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A post  shared on social media purports transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is leaving the US for a “more tolerant country.” Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. Fact Check: The surf brand Rip Curl is facing backlash in Australia after they used a transgender surfer to promote women’s surfing,  The Daily Mail  reported. The brand is

A post shared on Instagram claims to show a recent tweet from President Joe Biden mocking the Trump defamation trial verdict. Verdict: False The claim is false. The original post, shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, stems from a parody account. Fact Check: Writer E. Jean Carroll has threatened to

A pro-Palestinian protester berated Republican Florida Rep. Brian Mast after he called the United Nations (UN) “moronic” Tuesday for creating the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Several countries, including the United States, announced they will temporarily suspend funding to UNRWA following allegations staff may have participated

A post  shared on social media purportedly shows Georgia Senators Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are still wearing masks in the Capitol building. Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. The image is from 2021. Fact Check: 19 Congress members have called for answers from Secretary of State Antony Blinken for providing arms sales to

A post shared on Facebook claims the British landmark Big Ben was purportedly set on fire as a result of a recent protest. Verdict: False There is no evidence to support the claim. An image featured in the Facebook post that appears to show Big Ben on fire originally stems from a now-deleted TikTok video

President Joe Biden is planning to visit East Palestine, Ohio, one year after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in the community, The White House told Cleveland.com. Biden promised to visit the community following the disaster on Feb. 3, 2023, though he has yet to follow through on that commitment until now. During his

A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S., Tuesday, that would allow victims of “digital forgeries” to pursue penalties against their alleged perpetrators, The Guardian reported. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024, or the “Defiance Act,” will grant people depicted in sexually explicit or naked “digital forgeries” to pursue civil

Politico reported that Newsmax and Fox News did not have the verdict of the defamation trial between E. Jean Carroll and former President Donald Trump as its lead. Verdict: Misleading Fox News and Newsmax did have the trial verdict at the top of its website on Jan. 26. Fox News also reported on the trial on

January 31, 2024 12:23 PM ET Former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February, the Daily Caller has first learned. Ramaswamy dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses and endorsed former President Donald Trump. Ramaswamy has since been campaigning with him and was

A video shared on X claims to show Azerbaijani Islamist leader Movsum Samadov caught on the southern border. 🚨ALERT 🚨🚨 So now Democrats want Islamic Terrorists in our country this is Movsum Samadov he is the leader of the Islamic Terrorists group Azerbaijani Islamic party. Here he is stating to journalist that “America is soon going