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False claims that Democrats want noncitizens to vote have been amplified by former President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republican influencers. Now a social media post is claiming to have evidence of a scheme to encourage noncitizen migrants to vote for President Joe Biden.  The Oversight Project run by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think […]

Was one of President Joe Biden’s relatives eaten by cannibals during World War II? As far-fetched as that scenario might sound, Biden said it was possible while visiting Pennsylvania on April 17. While visiting Scranton, his family’s hometown, for a speech, Biden sought out a local veterans’ memorial where his uncle, Ambrose J. Finnegan, is […]

Former President Donald Trump spread false and misleading statements about his Manhattan criminal trial as lawyers haggled over choosing jurors and the judge faced a new request to skip a day on Trump’s behalf.  Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment […]

Seeking to present a unified Republican front, former President Donald Trump and embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., met at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, to tout several issues the GOP sees as key in the 2024 election, including voting laws and immigration. Johnson focused his remarks on forthcoming legislation to require proof of […]

En medio de una campaña electoral ferozmente competitiva en 2024 contra el presidente Joe Biden, el expresidente Donald Trump se convertirá en el primer expresidente sometido a un juicio penal.  Trump se enfrenta a cargos por delitos graves en cuatro casos. Pero el primero en ir a juicio, y quizás el único que probablemente finalice […]

Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will host an event at Mar-a-Lago on April 12 in an appearance that is expected to underscore something that PolitiFact has fact-checked repeatedly as false: allegations of rampant election fraud — most recently claims of noncitizen voting. Their joint appearance comes as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, […]

Recent U.S. outbreaks of avian influenza and the first known case of a human contracting bird flu from a mammal have ignited concerns that bird flu will be the next pandemic.  Some social media users are claiming bird flu will be worse than COVID-19, which caused more than 1.2 million U.S. deaths since 2020. “GET […]

Amid a fiercely competitive 2024 election rematch against incumbent President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump will become the first former president put on criminal trial.  Trump faces felony charges in four cases, but the first one to go to trial — and perhaps the only one likely to be completed before Nov. 5, Election […]

Was the cost of living lower during Donald Trump’s tenure or Joe Biden’s current presidency? A graphic shared on social media tries to answer that question, but its data needs a second look.  The Facebook image showed two columns: a red one labeled “HOW IT STARTED” for costs on the last day of Trump’s presidency and a […]

After Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a cargo ship and collapsed, some social media users sensed that something sinister was afoot. Video of the March 26 Baltimore accident showed a massive container ship lose power and strike one of the bridge’s piers, knocking the 47-year-old structure into the Patapsco River.  The shocking […]

At 1:29 a.m. March 26, the Dali, a large container ship, struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing its collapse.  Within hours — as many Americans slept — misinformers on X and other platforms posted wild theories, unsubstantiated claims and speculation about who was to blame for the catastrophe. Without evidence, misinformers coalesced […]

A video viewed by millions of users on X details an elaborate scheme to grab power by President Joe Biden and prominent Democrats. The video shows people racing to the U.S. by land, air and sea and flashes headshots of men of color. The narrator warns that the federal government wants to keep them “in […]