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Has the government ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners?

Has the government ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners?

So we can’t 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 “scrapped”.


Hells Angels not riding to Colorado to confront gang

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

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

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 reporter’s question about the shooting.


Claims unfounded about Haitian immigrants eating pets, ducks

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

Analysis | Fact-checking GOP Trump fliers flooding swing-state mailboxes

As attorney general: “Categorized rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking involving sex acts with minors, assault with a deadly weapon and more as ‘nonviolent’ crimes, allowing inmates who committed those offenses to receive earlier parole.”


Are noncitizens straining North Carolina services? Here are the facts.

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 Carolina’s public education efforts.


Fact-checking Trump on the scale and causes of inflation

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 ‘energy saving devices’

Post falsely links Elon Musk to plug-in ‘energy saving devices’

For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because Elon Musk did not make these “electricity saving devices”, and we can find no evidence that any ‘accusations’ about them were ever made by the US Department of Justice.


Prep for Trump-Harris debate with fact-checks of top claims

Prep for Trump-Harris debate with fact-checks of top claims

Trump is likely to mention Harris’ more liberal positions from her 2019 Democratic presidential primary campaign, including her previous opposition to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a practice used to access hard-to-reach oil and gas in rock formations.


Reports about armed migrants in Chicago building are fake

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 ‘record-breaking’ clean energy auction?

Can Labour take credit for ‘record-breaking’ 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.