While developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone’s saliva, Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling: The Food and Drug Administration had more than 3,000 emergency use authorization applications and didn’t have the resources to get through them. “We want to try to avoid the EUA quagmire,” said Peb Hendrix, the […]
In 2020, words like lockdown, quarantine and herd immunity entered the world lexicon. The massive rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 ushered in a new set of buzzwords that are often misunderstood or willfully misinterpreted. As families convene for the holidays, we expect a lot of unfamiliar words and ideas are going to be passed […]
With overall inflation now reaching a three-decade high, Americans are worried. Despite positive numbers in job gains and economic growth, stubbornly high levels of inflation have cast a pall on the public’s view of the economy. A particular focus of public concern has been gasoline prices. That’s no surprise. “Gasoline prices are eye-catching and memorable,” […]
The day before a jury in Wisconsin began deliberations that would result in the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on homicide charges, Missouri’s first Black congresswoman made a years-after-the-fact claim about protests that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. Brown was killed in 2014 in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, in a case that […]
The jury deliberating in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is deciding whether the teen acted in self-defense or should potentially face life in prison for shooting three people, two fatally, during a violent protest in Wisconsin. Rittenhouse traveled from his home in Antioch, Ill., about 20 miles from Kenosha, Wis., in response to the protests […]
We’ve seen several attempts at rewriting the events of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In one version, the breach resembled “an ordinary tourist visit.” We rated that Pants on Fire. In another, left-wing anti-fascists were to blame. That was baseless, too. Now comes the latest deflection, one that focuses on the federal government, and includes […]
As the Democrats’ Build Back Better bill moves closer to a vote in the House, Republicans have stepped up their criticism of the safety net legislation. In a Nov. 14 interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., took aim at the proposal’s tax provisions. He said, “The experts are telling us that 30% […]
After President Joe Biden clumsily related an anecdote about Negro Leagues and major-league pitcher Satchel Paige, he triggered a storm of denunciation from the right. The Negro Leagues were the all-Black baseball teams that played largely during the 1920s and 1930s when baseball was segregated. Paige was one of the star players. A misleading Facebook […]
A reader asked us to fact-check an image widely shared on Facebook that takes a shot at electric cars. The image shows some type of unit connected to the charging portal of a Tesla that’s parked on a roadside. The text above the image states: “Well, there it is. A gas generator being used to […]
The day after the House passed an infrastructure bill and sent it to President Joe Biden to be signed, conservative podcast host Dan Bongino attacked Biden with a Facebook post warning that the bill will produce as much in budget deficits as it spends on infrastructure. “Nothing he’s telling you is true, yet dumb liberals […]
As Democrats continue to debate what should be included in the Build Back Better plan, Republican members of Iowa’s delegation repeatedly have claimed that the $1.75 trillion social spending bill — $1.85 trillion if the Senate approves a $100 million provision for new rules for undocumented immigrants — will come at the expense of working and middle […]
Streaming into a hearing days before Halloween, Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., held up a Mason jar full of blue, red, yellow and green M&Ms for a demonstration on Shell Oil’s capital spending. “Each M&M represents about $50 million,” Porter said during the Oct. 28 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing with top executives from four […]