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  • 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.


    A year of fact checking the Middle East conflict

    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

    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

    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.