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Crime Drop in Venezuela Does Not Prove Trump’s Claim the Country Is Sending...
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Anyone who has heard a speech by former President Donald Trump in the last few years has certainly heard his unsubstantiated claim that...
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Posts Misrepresent Old Video of Missile Test as Russian Ships Visit Cuba
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Russian warships conducted simulated military exercises on their way to Cuba in June. But social media posts share clips from...
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FactChecking Trump’s Immigration-Related Claims in Phoenix and Las Vegas
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Former President Donald Trump has made illegal immigration and its impact on the U.S. a focus of his campaign – but several of his...
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Posts Misrepresent Ruling on COVID-19 School Mandate Lawsuit
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. SciCheck Digest A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for its now-rescinded...
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Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. Protesters opposed to the war in...
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Trump Spreads Election Misinformation in Key States
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In speeches in Nevada and Arizona, former President Donald Trump continued to spread misinformation that undermines public confidence in...
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Wind Energy’s Key Environmental Advantage? Low Emissions
Q: Are wind farms harmful to the environment? A: Like all energy sources, wind farms have some negative environmental impacts. But getting energy from wind farms results in dramatically lower...
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Competing Narratives on Real Wages, Incomes Under Biden
In recent weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Sen. Tim Scott offered seemingly contradictory claims when discussing the impact of inflation on the typical American’s wages and income. During...
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FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate
Summary The much-anticipated first debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump featured a relentless barrage of false and misleading statements from the two candidates...
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Video: FactChecking Highlights from the Biden-Trump Debate
As we’ve written, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump got more than a few things wrong at the first presidential debate. Here we provide a fact-checking video of some debate...
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FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Rival Debate
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Excluded from the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27, independent...
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Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee
President Joe Biden’s debate performance on June 27 left many in his own party uneasy about his ability to serve another four years. “I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision...
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Flawed Autopsy ‘Review’ Revives Unsupported Claims of COVID-19 Vaccine Harm,...
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination is generally very safe, and except for extremely rare cases, there is no evidence that it contributes to death. Social media posts about a now-published, but...
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FactChecking Biden’s Post-Debate TV Interview
In his first televised interview since his admittedly “bad” presidential debate, President Joe Biden made a few exaggerated and misleading statements. Here’s what Biden said in his 22-minute,...
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Posts Misrepresent Photo of RFK Jr. With Animal Carcass in Vanity Fair
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A photo of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely shows him holding the carcass of a goat, lamb or...
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Tucker Carlson Post Makes Unsupported Claim About Trump Jurors
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The judge in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump denied a defense request to ask jurors about their party...
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Unite the Country
Political leanings: Pro-Joe Biden 2022 Spending: $5.8 million Unite the Country is a single-candidate super PAC that supports President Joe Biden. It was started in 2019 by former Biden aides to help...
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FactCheck.org Wins Fourth Sigma Delta Chi Award
FactCheck.org has won the 2023 Sigma Delta Chi award for fact-checking from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is our third win in the fact-checking category and our fourth award from SPJ...
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Senate Leadership Fund
Political leanings: Conservative/Republican 2022 Spending: $291 Million The Senate Leadership Fund is a Republican super PAC that was established in 2015 by allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
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Biden’s NATO Press Conference
In a press conference in which President Joe Biden was repeatedly asked about whether he would — or should — stay in the presidential race, Biden made a few remarks that were misleading or could use...
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