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Why you should be skeptical of that ‘leaked’ audio of JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk

By Grace Abels

March 24, 2025

Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”

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Donald Trump no firmó una orden que obliga a bancos a quitarle dinero a inmigrantes

By Maria Briceño

March 21, 2025

El presidente Donald Trump “firma orden ejecutiva para obligar a los bancos a que les quiten un 10% de dinero” de sus ahorros a los…

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Netflix hit show ‘Adolescence’ was not based on Southport, England, murders of three young girls

March 21, 2025

Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white…

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No, el Congreso no aprobó una ley que da cadena perpetua a inmigrantes ilegalmente en EEUU

By Maria Briceño

March 21, 2025

“Nueva ley en EE.UU. impone cadena perpetua a inmigrantes que residen ilegalmente en el país”.

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Does less than 25% of Education Department spending go to students? No

By Louis Jacobson

March 20, 2025

The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”

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No, JFK Jr. didn’t write a letter saying that former President Joe Biden was ‘a traitor’

March 20, 2025

Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.

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Was Zelenskyy’s Pennsylvania visit ‘election interference’? Why experts say no

By Amy Sherman

March 20, 2025

Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Fact-checking Elon Musk

By Louis Jacobson

March 19, 2025

“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”

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Viral Truth Social post from President Donald Trump about annexing Greenland, Alaska is fabricated

March 19, 2025

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, “After I’ve annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska.”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says measles infection may have benefits, but there’s no conclusive evidence

March 19, 2025

“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."

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USDA grant funded research into all-natural menstrual products, not trans menstrual cycles

By Grace Abels

March 19, 2025

A $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.”

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Rep. Ro Khanna blames Trump team for ending telehealth medicare benefit. That’s not quite right.

By Suz Redfearn

March 18, 2025

“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare…

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