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WEBSep 30, 2024 · October 3, 2024. Springfield, Ohio, has been the target of misinformation about its Haitian immigrant population. Conservative commentators are now falsely claiming the mayor traveled to Haiti and ...
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WEBJul 23, 2024 · The vice president repeated one of her favorite talking points when she claimed “Donald Trump openly vowed, if reelected, that he will be a dictator on Day 1.”. He said he was joking when he ...
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WEBAug 16, 2024 · SciCheck. FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. It was launched in January 2015 ...
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WEBJul 18, 2024 · Third Night of the Democratic Convention. August 22, 2024. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ...
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WEBSeptember 20, 2024. Rumors about Ryan Wesley Routh, who staked out Trump International Golf Club in Florida on Sept. 15, have been flying on social media. Some claim he “is a registered democrat ...
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WEBMarch 21, 2024. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks were sent to people who had died. The issue was explained in government reports and the media when it happened in 2020. But a ...
FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
WEBPosted on January 6, 2022. The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald ...
FactChecking Biden's State of the Union - FactCheck.org
WEBMar 8, 2024 · Biden claimed that inflation in the U.S. “has dropped from 9% to 3% – the lowest in the world!”. The year-over-year inflation rate was 3.1% in January, down from 9% in June 2022, according ...
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WEBOct 1, 2024 · September 27, 2024. In an interview, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said some people in his state think former President Donald Trump is a “terrible person” but they say “I ...
COVID-19 Misconceptions - FactCheck.org
WEBCOVID-19 Misconceptions. SciCheck’s COVID-19/Vaccination Project was initiated in December 2020 with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant period ended June 30, 2024 ...