Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: No, this isn’t a real list of drugs found in Justin Timberlake’s bloodstream after a DWI arrest
Pop star Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated June 18, prompting both real and fake reporting on what happened after a…
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Fact Check: Impact of the SALT cap to New Yorkers is overstated
A Donald Trump tax policy that has been criticized by New York Democrats and Republicans since it was enacted seven years ago is back in…
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Trump Spreads Election Misinformation in Key States
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In speeches in Nevada and Arizona, former President Donald Trump continued to spread misinformation that…
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Fact Check: At Racine rally, Trump again claims he ‘saved’ Kenosha, Wis., in 2020
In the middle of talking about crime and immigration in his June 18, 2024, rally in Racine, Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump turned his attention…
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Fact Check: Black poverty, unemployment set record lows on Trump’s watch, and on Biden’s, too
As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump vie for Black voters’ support, each has been touting their achievements benefiting Black workers and families.…
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Fact Check: The US dollar will continue to be used for oil sales, contrary to false online claims
Is Saudi Arabia abandoning the U.S. dollar for its oil sales? A June 13 X post that purported to show “breaking news” claimed just that:…
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Fact Check: President Joe Biden’s border policy is not ‘pro-child trafficking,’ despite Donald Trump’s claim
Former President Donald Trump characterized President Joe Biden’s June 4 immigration order limiting asylum as “pro-child trafficking,” at a June 6 campaign event in Phoenix,…
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Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games…
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Fact Check: Prep for the first presidential debate with our guide to Biden, Trump talking points
When former President Donald Trump talks about the cost of chicken and eggs, he has often been accurate. But Trump is also prone to exaggerating…
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Fact Check: Don’t blame Ronald Reagan for Fox News. The Fairness Doctrine didn’t apply to cable networks.
Is former President Ronald Reagan the “father of fake news”? A May 26 Instagram post claims so, linking Reagan’s actions with respect to a 1949…