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Fact Checking Two Claims About Vaccines by Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Georgia representative said that Anthony Fauci is recommending a fourth COVID shot and claimed that kids need only one dose of the polio vaccine.
Fact Check: Did Ketanji Brown Jackson Want to Release Inmates During the Pandemic?
Republican senators raised the question during Jackson’s confirmation hearing.
Fact Checking a Now-Deleted Ilhan Omar Tweet
Omar originally claimed journalist Julia Ioffe made racist claims about the war in Ukraine before correcting herself.
Fact Checking Claims About Congressional Pay
Social media posts claim members gave themselves a 21-percent raise.
Fact Check: The Mariupol Maternity Ward Airstrike was not Staged
Social media posts saying so echo Russian propaganda.
Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Avoid a Question About Inflation?
A video of her news conference with Romania’s president was deceptively edited.
Fact Check: No, There Are No U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine
False claims are going viral on social media.
Fact Check: Is Putin Still on Twitter While Trump Is Banned?
Putin has no personal account but the official President of Russia account is active.
Fact Check: A Video Claiming to Show Ukrainian ‘Crisis Actors’ Is Fake
The video is a combination of two separate newscasts.
Fact Check: An Alleged Tweet From Paul Gosar Is a Fake
The Arizona representative did not say that he’s been called ‘stupid’ his whole life.
Fact Checking Kari Lake’s Speech at CPAC
The Arizona gubernatorial candidate repeated false claims on the election and the pandemic.