Fact or Fiction?
We have tried to find a resource to assist us in identifying and weeding out some of the “myth from truth”.
The War of Words Over Medicaid Cuts
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading ...
Posts Spread False Claim About DOGE Halting Supposed Obamacare ‘Royalties’
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have been tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing federal spending. But social media posts ...
Will SAVE Act Prevent Married Women from Registering to Vote?
Q: Is it true that under the SAVE Act married women will not be able to register to vote if their married name doesn’t match their birth certificate? A: The proposed SAVE Act instructs states ...
RFK Jr. Minimizes Measles Outbreak in Texas
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, falsely claiming ...
Posts Share Bogus Audio of Donald Trump Jr. Supporting Arms for Russia, Not Ukraine
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A fake audio clip of Donald Trump Jr. saying that the U.S. should have sent weapons to Russia instead of Ukraine was shared ...
Online Posts Misconstrue Data on Social Security Numbers
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Elon Musk shared a chart on X purportedly showing more than 398 million eligible numbers in the Social Security database. Online posts misconstrued ...
FactChecking RFK Jr.’s First Interview as HHS Secretary
In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple incorrect or misleading statements, including about seed oils, an abortion drug and the notion that ...
Trump, Musk Exaggerate Scale of Improper Social Security Payments to the Dead
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President Donald Trump incorrectly interpreted data shared by Elon Musk when he falsely claimed on Feb. 18 that “millions and millions of people over 100 ...
No Basis for Corruption Accusations About USAID Administrator
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have suggested without evidence that officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development may have siphoned off taxpayer money for themselves, echoing false social media claims about the ...
Trump’s False and Misleading Ukraine Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump made several false and ...
Trump Executive Order Targets COVID-19 Vaccines No Longer Required for Most U.S. Students
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President Donald Trump this month issued an executive order prohibiting discretionary federal funds from going to schools and colleges or universities that require students to ...
Trump Distorts the Facts in Attack on the Courts
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In several court cases, federal judges have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from broadly cutting or freezing federal spending. President Donald Trump claimed that the ...