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An image shared on Instagram purports to show a recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing listing retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as 2024 presumptive Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump’s vice president. Verdict: False Flynn denied the claim’s validity via a July 3 statement posted on his verified X account. Trump has

A post shared on social media purports that  Actor Robert Downey Jr. left mainstream Hollywood to create a new movie studio with Director Mel Gibson. Verdict: False The claim stems from a satirical website. Fact Check: Downey told fellow actor Jodie Foster in a recent interview that he would consider playing the role of Tony Stark again, 

Democratic strategist James Carville told NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Monday that President Joe Biden will undoubtedly choose to withdraw from the presidential race “soon.” Panic about Biden’s age and fitness following his recent debate performance against former President Donald Trump prompted increasing high-profile calls for the president to drop out of the race. Carville, on NewsNation’s

A viral image shared on X purports to show recently elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wearing a pink dress and a matching head covering. What will Britain look like after 5 years of Sir Keir Starmer? pic.twitter.com/w73tW0Rkgz — Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) June 10, 2024 Verdict: False The claim is false. On July 5, Snopes

A nonprofit union watchdog has purchased billboards around the site of this year’s Republican National Convention (RNC), criticizing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for its liberal advocacy spending, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. The Center for Union Facts (CUF) has placed three billboards along major roads leading to the RNC in Milwaukee labeling

President Biden compared former President Trump to staunch segregationist former Democratic Alabama Gov. George Wallace during a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” while ignoring the fact that he himself once bragged about receiving an award from Wallace. “Donald Trump makes George Wallace look like a patriot,” Biden told “Morning Joe” on Monday. But Biden, as

July 08, 2024 12:58 PM ET A majority of American voters now approve of former President Donald Trump’s job performance during his first term, compared to less than that for President Joe Biden’s current term, according to a new poll released Sunday. Among registered voters, 51% said they approved of Trump’s job performance during his

July 08, 2024 12:42 PM ET “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Monday said she would not care if President Joe Biden stays in the presidential race while being incontinent or incapable of speaking, but that she would abandon him under certain circumstances. Biden indicated an unwillingness to undergo a cognitive test during his recent

A post shared on social media purports that New York Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) received $142,000 in student loan forgiveness. Verdict: False The claim stems from a satirical account. Fact Check: Ocasio-Cortez responded to the recent Supreme Court ruling on former President Donald Trump’s immunity with a post on X saying she will file

A video shared on X claims to show a Palestinian girl with a neck injury. CHILDREN OF GAZA pic.twitter.com/YQVaEN8gEb — Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) July 2, 2024 Verdict: False The girl in the video is Pakistani. She was suffering from a neck condition at the time. Fact Check: Ex-American government officials said that the United States was