Latest Fact Checks

Fact-checking Florida Sen. Randy Fine’s claim that immigrant tuition waivers costs state $40 million

By Samantha Putterman

February 6, 2025

Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.

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Altered video appears to show RFK Jr. promoting diabetes cure

February 6, 2025

Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.

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Did Donald Trump say Mexicans call him ‘peachy, cool arrow’? No, this clip is altered

By Loreben Tuquero

February 6, 2025

Video shows President Donald Trump saying Mexicans call him “peachy cool arrow.”

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El patinador Jon Maravilla iba a Detroit, no planeaba ir a Washington, D.C., en avión que chocó

By Maria Briceño

February 6, 2025

“Al patinador artístico estadounidense Jon Maravilla se le negó el embarque en el vuelo de American Airlines (hacía Washington D.C.) que posteriormente colisionó con un…

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Flag on government websites not Trump’s nod to the Confederacy. It’s been used since 2017

February 5, 2025

Federal websites updated with a nine-star flag that represents the Confederacy.

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Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong

By Amy Sherman

February 5, 2025

From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”

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No, this isn’t video of a missile crashing into a Philadelphia neighborhood

February 5, 2025

Video shows a missile crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Jan. 31, not a jet.

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No, U.S. skater Jon Maravilla wasn’t kept from boarding plane that collided with Army helicopter

February 5, 2025

“U.S. figure skater Jon Maravilla was reportedly prevented from boarding a doomed flight to Washington, D.C.”

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Gavin Newsom no dijo que independizará a California de EE.UU. si Trump deporta inmigrantes

By Maria Briceño

February 5, 2025

“El gobernador de California le ha dejado las cosas bien claras a Donald Trump que si llega a deportar a los inmigrantes que viven en…

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Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t say this about US President Donald Trump

By Maria Briceño

February 5, 2025

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I’m confused. I keep hearing everyone from America saying that my country is sending felons and (rapists) into their country.…

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No, the Trump administration isn’t giving every American $18,000

By Sara Swann

February 5, 2025

“The Trump administration is giving each and every adult in America $18,000.”

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Zelenskyy’s statement about Ukraine aid didn’t reveal money laundering operation

By Caleb McCullough

February 5, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “just threw the whole Ukraine money laundering operation under the bus … by stating he’s received less than half of the…

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