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    Detroit’s absentee ballot return rate doesn’t prove fraud

    Detroit’s absentee ballot return rate doesn’t prove fraud

    They said the return rate is not surprising and is likely caused by multiple factors, including expanded access to absentee voting, greater awareness and enthusiasm among voters to cast ballots for or against candidates or measures.


    Image supposedly showing Israeli soldiers taken prisoner by Hezbollah almost certainly AI-generated

    Image supposedly showing Israeli soldiers taken prisoner by Hezbollah almost certainly AI-generated

    AI-created content with captions claiming to show real events are a growing form of misinformation we see being shared online, and we have previously fact checked fake images of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a ventilator and another of police officers in the UK supposedly kneeling in front of men in Islamic dress.


    Can Trump use a 1798 law for mass deportations?

    Can Trump use a 1798 law for mass deportations?

    At an Oct. 11 campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, he said he’d invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite gang members’ removal and to "target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil."


    Another edited image of Kamala Harris with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs circulates online

    Another edited image of Kamala Harris with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs circulates online

    For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as altered because the original image has been edited to include Kamala Harris’s face.


    Video does not show Kamala Harris adjusting ‘earphone earrings’ prior to presidential debate

    Video does not show Kamala Harris adjusting ‘earphone earrings’ prior to presidential debate

    Additionally, the video circulating on social media has been cropped, which has cut out visible wires and audio hardware around her chair, which Ms Harris also picks up and adjusts during the longer clip, in which she talks about a recipe for cooking a turkey.


    Video shows coral farm not HAARP research facility around Florida

    Video shows coral farm not HAARP research facility around Florida

    Dr Ciaran Beggan at the British Geological Society also told us that HAARP uses “tiny” amounts of power to transmit radio waves into the atmosphere, which would be a fraction of that needed to artificially create a hurricane.


    Foreign adversaries amplify hurricane misinformation

    Foreign adversaries amplify hurricane misinformation

    A Sept. 11 New York Times article echoed that point, saying the impact of the Chinese campaign after the Maui fires "is difficult to measure, though early indications suggest that few social media users engaged with the most outlandish of the conspiracy theories."


    Hurricane Nadine article from fictional site

    Hurricane Nadine article from fictional site

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 17 to 25 storms with winds of 39 miles per hour or higher would hit the United States during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30.


    Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds

    Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds

    Some who made the claim got the inaccurate information from an Oct.1 Federalist story that misleadingly said: “The Biden-Harris administration took more than a billion tax dollars that had been allocated to the agency responsible for American disaster relief and used it to offer services for illegal immigrants.”


    Fact-checking a claim about FEMA funding and stopgap bill

    Fact-checking a claim about FEMA funding and stopgap bill

    Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez released a statement that said he could not vote for a bill that "would extend the federal government’s current, exorbitant spending levels with no cuts or considerations for the elimination of expired programs."


    Harris’ misleading tax comparison for billionaires, teachers

    Harris’ misleading tax comparison for billionaires, teachers

    CBS News’ Bill Whitaker pressed Harris on how she would pay for promises such as an expanded child tax credit and aid to small-business startups.


    Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ tax plans, compared

    Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ tax plans, compared

    Trump has also floated several more targeted tax cuts, including ending taxation on Social Security benefits, tips and overtime work.


    Trump Ad on Taxes Uses Deceptive Political Playbook

    Trump Ad on Taxes Uses Deceptive Political Playbook

    Harris did say that at the time, but the Hill reported that her campaign said she wanted to replace the TCJA with “legislation she has proposed that would involve nearly $3 trillion in refundable tax cuts primarily affecting the middle class.”


    Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ media blitz

    Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ media blitz

    Stern gave Harris an opening to criticize this year’s Supreme Court decision that confers broad immunity from prosecution to U.S. presidents, which would most immediately aid Trump if he were to win reelection.


    FEMA didn’t block hurricane relief flights at SC airport

    FEMA didn’t block hurricane relief flights at SC airport

    Community organizers and airport tenants looking to help survivors in hard-hit western North Carolina started a social media page called the Runway Relief Project to share information about efforts to collect and fly donations of supplies where they’re needed.


    In N.H., pro-Joyce Craig ad omits context on Kelly Ayotte

    In N.H., pro-Joyce Craig ad omits context on Kelly Ayotte

    In New Hampshire’s nip-and-tuck gubernatorial race, the state Democratic Party attacked Republican nominee Kelly Ayotte over corporate board positions she held after losing reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2016.


    Video of ‘Tel Aviv destroyed by Iran’ actually of Taiwan factory fire

    Video of ‘Tel Aviv destroyed by Iran’ actually of Taiwan factory fire

    The video shows a large fire producing lots of smoke and is captioned: “I’m old enough to remember when tel aviv had this micaculous [sic] thing called electricity.