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WEBSep 27, 2024 — Project 2025 proposes dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some social media posts misleadingly claim the project calls for closing the National Hurricane Center, a ...
FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
WEBThe Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud. On that day -- and afterward -- we debunked false, misleading and unfounded claims ...
Explaining the New CDC Guidance on What To Do if You Have …
WEBMar 15, 2024 — The CDC said in background materials accompanying the new guidance that it looked at data from countries and states that had adopted similar policies for COVID-19 isolation and had not seen ...
Study Largely Confirms Known, Rare COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
WEBFeb 27, 2024 — SciCheck Digest. An international study of around 99 million people confirmed known serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccination. It also identified a possible relationship between the first dose ...
Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org
WEBAug 17, 2021 — The blame game has begun over who lost Afghanistan. The fact is, President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, were both eager to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end what Biden ...
Q&A On Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19 Oral Antiviral
WEBMay 13, 2022 — Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images. Paxlovid is the preferred treatment for high-risk outpatients, according to the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 treatment ...
Breaking Down the Immigration Figures - FactCheck.org
WEBFeb 27, 2024 — About 2.5 million people through October have been released into the U.S. That figure includes 2 million released by Border Patrol, with a notice to appear in court or a notice to report to ICE ...
Debunking Viral Claims Archives - FactCheck.org
WEBSep 27, 2024 — Pop star Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Sept. 10. Social media posts falsely claim that, as a result, Swift’s ticket sales have plummeted and some of her ...
FactChecking Vice President Kamala Harris - FactCheck.org
WEBJul 23, 2024 — In about 48 hours, Vice President Kamala Harris went from No. 2 on the Democratic presidential ticket to the presumptive presidential nominee, after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and ...
The Facts on the Increase in Illegal Immigration - FactCheck.org
WEBMar 23, 2021 — Immigrants walk along the U.S.-Mexico border on March 17 after crossing the shallow Rio Grande between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images.