Latest Fact Checks

No, Michael Jordan did not call for a ban on pride flags in sports and schools

By Loreben Tuquero

January 27, 2025

“BREAKING NEWS: Michael Jordan calls for ban on pride flag in sports and US school system.”

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No, Trump didn’t sign an executive order to eliminate income taxes

By Caleb McCullough

January 27, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to replace the IRS with the External Revenue Service, eliminating tax returns and income tax.

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Google Maps images saying “help” in LA is handiwork of a trespasser, not linked to human trafficking

January 27, 2025

The words “help” and “trafico” in a Google Maps aerial view of Los Angeles are connected to human trafficking.

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No, Whoopi Goldberg, Megan Rapinoe and Taylor Swift aren’t leaving the country

January 27, 2025

“Whoopi Goldberg, Megan Rapinoe and Taylor Swift decide to leave the United States.”

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Trump’s birthright executive order doesn’t strip Kamala Harris’ US citizenship

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

January 24, 2025

President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order would affect former Vice President Kamala Harris’ citizenship status.

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Don’t fall for Facebook posts warning about purported, wanted serial killer Jeffrey Thomas

January 24, 2025

Photos show Jeffrey Thomas, a “serial killer on the loose.”

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Trump’s anti-birthright citizenship effort doesn’t apply only to children of those ‘here illegally’

January 24, 2025

“The removal of birthright citizenship only applies to the children of those that are here ILLEGALLY.”

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Claim Republicans support impeaching President Donald Trump came from fake news account

By Caleb McCullough

January 24, 2025

“The U.S. Senate has the votes to remove Trump from office if the House votes to impeach.”

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No, the U.S. government hasn’t approved $1,000 stimulus checks upon Trump’s return to office

By Sara Swann

January 24, 2025

After President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. government approved a 2025 $1,000 stimulus program for all Americans.

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Video doesn’t show roads to Mexico after Trump’s immigration crackdown. It was uploaded in December

By Loreben Tuquero

January 24, 2025

Video shows “roads heading to Mexico are jam packed as mass deportations have started.”

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Claims about FEMA, North Carolina, and $2 billion earmarked for migrants originated on parody pages

January 24, 2025

“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals.…

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No, Donald Trump didn’t dispatch federal disaster assistance to Ron DeSantis in snowy Florida

January 24, 2025

President Donald Trump declared “a state of emergency in Florida because of snow.”

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