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Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. With apprehensions at the southern border still near historical highs, some congressional Republicans have raised concerns about the number of border crossers who have been counted as so-called “Special Interest Aliens.” Those are migrants the Department of Homeland Security defined in 2019 […]

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, have misfired in launching attacks on each other recently: Trump said Haley “supports a 23% national sales tax.” A dozen years ago, Haley posted a […]

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Former President Donald Trump is competing in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses but not the state-run primary election. Nevada’s delegates are awarded based on the results of caucuses, not the primary election. Social media posts falsely claim Trump “forgot […]

SciCheck Digest Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be serious and even fatal. Fortunately, it can safely be prevented by vaccination. But in the wake of outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere — likely in large part due to low vaccination coverage — social media posts have downplayed […]

FactCheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson was a guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Jan. 28. She talked about debunking misinformation in the 2024 election cycle and, more broadly, explained how we do our work. Tia Mitchell, a Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a host of the “Washington Journal,” […]

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. SciCheck Digest The World Health Organization began using the term “Disease X” in a 2018 planning document to refer to a “currently unknown” illness. But since the term was used at the January meeting of the World Economic Forum, conspiracy theorists baselessly claim Disease X is part of a “Globalist […]

SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy benefits both mother and baby. Side effects are generally mild, and studies don’t show negative effects on the baby. A criticized study that gave COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant rats doesn’t show that vaccines cause autism or that people shouldn’t get COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to […]

Summary Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Here’s how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office three years ago: The economy added more than 14 million jobs. The number is now nearly 4.9 million higher than before the pandemic. The unemployment rate […]

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Following his projected win in New Hampshire’s GOP primary on Jan. 23, former President Donald Trump gave a speech that included distorted claims about the state’s primary rules, his election record in New Hampshire, his Republican opponent’s general election prospects […]

Quick Take Efforts are underway in many states to disqualify former President Donald Trump from primary ballots, based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. Some viral posts compare Trump to Abraham Lincoln and falsely claim Lincoln was “removed” from state ballots in 1860. A Lincoln scholar said the claim “could […]