Latest Fact Checks

Are Biden pardons ‘void’ because he used an autopen? No, Trump’s claim is False

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

March 17, 2025

Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of…

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No, DOGE didn’t find that the General Services Administration has been paying Michelle Obama

By Loreben Tuquero

March 17, 2025

DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”

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No evidence Elon Musk campaigned to cancel ‘The View’

By Grace Abels

March 17, 2025

Elon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’”

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InfoWars reporter Jamie White, who was fatally shot, was not on Ukrainian enemies list

By Sara Swann

March 14, 2025

Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”

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Whoopi Goldberg didn’t get ‘The View’ a $6 million federal grant. That claim originated as satire.

March 14, 2025

The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”

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Are Girl Scout cookies ‘toxic’? No, experts say study’s findings are misleading

By Sara Swann

March 14, 2025

Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.

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Stacey Abrams didn’t admit to using $2 billion from EPA to buy votes in Georgia

By Loreben Tuquero

March 14, 2025

Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them…

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Karoline Leavitt says tariffs are ‘a tax cut.’ Economists say they aren’t

By Louis Jacobson

March 13, 2025

“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”

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No evidence that eliminating school choice is on Susan Crawford’s agenda

By Madeline Heim

March 13, 2025

“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.

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Did the cost of buying a home double under Joe Biden, as JD Vance said?

By Louis Jacobson

March 12, 2025

“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”

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Sen. Rick Scott wrong that full-time jobs dropped under former President Joe Biden

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2025

“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”

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End Wokeness post overstates government jobs’ role in Biden-era job creation

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2025

During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.

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