Deceptive clip warps Walzâs Nebraska antigay laws comment
(Walzâs conservative critics have used the moniker in a derogatory manner to refer to his advocacy for making free menstrual products available in schools.)
Viral Posts Make Baseless Claim About Harris’ Earrings at the Debate
The New York Times wrote in 2020 about what it called âThe Long History of âHidden Earpieceâ Conspiracy Theories.â The report described unfounded claims that tend to recur every election cycle about hidden electronic devices used by presidential candidates, dating to 2000 when conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore used an earpiece to receive coaching on NBCâs âMeet the Pressâ in 2000.
US presidential debate: what misinformation have we seen so far?
While Full Fact normally sticks to checking claims made by or about UK politicians, weâve written about a flurry of misinformation involving the two presidential candidates circulating on social media over the last few months.
Conservative group misleads on Jacky Rosenâs tax vote
A conservative political group tied to Republican strategist and former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove claims in a TV ad that U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., voted to hike taxes on families making less than $75,000 a year.
A Guide to Project 2025
For Medicaid, Project 2025 proposes adding work requirements for beneficiaries and âtime limits or lifetime caps ⊠to disincentivize permanent dependence.â The health insurance program for low-income Americans covered nearly 74 million people in May, according to the latest data.
Fact-checking Harris and Trumpâs first presidential debate
A Trump campaign spokesperson highlighted on X comments by Harris in a June 2020 radio interview with actor Nick Cannon, in which she said "we have to redirect resources" from police to other areas of government such as schools and small businesses.
Trump repeats baseless claim about immigrants eating pets
Vance, in a follow-up X post Sept. 10, said his "office has received many inquiries from actual residents of Springfield whoâve said their neighborsâ pets or local wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants."
Online Posts Misrepresent Biden’s Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains
â[T]he distribution of wealth among Americans has grown increasingly unequal, concentrating economic resources in a steadily shrinking percentage of individuals,â the Treasury Department wrote in its general explanation of Bidenâs proposed budget.
Has the government âscrappedâ cost of living support for pensioners?
So we canât find specific evidence that further Pensioner Cost of Living Payments were planned, ahead of the general election, for the coming winter, that the incoming Labour government subsequently âscrappedâ.
Hells Angels not riding to Colorado to confront gang
The Aurora Police Department said Aug. 28 that it was collecting evidence to show Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang implicated in the apartment complex incident, is linked to crimes in the area, but drew no conclusions.
Claims spread about migrant gang activity in Colorado
Jeraldine Mazo speaks during a rally staged by the East Colfax Community Collective to address chronic problems in the apartment buildings occupied by people displaced from their home countries in central and South America on Sept. 3, 2024, in Aurora, Col
In context: JD Vance’s school shooting comments
A day after a 14-year-old student with an AR-style weapon killed four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance answered a reporterâs question about the shooting.
Claims unfounded about Haitian immigrants eating pets, ducks
The claim that Haitian immigrants are eating wildlife and pets in Springfield was also widely shared by conservative influencers such as Charlie Kirk and X owner Elon Musk, and political entities and figures including the House Judiciary Committee and vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
Analysis | Fact-checking GOP Trump fliers flooding swing-state mailboxes
As attorney general: âCategorized rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking involving sex acts with minors, assault with a deadly weapon and more as ânonviolentâ crimes, allowing inmates who committed those offenses to receive earlier parole.â
Are noncitizens straining North Carolina services? Here are the facts.
In the letter calling for Cooper to send the National Guard to Texas, House Republicans pointed to a situation in New Hanover County Schools as an example of immigration affecting North Carolinaâs public education efforts.
Fact-checking Trump on the scale and causes of inflation
Republican National Committee spokesperson Anna Kelly told PolitiFact in an email that the spending initiated under the Biden-Harris administration was something that "even liberal economists warned would cause" prices to rise, linking to a fewexamples.
Post falsely links Elon Musk to plug-in âenergy saving devicesâ
For the purposes of that scheme, weâve rated this claim as false because Elon Musk did not make these âelectricity saving devicesâ, and we can find no evidence that any âaccusationsâ about them were ever made by the US Department of Justice.