Reports about armed migrants in Chicago building are fake
News reports identified people who approached buses in San Diego as migrants, but no attempted hijacking or crimes occurred.
Can Labour take credit for ârecord-breakingâ clean energy auction?
At the time the Conservative government was accused of setting the maximum price generators could receive too low, failing to reflect the increasing costs of manufacturing and installing turbines.
Fact-checking Trumpâs Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity
Trump touted supportive words from "strong man" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is popular among Trump-aligned conservatives but whom others have criticized for authoritarian policies.
v Daily Express: how and why it happened
Come December, the Migration Observatory had pointed out that the 100,000 calculation even included a mathematical error, but this didnât stop Richard HoldenâGreg Handsâ successor as party chairâfrom repeating the claim in a comment piece for the Express published on Boxing Day.
Post comparing state pension and House of Lords allowance uses old figures
This measure was first introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition for the financial year 2011/12 and, other than a temporary suspension after the Covid pandemic, has been in place ever since.
Social media users falsely claim Harris plans to ban X
"You can look at the manifesto from the shooter in El Paso to know that what Donald Trump says on Twitter impacts peopleâs perceptions about what they should and should not doâŠHe has lost his privileges and it should be taken down.
Vanceâs False claim about child separations under Harris
President Joe Biden rescinded the Trump era policy and issued a February 2021 executive order to establish a task force to reunite separated children and their families.
Project 2025 would phase out federal K-12 funds
His Republican National Convention platform also calls to cut federal funding "for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content."
Trump vs. Harris on U.S. Manufacturing
âBoth administrations have taken important steps in building the policy infrastructure needed for a significant U.S. manufacturing comeback,â Tonelson told us, though through different strategies: Trump via tariffs and deregulation and Biden via government incentives.
No proof Kamala Harris injured pedestrian in 2011 car crash
San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Allison Maxie said the agency found no calls for service or other reports involving a hit-and-run or car crash in the vicinity of the intersection of Post and Jones streets on or around this date in 2011.
No, schools are not performing gender-affirming surgeries
"The transgender thing is incredible," Trump told Moms of Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice during the groupâs Aug. 30 gathering in Washington, D.C. "Think of it, your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation.
Senate Republicans mislead about Slotkin, stimulus checks
The National Republican Senatorial Committee recently claimed in an ad that Michiganâs Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Elissa Slotkin, gave taxpayer money to immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally.
Checking Josh Stein’s claim about Mark Robinson skipping a ‘vote on teacher bonuses’
The statement contains an element of truth in that Robinson was on the campaign trail, and not physically present at the State Board of Education meeting, but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
Fact-check: Did migrants try âto hijack 2 school busesâ? No.
The area is near the San Diego-Mexico border and migrants, including many asylum seekers, often are served by humanitarian groups while they await processing by immigration officials, a local newspaper reported.
McDonaldâs didnât dispute Harrisâ job at the fast food chain
At the Aug. 13 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Convention in Los Angeles, Walz talked about Harrisâ middle-class upbringing and how she "picked up shifts at that McDonaldâs as a student."
Trump says violent crime is up 43%. Much data disagrees
For instance, the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justicefound that through 2024âs first six months, "homicide and most other violent crimes have dropped to or slightly below levels seen before the onset of the COVID pandemic and nationwide protests that followed the killing of George Floyd."
Bidenâs Arlington photo was not taken as part of campaign
It showed clips of Trump visiting tombstones and meeting families while the adâs narration and text criticized how Bidenâs administration handled the U.S.â exit from Afghanistan, when the suicide bombing happened.