Latest Fact Checks

This isn’t an authentic post from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about eliminating the income tax

January 30, 2025

Says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X, “I’m committed to eliminating income taxes, replacing them with a fair consumption tax, and adopting gold-backed currency.”

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Does this video show 2025 anti-Trump protests around the world? No, it’s from 2018

January 30, 2025

A video shows “people around the world” who are “protesting because Donald Trump is the president.”

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No, a judge didn’t declare former President Joe Biden’s pardons unconstitutional

January 30, 2025

“Biden pardons are unconstitutional! 7th Circuit Court Judge Joseph Barron ruled that there is no provision to pardon someone who hasn’t been formally charged.”

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No, Pfizer didn’t release a new list of COVID-19 vaccine side effects

January 30, 2025

“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”

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Barack Obama was not on military helicopter that collided with American Airlines jet near DC

January 30, 2025

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

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Image of ICE officers arresting someone wearing a ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’ shirt was altered

January 30, 2025

Image shows immigration officers arresting someone wearing a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt in 2025.

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No, these aren’t photos of a baby found dumped by a roadside in 2025; it’s a scam

January 30, 2025

Images show a “beautiful baby boy, estimated to be between 7 months to a year old … found dumped by the roadside” in January 2025.

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What’s the evidence RFK Jr. profited off vaccine lawsuits? Checking Warren’s claim

By Sara Swann

January 30, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take…

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No, the U.S. did not spend $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza

By Caleb McCullough , Maria Ramirez Uribe

January 30, 2025

“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”

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No proof JD Vance provided ‘furnished apartments’ for North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims

January 30, 2025

“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”

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No, AOC and Jamie Raskin didn’t file articles of impeachment against Trump over his Jan. 6 pardons

January 29, 2025

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”

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Fact-check: Trump misleads about North Carolina storm victims and FEMA housing

By Amy Sherman , Paul Specht

January 29, 2025

"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.

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