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Biden’s big clemency move and a prisoner swap with China: Here are the facts
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 ...
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Social media post mischaracterizes Sen. John Thune’s comments about potential Social Security cuts
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 ...
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Fakers gonna fake: No, Taylor Swift and Elon Musk aren’t promoting energy-saving devices together
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 ...
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No, 600 bodies weren’t discovered in North Carolina because of Hurricane Helene
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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No evidence ex-Syrian President Bashar Assad is opening an eye clinic in Russia
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 ...
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No te dejes engañar: El doctor Juan Rivera y estos otros doctores no promueven estos productos
También cuando una persona no habla inglés, le puede ser más difícil navegar el sistema médico de Estados Unidos, añadió Hladek. Por ejemplo, existen farmacias especializadas en la comunidad latina, ...
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No, this isn’t an authentic video of Kevin Costner, Dr. Mehmet Oz, discussing lung disease treatment
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 ...
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No, Texas didn’t criminalize pride flags in classrooms
Republican Texas state Sen. Bob Hall introduced a bill for the 2025 legislative session that would prohibit public schools from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity, but it said ...
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El ‘manifiesto’ leído por usuarios en redes sociales no es de Luigi Mangione
Usuarios en redes sociales leen ‘manifiesto’ escrito por Luigi Mangione, el sospechoso de la muerte del ejecutivo de UnitedHealthcare. Las páginas del sitio web de United Healthcare se muestran en una ...
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No, Elon Musk didn’t say he’s running for California governor
"Elon Musk said he might run for governor of California?" the Nov. 26 post said. "Make California Great Again." This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation ...
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In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to people born in the US
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 ...
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Would the UW System’s $855 million budget request bring Wisconsin closer to the national average?
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 ...