Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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ICE pepper sprays protestor in Minneapolis 1-12-26
Trump credits immigration enforcement for Minneapolis crime drop. That’s wrong.
February 13, 2026

Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”

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Are guns barred at protests, as Kash Patel said? In most states, no
January 27, 2026

“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”

Tree with frost crack on University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus
Don’t worry: ‘Exploding trees’ aren’t what they sound like
January 26, 2026

Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

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Vice President JD Vance misleads on immigrants’ role in US housing crisis
November 20, 2025

Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.

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Fact-checking Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on abortion pill hospitalizations
November 14, 2025

“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”

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President Donald Trump misleads about Walmart Thanksgiving dinner price comparison
November 14, 2025

Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”

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Lowest teacher pay in the South? Democrat mostly wrong about NCs ranking.
November 8, 2025

“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”

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Voter fraud in New York isn’t as easy to commit as this social post says: There are safeguards
November 4, 2025

New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."

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Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’ as White House official Stephen Miller said?
October 29, 2025

“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”

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Fact-check: Did Canadian ad about U.S. tariffs mislead about Reagan’s remarks?
October 24, 2025

An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.

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Donald Trump said half of US presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act. Is he right?
October 22, 2025

“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”

Melissa Hortman signs at St Paul vigil 6-18-25
In blaming left for political violence, JD Vance ignores long-term trends
October 20, 2025

"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”

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