Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. An abundance of evidence indicates the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are remarkably safe and work well to protect against severe disease. But last month, the state of Florida issued update
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Trump Audio Called British Protesters To March On UK’s Parliament In October 2024
Did Donald Trump call British protesters to join a march on the U.K. parliament in October 2024? No, that's not true: A video that purported to have narration by Trump showed signs that it was not authentic, according to several AI detect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 — Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her
Did Jeffrey Epstein only move into billionaire Les Wexner's Upper East Side brownstone in 1996, thus proving that Stacey Williams' story about Donald Trump groping her after they had left Epstein's "brownstone on the Upper East Side" in 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Had NOT ‘Declared War On Iran And North Korea’ As Of October 17, 2024
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially declare war on Russia's allies, Iran and North Korea? No, that's not true: Despite what some social media posts are saying, as of this writing neither Ukrainian government sites, the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Melania Trump Said She Wants Divorce From Donald Trump In October 2024
Did Melania Trump declare that she wants a divorce from Donald Trump in a 2024 "October surprise"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence Melania Trump said she wanted to divorce her husband, the former president of the United States,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karl Rove Had NOT Campaigned For Harris In Pennsylvania As Of Mid-October 2024
Did Republican strategist Karl Rove campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania as of mid-October 2024? No, that's not true: Rove denied that to Lead Stories. Posts on social media speculating about his invo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Provide Authentic Emails About A Purported Sexual Assault Allegation Against Tim Walz
Do X posts by the account @DocNetyoutube provide screenshots of authentic emails to prove a former student has alleged Tim Walz sexually abused him at a 1995 Indigo Girls concert? No, that's not true: There's strong evidence the screensho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Walz, Douglas Emhoff Did NOT Get Their Orders For Free At Arizona Cafe
Did Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff get their orders for free from an Arizona cafe, as implied by a video on X? No, that's not true: A cafe manager told Lead Stories that the group's tab w
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation Floods Hurricane Season
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The 2024 hurricane season has brought with it a deluge of conspiracy theories and false or misleading claims about storms that have devastated some parts of the country and killed h
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Claims Proliferate on Hurricanes and Weather Modification
SciCheck Digest Experts say people cannot create or meaningfully alter hurricanes through existing weather modification techniques. That has not stopped a deluge of social media posts baselessly claiming or implying that Hurricanes Helene and Milto
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Misleading Claims About FEMA’s Future Under Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts misleadingly claim that “Trump’s Project 2025 will end” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and provide “ZERO federal he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricane Milton Is NOT Unique In Forming In Gulf Of Mexico, Tracking East To Florida
Has a hurricane never before formed in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Milton's original location, then tracked eastward to Florida? No, that's not true: At least 10 recorded hurricanes including Milton have formed in the Gulf and moved eas
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Unpacking Elon Musk’s False claim about CBP One app, illegal immigration, free flights
With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reports Of Missing Cats In Bangor, Maine, Do NOT Prove Haitian Immigrants Were Involved With Pet Disappearances
Do reports of missing cats in Bangor, Maine, prove that Haitian immigrants were involved with their disappearances? No, that's not true: A Bangor police officer told Lead Stories there's nothing linking the missing cats to Haitians or any
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Cancel Eras Tour Dates After Poor Ticket Sales Due To Harris ‘Endorsement Backlash’
Did Taylor Swift cancel her Eras Tour dates after a "backlash" over her endorsement of Kamala Harris for president damaged ticket sales? No, that's not true: The site that reported that Swift had canceled "several upcoming tour dates" des
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ABC Fired Presidential Debate Moderators David Muir And Linsey Davis — Claim Came From Website With Satire Label
Did the ABC television network fire the hosts of the September 10, 2024, U.S. presidential debate, calling them "a disgrace"? No, that's not true: A self-described satire and parody website published the story about the pair's supposed fi
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Summary The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. In a lengthy exchange on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Intelligence Does NOT Undercut DOJ With ‘No Foreign Interference’ Announcement
Did an announcement by U.S. intelligence officials that there's no foreign interference in U.S. elections through early September 2024 undermine the Department of Justice's indictment of alleged Russian operatives? No, that's not true: Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Was NOT In Hit-And-Run Accident In 2011 — ‘KBSF’ News Station Does NOT Exist, Image Of Crash Is From 2018
