Latest Fact Checks

Bill Gates didn’t say defunding USAID would cause a “mystery illness”

February 12, 2025

Bill Gates said, “Defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world.”

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No, the military didn’t arrest a former USDA inspector general

February 11, 2025

“JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.”

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No, this isn’t footage of fans booing Donald Trump at the 2025 Super Bowl

February 11, 2025

Video shows President Donald Trump was “booed at the Super Bowl.”

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No, Warren didn’t say citizens don’t have the right to know what the government spends money on

February 11, 2025

Says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our…

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No, this isn’t a photo of someone giving President Donald Trump the finger at the 2025 Super Bowl

February 11, 2025

Photo shows someone raising two middle fingers at President Donald Trump at the 2025 Super Bowl.

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No, Donald Trump did not post that Chiefs lost Super Bowl because of ‘DEI nonsense’

By Claire Cranford

February 11, 2025

President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”

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Unedited Kamala Harris interview on ‘60 Minutes’ doesn’t show host confronting Harris about lying

February 11, 2025

A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “

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No, Ring is not alerting customers about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities

By Caleb McCullough

February 10, 2025

Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: Sen. Tommy Tuberville ‘did not recruit me’

February 9, 2025

As head football coach at Texas Tech University, “I recruited (Patrick Mahomes) ... I’ve got to be very good friends with him.”

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US has held migrants at Guantánamo Bay before, but Trump’s approach is different

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

February 9, 2025

At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there…

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Elon Musk reposted a comment that said he “toppled” the USAID. He didn’t originally post it.

February 7, 2025

“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”

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Trump claimed ‘60 Minutes’ replaced Harris’ interview answers. That’s not what the transcript shows.

By Sara Swann

February 7, 2025

CBS News and “60 Minutes” “replaced” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview answers “with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of…

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