PolitiFact conducted reverse-image searches on the post’s photo of Taylor Swift and Elon Musk and found no credible uses of the image. The image had abnormalities that indicated it was likely ...
Reverse-image search results show that neither of the images showed New Jersey drones: The first showed drones from a Dec. 7 holiday drone show in Texas and the second has been circulating online ...
President Joe Biden on Dec. 12 announced a single-day record of 1,499 sentences commuted, along with 39 pardons of nonviolent offenders. Some critics later expressed outrage over what they said was ...
A social media post used a truncated segment of an MSNBC news clip to mislead about remarks Sen. John Thune, R-S.D, made about potential cuts to "mandatory programs" such as Social Security. We found ...
“Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.” California Rep. Nancy Pelosi is not being investigated for insider trading charges, ...
A Threads post claimed, "A $7.20 an hour McDonalds employee … now gets a cool 1/2 million dollar reward" for helping police find the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter. But this reward for ...
During his first major interview since winning the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump reiterated a promise he’s made multiple times: He will try to eliminate birthright citizenship, the longstanding ...
We found no credible news organizations reporting that Assad will open an eye clinic in Russia. NBC News reported Dec. 10 that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the network in an ...
The Supreme Court was asked to determine whether Wong had become a U.S. citizen at birth "by virtue of the first clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution," which says: "All persons born or ...
Though the post doesn’t specify, the two shots per year for HIV treatment that costs around $40,000 may refer to the injectable drug lenacapavir. The Food and Drug Administration approved lenacapavir ...
Subtracting Wisconsin’s funding per student from the national average, and multiplying it by the total number of UW students, does equal $457 million. That’s the amount the system is requesting in the ...
A Facebook video that cobbles together unrelated footage of two celebrities to promote a purported cure for lung diseases isn’t authentic, despite the post’s claim that chronic obstructive pulmonary ...