Did Kamala Harris hit a 13-year-old girl with a car and leave the scene in 2011? No, that's not true: The "KBSF-TV" news station cited in the social media post does not exist in San Francisco and the website that posted the article was cr
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance’s faulty comparison of Trump, Harris on child separation at the border
A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MADE-UP Quote About Kamala Harris’ Accent Did NOT Come From Tiger Woods — Originated From Self-Described Parody/Satire Account
Did American golfer Tiger Woods refer to Kamala Harris' manner of speech as a "fake black accent," calling it "embarrassing and extremely offensive"? No, that's not true: The online rumor was first published by a self-labeled parody and s
FactCheck.org→ Harris Has Not Flipped on Trump Border Wall
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The Trump campaign wants voters to know that Vice President Kamala Harris claims to have flipped and now supports the Trump border wall — but they don’t want you to beli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison Did NOT Say Conservatives ‘Should Take Their Money To Home Depot’
Did Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison tell conservatives who "do not like our values" that they "should take their money to Home Depot"? No, that's not true: The company said the quote is false. Ellison's words from an interview with CNBC were di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘JD Vance Full Family Kit’ Is NOT Authentic Organic Trend Among Trump Fans — Coordinated Stunt
Are Donald Trump and JD Vance supporters now carrying around specimen cups of Vance's semen marked "JD Vance Full Family Kit" to "mock democrats who can't start families" as shown in a series of photos being spread online? No, that's not
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thomas Jolly ‘Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony’ Was NOT Struck By Lightning
Was Thomas Jolly, "the artist who created the Olympics opening ceremony," hospitalized after being hit by lightning? No, that's not true: The viral claim was based on a fake screenshot of a nonexistent AP article. Lead Stories found no ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Endorse Donald Trump In August 2024
Did Taylor Swift endorse Donald Trump in August 2024? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Swift said she wanted people to vote for Trump in the 2024 presidential election campaign. The image of Swift as Uncle Sam with the phras
Health Feedback→ Removing wisdom teeth reduces risk of oral infections, doesn’t cause heart issues
REVIEW An Instagram reel shared on 5 August 2024 claimed that removing one’s wisdom teeth can cause people to “develop heart issues”. It also claimed that all teeth are meridian lines, “so if you mess with those meridian lines, you mess with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Non-Citizens Shown In Norcross, Georgia, Video Shared by Musk Did NOT Register To Vote
Did several non-citizens living in a Georgia apartment complex illegally register and vote, as is claimed in a video Elon Musk sent to 193 million X users? No, that's not true: The Georgia Secretary of State's office confirmed there is no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He’s Willing To Box ‘Olympic Dude’
Did Mike Tyson announce he wants to box against "Olympic Dude," a derogatory reference to female boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria's team? No, that's not true: Tyson's representative told Lead Stories: "This is absolutely false." Lead Stories
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→ FactChecking Vance’s Attacks on Harris
In his first two solo rallies as the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris. But in several instances, Vance twisted Harris’ words or her record. Vance said Harris “support
Climate Feedback→ From vibrant corals to white skeletons: climate change and looming existential threats to coral reefs
Coral reefs and their ecosystem serve important roles on Earth – they flourish with biodiversity, offering habitat to 25% of known marine species[1,2], and offer coastal protection from storm surges and cyclones[1]. However, coral reefs are also one
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden CAN Be Replaced On Ballots As 2024 DNC Nominee; Delegate Roll Call Decides, Weeks After He Withdrew
When he dropped out of the race on July 21, 2024, was it too late for Joe Biden's name to be removed from general election presidential ballots across the country? No, that's not true: Biden was not yet on the ballot for this election cyc
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
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Trump’s Wound and Secret Service Response
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Extensive media coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally shows his injury and the immediate response o
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&
AllSides→ Fact-Checking The ‘Fact-Checking’ New York Times
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fact-checking-fact-checking-new-york-times “They” just can’t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Authentic San Francisco Sign Reading ‘Stolen Goods Must Remain Under $950’ — It Was ‘Prank’
Is a San Francisco street sign that reads "NOTICE: STOLEN GOODS MUST REMAIN UNDER $950" real? No, that's not true: The office of the mayor of San Francisco said the sign was not approved by the city. Nearby Louis Vuitton associates labele
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neil Armstrong Did NOT Say He Saw UFOs And Aliens On The Moon
Did astronaut Neil Armstrong once say he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon? No, that's not true: The claim is completely fabricated. There is zero evidence that Armstrong ever told anyone that he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon, and no evid