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Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status

Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status

“As part of my plan to secure the border, on Day One of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship,” Trump said in the video.


Social media claims overplay some instant Trump feats

Social media claims overplay some instant Trump feats

As for China, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing, "We will continue to approach and handle China-U.S. relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation," adding, "Our policy toward the United States has been consistent."


No evidence Sadiq Khan said people should ‘learn Arabic’ to create harmony

No evidence Sadiq Khan said people should ‘learn Arabic’ to create harmony

David Atherton, a journalist who shared the image on X last week with the caption “What do you think?”, did not provide any specific evidence supporting the claim when contacted by Full Fact, but subsequently directed us to an article about Sadiq Khan greeting the Pope in Arabic.


No evidence Trump visited Epstein’s private island

No evidence Trump visited Epstein’s private island

Epstein attended parties at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, and the two were photographed together in social settings multiple times.


Celsius energy drink does not contain dangerous levels of cyanide

Celsius energy drink does not contain dangerous levels of cyanide

A video, being shared on Facebook and Instagram, features a clip of an influencer giving a speech where he claims that “Celsius energy drink has four times the amount of daily cyanide that a human being is meant to ingest.”


DHS not running cybersecurity drill on Election Day

DHS not running cybersecurity drill on Election Day

And the facts underpinning that implication are wrong: The Homeland Security department isn’t running a cybersecurity drill on Election Day, and by the time this claim was published on social media, the AFCEA chapter hosting this event in Atlanta had already canceled its conference and accompanying tabletop exercise.


No proof US Postal Service ‘recently changed the delivery method’ of ballots to hide fraud

No proof US Postal Service ‘recently changed the delivery method’ of ballots to hide fraud

Michael Alvarez, political and computational social science at Caltech and co-director of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, said he has recently enabled webinar conversations with numerous election officials who’ve discussed mail ballots and the Postal Service.


Kamala Harris did not tip off Sean “Diddy” Combs

Kamala Harris did not tip off Sean “Diddy” Combs

A joint Nov. 1 statement by the FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said "Russian influence actors" had "manufactured a video falsely accusing an individual associated with the Democratic presidential ticket of taking a bribe from a U.S.


Kamala Harris’ Closing Arguments

Kamala Harris’ Closing Arguments

Trump, who skipped a Republican debate to speak in Michigan that day, gave what the Detroit Free Press described as a “rollicking, bellicose speech to workers against automakers’ and the President Joe Biden administration’s efforts to push a transition to electric vehicles.”


What we know about the Venezuelan gang: Tren de Aragua

What we know about the Venezuelan gang: Tren de Aragua

The designation enables the U.S. government to block the group’s assets in the U.S. That same day, the State and Justice departments announced a reward of up to $12 million for information leading to the arrests or convictions of three Tren de Aragua leaders.


Fact-checking the New Hampshire gubernatorial debate on WMUR

Fact-checking the New Hampshire gubernatorial debate on WMUR

One of the more contentious moments came when WMUR moderator Steve Bottari twice asked Ayotte about her support for former President Donald Trump despite his convictions on 34 felony charges and other legal issues, including being found liable of sexual abuse in a civil case.


Another Pants on Fire claim about AOC’s financial worth

Another Pants on Fire claim about AOC’s financial worth

Ocasio-Cortez’s office did not immediately return a request for comment, but her most recent financial disclosure report — filed Aug. 13 and covering 2023 — shows the representative is nowhere close to being worth $29 million.