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
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
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
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 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
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.
A year of fact checking the Middle East conflict
However, some of the content we’ve seen is miscaptioned and shows conflict elsewhere, is out of date footage of an unrelated event or is even from a video game.
Haitians under temporary programs are in the US legally
So, people with humanitarian parole or Temporary Protected Status must use another avenue — such as asylum, marriage or employment — to gain legal permanent residence.
Video of Lebanese citizens ‘celebrating Hezbollah leader’s death’ is actually from 2020 protest
For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because the video shows a protest in Lebanon in 2020, not citizens celebrating the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2024.
Drones aren’t banned from Hurricane Helene-affected areas
But a Transportation Department spokesperson said the Federal Aviation Administration is not banning drones from providing Hurricane Helene disaster relief and recovery assistance.
Video of buses on fire falsely connected to recent attacks in Israel
It has been shared on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) with captions including: “Update: Report that a Yemen Houthi suicide attack drone hit a target in Tel Aviv tonight!
Trump’s claim about migrants convicted of homicide is false
But if the 13,099 noncitizens had all entered in the past three years, "migrants would have accounted for about one-third of all homicide convictions from 2021 through 2023, Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank wrote.