False claims spread about explosives at Trump NY rally
After two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this year, reports of a third purported attack at his Sept. 18 rally in Uniondale, New York, spread quickly online.
Vance rewrites history about Trump and Obamacare
"The fact the ACA survived the Trump administration is a testament to the strength of the underlying statutory framework, and that the public rallied around it," said Sabrina Corlette, co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University.
Q&A on the Second International Mpox Emergency
Following this development, researchers wondered if clade I monkeypox virus similarly had the potential to show sustained spread via dense sexual networks, and they started to monitor for such cases, Kindrachuk, the University of Manitoba scientist, said.
Trump’s Latest Bogus Claim About Mail-In Vote Fraud in Pennsylvania
Rasmussen Reports notes that, â[l]ike many other pollsters, we now also draw a sizable percentage of our daily sample survey results from special demographically balanced Internet Panels to capture the growing number of people who no longer have landline telephones.â
No evidence ramen noodles contain deadly bacteria
The Instagram accountâs profile page links to a product called Headlines, which, for a fee, says subscribers can "experience the future of news with AI-driven personalized content texted directly to you."
Vance’s Misleading Claim About Immigrants and Murders in Springfield, Ohio
Springfield has become a focal point in the national debate over immigration because large numbers of Haitians who were granted legal status in the United States have settled in the city over the last several years.
Trump falsely says Harris wants to revive the draft
In the Senate, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the Armed Services chair, has expressed support for expanding the requirement to register for the draft to women, rather than just men.
No evidence the government plans to âmeans testâ the state pension
Itâs possible these claims are based on comments made by Sir Edward Troup, a former Treasury civil servant who was reportedly appointed as an advisor to now-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves before the general election earlier this year.
Tim Sheehy wrongly blames 2022 law for higher inflation
As lawmakers worked on the measure, some economists, including Larry Summers, who directed the National Economic Council under former President Barack Obama, warned the bill would lead to inflation.
Fact-checking Kamala Harrisâ interview with the NABJ
On the Israel-Hamas war, Harris reiterated that Israel has a right to defend itself, following Hamasâ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, but didnât have a straight answer for co-moderator and Politico White House Correspondent Eugene Danielsâ question about how her policies would differ from President Joe Bidenâs.
Analysis | Defense witness for George Floyd murderer appears in pro-Trump ad
In several interviews in June 2020, Harris demurred when directly asked whether she supported âdefund the police.â But she also straddled the issue with her rhetoric on taking a fresh look at public safety.
Apparent assassination attempt against Trump wasnât staged
Soon after U.S. Secret Service agents intervened to stop a second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, social media users started spreading conspiracy theories about the incident, including that it was staged.