President Donald Trump was in a presidential limousine as he left his Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the White House Ellipse.
Snopes→ Gun Applicants in NY Will Have to Hand over Social Accounts
As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Texas Lawmaker Did NOT Recently Introduce Bill To Allow Death Penalty For Women Who Have Abortions
Did a GOP Texas lawmaker recently introduce a bill to allow the death penalty for women who have abortions? No, that's not true: State Rep. Bryan Slaton did introduce such a bill, but he did so in March 2021, not May 2022. The claim was i
Snopes→ No, This Meme Doesn’t ‘Debunk’ Sea Level Rise, Climate Change
Complex climatic processes like sea level rise and climate change cannot be generalized to a measuring cup analogy.
Snopes→ Dispatcher Who Didn’t Send Ambulance Charged in 2020 Death
A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samzuki Hydaiko Was NOT Identified As Shooter Of Shinzo Abe — Yet Another ‘Sam Hyde Is The Shooter’ Hoax
Was Samzuki Hydaiko identified as the person who shot former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe? No, that's not true: A man named Tetsuya Yamagishi was taken into custody by security officers at the scene of the shooting. A gun that appe
Snopes→ Huge Underground Search for Mysterious Dark Matter Begins
In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the Supreme Court didn’t overturn the 2020 election
“SCOTUS overturned the 2020 election.”
PolitiFact→ Cavalier Johnson – Mayor Johnson overestimates economic benefit of hosting RNC
The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
Full Fact→ Did Boris Johnson actually resign?
Following speculation on social media we’ve taken a look at the context behind Boris Johnson’s decision to remain in office until a new leader is elected.
Snopes→ Did Joe Biden Once Vote To Overturn Roe v. Wade?
In the post-Roe summer of 2022, critics highlighted the former Delaware senator's past record on abortion rights.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Convict, Execute Former Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann
Did the military convict and execute former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann? No, that's not true: Sussmann was not convicted or executed and the claim was made without documentary evidence. The website that posted this cl
Full Fact→ What payouts do ministers receive when they leave office?
Government ministers under 65 are entitled to severance pay when they leave office, as long as they don’t return within three weeks.
Snopes→ Trump White House Counsel Cipollone Meets with Jan. 6 Panel
Cipollone had been a sought-after witness after bombshell testimony revealed his apparently desperate and last-ditch efforts to prevent Trump's actions.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Don’t Result in Male Infertility
(Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images)A widely shared article from The Gateway Pundit claims that “according to a recently released medical study, in a group of 37 sperm donors, across 220 samples collected, the impact of th
AllSides→ Noem’s Misleading Claim About Safety of Medication Abortion
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/noems-misleading-claim-about-safety-of-medication-abortion/ The Food
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for June 2022
PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for June 2022
Snopes→ IRS Asks Treasury Watchdog to Probe Comey, McCabe Tax Audits
The IRS commissioner has asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
FactCheck.org→ Democracy PAC/Democracy PAC II
Political leanings: Democratic/liberal 2020 total spending: $81.1 million Democracy PAC and Democracy PAC II are liberal super PACs created by billionaire George Soros to fund political organizations that help elect Democrats. Michael Vachon, an ad
Logically→ The image shows farmers blocking the highway with tractors in the Netherlands to protest against government plans to cut nitrogen emissions.
A photo taken during the 2019 farmer protests in De Bilt, Netherlands, has been misattributed to the 2022 protest.
Logically→ The World Economic Forum is going to freeze the bank accounts of meat-eaters.
The WEF's support for Doconomy's credit card has been misrepresented to show that meat-consuming customers' bank accounts would be frozen.
Snopes→ Chauvin Gets 21 Years for Violating Floyd’s Civil Rights
A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was “simply wrong” and “offensive.”
Snopes→ Japan Ex-Leader Shinzo Abe Assassinated While Giving Speech
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan.
Logically→ President Joe Biden tied the Medal of Honor backward on a Vietnam War veteran.
A clearer picture from the award ceremony shows that President Biden didn't tie the medal incorrectly.
Logically→ The image shows Supreme Court Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala having lunch with Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister P Thiagarajan and Ram Narasimhan have been misidentified as Supreme Court Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala.
AllSides→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-waving-video/ Claim A video shot from the east side of
AllSides→ Fact Check-No evidence Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted 4th of July tweet
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-mtg-july/fact-check-no-evidence-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-posted-4th-of-july-tweet-idUSL1N2YO1IQ
Poynter→ Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy
There’s no doubt about it: For election officials across the country, recruiting poll workers is more challenging than ever. COVID-19 made people with health worries want to stay home. Rampant […] The post Poll workers are short-staffed, under
Washington Post→ Biden’s inaccurate claim about writing law review articles on privacy
The president claimed to have written a number of law review articles on privacy in the U.S. Constitution. We found one newspaper op-ed.
Snopes→ Japan Ex-Leader Shinzo Abe Apparently Shot, in Heart Failure
Abe was in Nara campaigning ahead of the election for the parliament's upper house and was giving a speech when people heard a gunshot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Did NOT Put Medal Of Honor Backwards On Vietnam War Vet
Did President Biden put a Medal of Honor backwards on a heroic Vietnam War? No, that's not true: Clear videos and images from the event show Biden correctly putting the Medal of Honor around the neck of Vietnam War veteran Dwight W. Birdw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High Vaccination Rate Explains Why 4 In 5 COVID Deaths In Canada Are Among Fully Vaccinated — Numbers Only Tell Part Of Story
Is Canada's Prime Minister panicking over statistics that show 80 percent of Canadians who died of COVID were vaccinated? No, that's not true: That percentage isn't a surprise in light of widespread vaccination, which makes a relatively s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Confirm Democrats Are Going To Use ‘Abortion Tents,’ ‘Abortion Vouchers,’ To Assist With Abortions
Does this video's video clips show Democrats are going to use "abortion tents" or "abortion vouchers" to assist with abortions? No, that's not true: Following the demise of Roe v. Wade, some Democratic legislators and leaders offered a ra
Snopes→ Did Rep. Debbie Lesko Say She Would Shoot Her Own Grandkids to Protect Them?
It appears Lesko mixed up wording in her speech in an unfortunate way on the U.S. House floor, which then went viral for all the wrong reasons.
Snopes→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?
A second video put to bed the rumor that a police officer was telling Trump supporters to disregard barricades on the east side of the Capitol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Active Alert For Highly Dangerous Man In Galveston, Texas — It’s A Clickbait Ruse
Is there an active public warning alert in Galveston, Texas, to be on the lookout for an "armed and very dangerous" man who attacks women as of June 6, 2022? No, that's not true: While the man seen in the post is genuinely a fugitive from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence US Military Destroyed Child Trafficking Tunnels in South Carolina
Did the U.S. military destroy child trafficking tunnels in South Carolina? No, that's not true: There has been no mention of this event from major news outlets like The Associated Press (AP) and The New York Times. A shaking of the ground
PolitiFact→ Stephen King – Florida not requiring professors, students to register political views with the state
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.”
FactCheck.org→ Noem’s Misleading Claim About Safety of Medication Abortion
The Food and Drug Administration and numerous peer-reviewed academic studies have concluded that medication abortions are “safe and effective” and that serious adverse events from medication abortion are relatively rare. Recent research on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show ‘Russian And Ukraine Army Hugging Each Other’
Does a Facebook video published in spring 2022 show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers hugging each other? No, that's not true: One of the men wears civilian clothes, and the footage does not contain any identifying information associated wit