Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: La NASA no dejó de investigar el mar para investigar el espacio: esta investiga ambas cosas
Un video en Facebook dice que la NASA dejó de investigar el océano para concentrarse en el espacio, pero esto no es cierto. “La NASA,… Read More
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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… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-check: Trump calls his fraud case ‘a form of Navalny.’ That distorts the cases.
Former President Donald Trump compared his civil fraud fine with the punishment of Russian opposition leader Alexei A. Navalny, who died Feb. 16 in a… Read More
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Trump Repeats Many Claims in Fox News Town Hall
In a Feb. 20 town hall in South Carolina that aired on Fox News, days before the state’s Republican primary, former President Donald Trump repeated… Read More
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Fact Check: Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy use U.S. aid to buy yachts? No, that’s False.
In the two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States has sent Ukraine more than $75 billion in military and humanitarian aid. But some… Read More
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IRS Has Not Introduced Immigrant Housing Tax Incentive, Contrary to Posts
Quick Take The IRS has not introduced a tax incentive for U.S. families to house immigrants in exchange for labor. A bogus claim that was… Read More
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Fact Check: Photo of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison is altered; neither supports defunding police
After Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., posted on Facebook about a Minnesota shooting that left two police officers and a paramedic dead, social media users began… Read More
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Fact Check: ‘So, who’s right?’ PolitiFact reader feedback on immigration, fact-checking Trump
PolitiFact readers started 2024 with deep reading and thoughtful comments to our newsroom. They sounded off in emails to reporters and through social media comments… Read More
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Fact Check: Is Wisconsin lawmaker correct that households are spending $11,400 more per year because of Biden?
Inflation is emerging as one of Republicans’ top lines of attack against Democratic President Joe Biden, who is running for a second term. Consumer inflation… Read More
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Fact Check: Yes, the federal government still classifies marijuana as more worrisome than fentanyl, cocaine
When Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., shared a newsletter with constituents recently, she made the first item of business federal marijuana policy. In the Feb. 3… Read More