Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: ICE gives some migrants smartphones to track them, not for personal use
Florida state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, invoked a misleading claim about immigrants before the Senate approved new rules to prohibit homeless people from setting… Read More
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Fact Check: The U.S. Code doesn’t say traitors would be publicly hanged at high noon
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions. It’s been 88 years since the last government-sponsored execution unfolded in the U.S. in a public space, open… Read More
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Fact Check: Why do so many Americans think the economy is bad when the data says otherwise?
Talk about a disconnect. Unemployment is near record lows. Job creation is robust. The economy is growing, driven by healthy consumer spending. And the stock… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact check: Elon Musk’s claim that Democrats are avoiding deportations to win elections is False.
Following news reports about immigrants in the U.S. illegally suspected in violent attacks in New York City and Georgia, Elon Musk accused Democrats of avoiding… Read More
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Fact Check: Can social media platform outages impact U.S. elections? Not likely, experts say
It’s Election Day in November 2024. Across the U.S., voters are heading to the polls. And major social media platforms are not working. The scenario… Read More
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Fact Check: Trump says 82% says Americans think 2020 election was “rigged.” Polls, polling executives disagree
GREENSBORO — Former President Donald Trump told his North Carolina supporters during a campaign stop that he’s not the only one who believes the 2020… Read More
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Fact Check: ¿Hay un aumento de migración de ‘hombres en edad militar’ de China?
Tras el aumento del número de inmigrantes chinos cruzando la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, el congresista republicano de Florida Mario Díaz-Balart, el expresidente Donald… Read More
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Hunter Biden’s Testimony in Context
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. During a lengthy interview with House investigators on Feb. 28, Hunter Biden repeatedly insisted that… Read More
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Fact Check: Energy weapons, blue roofs and food supply attacks: Texas wildfires revive baseless claims
As Texas tries to contain the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, baseless conspiracy theories that first circulated online after other well-known fires are resurfacing.… Read More
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Posts Make Baseless Claim About Net Worth of Ocasio-Cortez
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York reported having $60,000 at most… Read More