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Fact Checking Tucker Carlson’s Claim That the CIA Seized Records From Mar-a-Lago
The agency does not engage in domestic law enforcement.
Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Jr. Tell Supporters Not to Come to Mar-a-Lago?
An image of an alleged tweet is fake.
Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Did Not Defend FBI Search at Mar-a-Lago
A viral video was edited to make it appear as if he did on Fox News.
Fact Check: Barack Obama Did Not Keep Millions of Classified Documents
Donald Trump made the claim after last week’s FBI search of his home.
Fact Checking a Viral Photo of Melania Trump
An image depicting her posing with a shovel on the grave of Ivana Trump is digitally altered.
Fact Checking Claims About Dominion Voting Systems and the Colorado Recount
The company’s voting machines did not fail a ‘logic and accuracy’ test.
Fact Check: Does Monkeypox Have 99.97 Survival Rate?
A claim from former OAN anchor Liz Wheeler is false.
Fact Check: Biden Exaggerated Vaccine Claim
Video from a 2021 resurfaces after the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
Fact Check: Trump Statement on Biden’s COVID Diagnosis a Fake
The former president did not make the widely shared statement.
Fact Check: Was a Woman Denied Entry Into the U.S. Because of an Abortion?
No, but Customs and Border Protection officials are investigating questions officers asked her at an airport.
Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Say He Has Cancer?
Viral claims are accurate, though a spokesman clarified that Biden was referring to a past diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer.
Fact Check: Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis not Vaccine-Related
A satirical news story fooled some social media users.