Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Noncitizens can vote in Washington, DC, local elections, not federal elections
Does the District of Columbia allow noncitizens to vote in federal elections? A viral social media post claims that’s so. The May 25 Instagram post… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Biden didn’t tell West Point graduates he won’t accept 2024 election results
President Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech May 25 to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and one social media post described… Read More
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Fact Check: Can we compare Republicans’ 2020 voter fraud claims with what Clinton said about the 2016 election?
As Election Day looms, many Republican politicians are facing the same question from reporters on the campaign trail: Will they accept the results of the… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Pfizer didn’t sue Australian former naturopath Barbara O’Neill over bird flu secrets
As news broke that a third United States farmworker had been infected with bird flu, misinformation spread on social media about supposed protection from the… Read More
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Fact Check: Does Trump’s felony conviction bar him from owning a gun?
After a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts, some social media users pointed to how this conviction affects his Second… Read More
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Fact Check: No, the Challenger crew members aren’t alive
Seven crew members died aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 after the spacecraft exploded 73 seconds into the flight due to a leak that… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Burger King is not closing all its locations
Burger King has recently closed some stores, but it is not closing “for good,” as social media users claimed. “Fast food giant says it’s closing… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking Trump’s speech at Trump Tower after New York felony conviction
In remarks from Trump Tower almost nine years after he launched his first presidential campaign there, former President Donald Trump lashed out about his Manhattan… Read More
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Fact Check: Which judges will hear Donald Trump’s appeal? It’s too early to know, experts say
During a May 31 press conference, former President Donald Trump said he plans to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. … Read More
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Q&A on Trump’s Criminal Conviction
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Donald Trump became the first U.S. president, current or former, to be convicted of a… Read More