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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Brian Haines, a North Carolina Department of Public Safety spokesperson, told USA Today his agency has no evidence to support the claim of 600 bodies discovered in North Carolina after the storm.
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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 ...
"Currently, there is no therapeutic cure for HIV," Sheryl Zwerski, who holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice and directs the Prevention Sciences Program at the National Institute of Allergy and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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, ...