PolitiFact: Joe Biden said mass shootings tripled when the assault weapon ban ended. They...
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Several studies find that mass shooting deaths fell slightly in the decade of the federal assault weapon ban, and...
Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know
Americans, already weary of a nearly two-years-long pandemic, were dealt a new blow during the long Thanksgiving weekend with the announcement that a new...
PolitiFact: Climate change will not sink the central US in 30 years, as Facebook...
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The image was created by a blogger to see if the Mediterranean Sea could fit in the U.S.
It...
PolitiFact: Why Roger Stone’s claim about ‘phantom voters’ in Florida is wrong
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Allies of former President Donald Trump formed Defend Florida to challenge the integrity of the state’s elections. The group...
PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson film falsely claims Jan. 6 is ‘pretext to strip millions’ of...
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The Justice Department is prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters on charges of entering restricted federal property, assaulting police officers, and other...
PolitiFact: Vaccines do not cause sudden infant death syndrome
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No evidence has established that vaccines cause SIDS.
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PolitiFact: Brian Laundrie’s remains confirmed by dental records, don’t belong to a twin
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There is no evidence that Brian Laundrie had a twin whose remains were discovered in a Florida park on...
PolitiFact: No, this Baldwin quote in a news story about prop gun incident isn’t...
On Oct. 21, actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico, killing the film’s cinematographer and injuring its...
PolitiFact: No, Facebook isn’t changing its policies to ban ‘Let’s go Brandon’
As an NBC Sports reporter recently interviewed NASCAR driver Brandon Brown, she noted that the crowd could be heard chanting, "Let’s go, Brandon!"
In reality,...
PolitiFact: No evidence sex traffickers are using abandoned car seats to lure victims
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A Facebook user shared a photo of a child car seat and said it was left in a Walmart parking...