A viral video falsely claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent 300 semitrucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan. FEMA Press Secretary Daniel Llargues told PolitiFact the ...
Millions of ballots have been counted in the two weeks following the election, as officials have worked to verify vote totals and count ballots that were not counted or had not been received by ...
A TikTok video spreading on other social media platforms appears to claim that President-elect Donald Trump is ending a "trans species child tax credit." "Parents of trans-species ...
A Threads post said, "The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it." The X post the claim originated from referred to the Ending ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t announce a new phone to rival Apple’s iPhone, but recent Facebook posts wrongly credit him with the purported product.
Tesla. SpaceX. Twitter’s rebrand to X.  If these seem fake, it’s because they are. Musk didn’t launch or release such creations. But Facebook users post images that make these seem real, and that make ...
California was the first state to enact no-fault divorce in 1970 after then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it into law. Reagan, himself a divorcé, said the law was a step toward removing the "acrimony and ...
As of Nov. 19, PolitiFact found no evidence that Musk is releasing a solar-powered Tesla. Tesla uses lithium-ion batteries, not solar panels, in the electric cars it makes. Tesla also doesn’t have a ...
ABC didn’t immediately respond to PolitiFact’s questions about the post but we found no evidence, such as credible news reporting or public statements from the network, Goldberg or Behar, to ...
In April, Musk said on X that he intends to suspend accounts involved in engagement farming, a social media tactic in which users post content specifically designed to boost likes, shares and comments ...
Fox News reported California Gov. Gavin Newsom “will withhold” California’s federal income tax. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said in a statement that he wasn’t planning to withhold the ...
That swimmer, the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas, became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title that year, and she and Gaines tied for fifth in the 200-yard freestyle ...