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After law enforcement said it was investigating an apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, social media users quickly declared they knew the suspect’s registered voter party affiliation. “Ryan Wesley Routh, the second Trump shooter. He looks like a MAGA republican but is a registered democrat,” stated a Sept. 15 Facebook post.   The phrase […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Vilbrun Dorsainvil dijo que huyó de su país natal, Haití, después de que intentaron secuestrarlo.  Tres años después, dice que teme por su seguridad y la de su comunidad en Estados Unidos. “Antes no temía, pero ahora puedo decir que tengo miedo”, dijo Dorsainvil. “Ahora, temo que pueda haber un tiroteo masivo […]

PolitiFact is live fact-checking Vice President Kamala Harris’ panel interview in Philadelphia hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists. TheGrio’s Gerren Keith Gaynor, Politico’s Eugene Daniels and WHYY’s Tonya Mosley will interview the Democratic presidential nominee at 2:30 p.m. ET, Sept. 17, 2024. The interview will be streamed on the NABJ’s social media and WHYY’s platforms.  […]

In the days since President Donald Trump repeated a baseless rumor about Springfield, Ohio, pets during a Sept. 10 debate viewed by 67 million people, the city’s authorities have responded to multiple threats of violence. They evacuated city hall, several K-12 schools and a state motor vehicle agency and canceled activities at two Springfield college […]

Ryan Wesley Routh, the man suspected in a Sept. 15 apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump at the former president’s Florida golf club, has spent much of the past few years focused on Ukraine after Russia invaded in February 2022. Routh appeared Sept. 16 in a West Palm Beach, Florida, federal court, charged with two […]

An unsealed Justice Department indictment alleged that six content creators who worked for Tennessee-based Tenet Media were, unknown to them, financed by Russian nationals in a scheme to distribute Russian government messaging to U.S. audiences. Tenet Media and its content creators — three of whom each have more than a million followers on at least […]

An August call to a nonemergency number in Ohio is fanning a false narrative spread by former President Donald Trump that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are harming animals. In an audio recording  published by conservative outlet The Federalist, a person is heard talking to the Clark County Communications Center, which covers Springfield. “I see a […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Vilbrun Dorsainvil said he fled his home country, Haiti, after someone tried to kidnap him.  Three years later, he says he’s afraid for his and his community’s safety in the U.S. “Before I was not, but right now I can say I am afraid,” Dorsainvil said. “Right now, I’m afraid there may […]

La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y el expresidente Donald Trump se encontraron en un debate presidencial en Filadelfia, Pensilvania, uno de los estados indecisos que será clave en las elecciones de noviembre.   El debate organizado por ABC News sucedió tras la nominación oficial de ambos en sus respectivas convenciones, y después de que el presidente Joe […]

It started off friendly. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shook hands to start their first presidential debate Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. But the amicable vibes faded fast as Trump and Harris sparred over topics including abortion and immigration. The fiery debate was hosted by ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey […]

As former President Donald Trump courts Jewish voters, he has claimed that “Israel is gone” under a Kamala Harris presidency and that her Jewish supporters need their heads “examined.” As vice president, Harris condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, with hundreds more taken hostage. She has also lamented […]

PolitiFact live fact-checked the first 2024 presidential debate Sept. 10 in Philadelphia between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Read our roundup of fact-checks from the Harris-Trump debate here. Live presidential debate fact-checks See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com