553 make it illegal to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters? No, that's not true: California SB 553 does not fine employees who confront shoplifters, the senator who sponsored the bi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT ‘Accidentally’ Send $6 Billion To Ukraine — Funds Will Be Used For Future Aid
Did the United States transfer $6 billion to Ukraine by mistake? No, that's not true: In the summer of 2023, the Pentagon admitted that it overestimated the value of military gear sent to Ukraine due to an accounting mistake but the money
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this California bill doesn’t make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters
“California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”
Full Fact→ NHS in England not paying out £8 billion a year in maternity negligence compensation
A Times column claimed the NHS in England paid more than double its £3 billion maternity budget in maternity clinical negligence payments. But last year these payments totalled just £1.1 billion.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Alabama cases of EEE virus aren’t linked to Bill Gates or Oxitec’s modified mosquitoes
CLAIM: Recently reported cases of Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus in Alabama were caused by a genetically modified mosquito project tied to Bill Gates.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ California bill does not make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters
CLAIM: Democrats have proposed a bill that makes it illegal to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters, a move that basically legalizes crime.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill AB 957 Would NOT ‘Require’ Parents To Affirm Child’s Gender Identity Or Lose Custody
Will California legislative bill AB 957 require parents to affirm "gender transition" of any child or "lose custody"? No, that's not true: the bill would require judges in custody cases to consider a parent's affirmation of a child's gend
Full Fact→ The Energy Bill will not make failing to comply with ‘Net Zero targets’ a criminal offence
Posts on social media which claim a new law will mean people can be fined £15,000 or sent to jail if they don’t comply with energy regulations misunderstand the legislation.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, the US did not send Ukraine $6 billion by mistake
CLAIM: The U.S. accidentally sent Ukraine $6 billion in military aid. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim misinterprets an announcement by a Pentagon spokesperson in June that the agency had overestimated the value of weapons it sent to Ukraine over th
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Bill Gates-funded climate change venture doesn’t call for razing 70 million acres of trees
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Critics twist California bill that would weigh gender-identity support in custody cases
California lawmakers have approved a bill that would instruct courts to consider, among many other factors, whether a parent affirms a child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Trudeau Did NOT Pass ‘Digital Existence Act’ — It’s Fake Post About a Nonexistent Bill
Did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pass the "Digital Existence Act" in response to the spread of a new COVID variant, helping Canada to transition to Digital ID, Central Bank Digital Currency and a Social Credit system? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Does NOT Plan To Replace ‘Most Salt In America’ With ‘Bill Gates’ New mRNA Fake Salt’
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attempt to substitute "most salt in America" with a single alternative that contains "mRNA chemicals" and is produced by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates? No, that's not true: An FDA representativ
PolitiFact→ Roy Cooper – Cooper overstates effect of North Carolina elections bill
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
Logically→ Denmark’s proposed bill to stop Quran burnings will not prohibit all criticism of Islam
Logically→ Denmark’s proposed bill to stop Quran burnings will not prohibit all criticism of Islam
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Is Joe Biden right that a new Medicare drug law will save $160 billion over 10 years?
“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to senior
Logically→ No, Bill Gates did not say people who resist ‘mRNA tsunami’ will be excluded from society
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Richest 1% Evade $163 Billion in Taxes Every Year, the United States Literally Has a Yacht Tax Deduction’
On August 28 2023, an unlinked post by former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich was shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter; it alleged that the “richest 1%” of Americans “evade $163 billion” in taxes each year
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say People Resisting ‘mRNA Tsunami’ Will Be ‘Excluded From Society’ — Misattributed And Distorted Quote
Did Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates suggest on the social media platform X that people who resist a coming "mRNA tsunami" will be punished by exclusion from society? No, that's not true: There's no record the billionaire ever wrote it on