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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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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