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Trump says violent crime is up 43%. Much data disagrees

Trump says violent crime is up 43%. Much data disagrees

For instance, the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justicefound that through 2024’s 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."


Biden’s Arlington photo was not taken as part of campaign

Biden’s Arlington photo was not taken as part of campaign

It showed clips of Trump visiting tombstones and meeting families while the ad’s narration and text criticized how Biden’s administration handled the U.S.’ exit from Afghanistan, when the suicide bombing happened.


Government agencies didn’t donate to Harris’ campaign

Government agencies didn’t donate to Harris’ campaign

"I thought I would share them with you because these are government entities that we fund as taxpayers, and I don’t understand how it is not a conflict of interest for them to make a campaign donation," the woman said.


This California bill will not get rid of voter ID at polls

This California bill will not get rid of voter ID at polls

"SB 1174 was just passed in California, and it opens the door for illegal immigrants to vote by eliminating the requirement for voter ID at polling places," read a screenshot of an X post shared on Instagram.


Why an unrealized capital gains tax won’t affect most people

Why an unrealized capital gains tax won’t affect most people

"As it is now, normal workers are taxed on their entire income, but we have a situation where the very rich can have hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars of capital gains which go altogether untaxed," said Dean Baker, co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.


Scientists have not discovered that ‘autism can be reversed’

Scientists have not discovered that ‘autism can be reversed’

In its follow-up article, the MailOnline spoke to a specialist in neurodevelopmental disorders, Rosa Hoekstra, Professor of Global Autism and Developmental Disability Research at King’s College London, who explained that the small sample size meant the findings were not generaliseable to others.


Prime Minister’s Questions fact checked: 4 September 2024

Prime Minister’s Questions fact checked: 4 September 2024

After Ms Reeves announced the £22 billion shortfall, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that many of the challenges Labour outlined were “entirely predictable”, but also that the in-year financial pressures identified did “genuinely appear to be greater than could be discerned from the outside”.


UV light does not ‘heal eyes’

UV light does not ‘heal eyes’

This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook.


No, ‘illegal immigrants’ don’t receive more benefits than pensioners

No, ‘illegal immigrants’ don’t receive more benefits than pensioners

For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because the figures used do not match the amount of the state pension or Universal Credit, and ‘illegal immigrants’ have no recourse to public funds (though some may receive other forms of financial support).


MPs cannot claim ÂŁ50 in expenses for breakfast

MPs cannot claim ÂŁ50 in expenses for breakfast

In 2013 it emerged that Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, who was serving as work and pensions secretary at the time, had an expenses claim which included a breakfast costing ÂŁ39 rejected, though the specific reasons do not appear to have been made public.


Social Media Posts Twist Harris Campaign’s ‘Joyful’ Message

Social Media Posts Twist Harris Campaign’s ‘Joyful’ Message

Instagram posts, however, have falsely claimed the phrase “strength through joy,” which echoes a Nazi-era program, has become a Harris campaign slogan.


Misleading Democratic Ad in Nevada on ‘Sunsetting Medicare and Social Security’

Misleading Democratic Ad in Nevada on ‘Sunsetting Medicare and Social Security’

In 2013, economist Henry J. Aaron of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center warned the House Judiciary Committee that a Republican BBA proposal at that time “would negatively impact the economy and threaten the nation’s financial stability.”