Author name: Lance Hudgins

President Joe Biden called the Iran-backed Houthi rebels a terrorist group on Friday despite taking them off the State Department’s list of terror groups in 2021. Biden ordered a military strike on the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday after the group launched at least 27 attacks on commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and

The New York Times reported that “some U.S. allies” in the Middle East criticized the U.S. strikes on the Houthi rebels. Screenshot/New York Times Verdict: Unsubstantiated The NYT article initially noted a single U.S. ally, Oman. The article was later corrected and updated, though Turkey, another U.S. ally, did condemn the airstrikes. Fact Check: The

A record low percentage of Americans identified as Democrats in 2023 ahead of a contentious presidential election year, according to a Friday poll. Only 27% of Americans self-identify as Democrats, reaching the smallest figure for the party in Gallup’s recorded history, according to the survey. Republicans received the same amount of support, though it didn’t

The FBI possesses another FD-1023 document related to bribery allegations against Joe and Hunter Biden, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said in a Thursday letter. Jordan wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding an FBI FD-1023 form created in March 2017 with information from a confidential human source about alleged foreign payments

An image shared on Facebook purports to show a TRUTH Social post from former President Donald Trump insulting journalist Laura Loomer, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, and Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Verdict: False The post is not genuine. The post does not appear on Trump’s TRUTH Social account, and there is

Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce chided first lady Jill Biden for not trying to prevent her husband from running for reelection on Fox Business’ “Varney & Company” Friday. The first lady said Biden’s “age is an asset” when asked to respond to concerns about how elderly he is in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”

Border Patrol agents are quietly applauding Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to seize property along the border, several of them told the Daily Caller News Foundation on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly. The Texas Department of Public Safety seized the property of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas

A post shared on X, formerly Twitter, claims to show Pope Francis with young girls. Party loving pedo pope. pic.twitter.com/xcyktsslgS — Qmum (@Nancy023922191) January 11, 2024 Verdict: False The images are artificially generated. Fact Check: The Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar have rejected the Vatican’s Fiducia Supplicans, which allowed spontaneous non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples

A video shared on Facebook purports to show Jose Adolfo “Fito” Macias, an Ecuadorian fugitive gang leader, recently being apprehended by police. Verdict: False The video, originally shared on YouTube by BBC News, shows Macias being moved to a maximum security prison back in August 2023. Fact Check: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has announced a

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign due to his concerns about Biden’s mental competency, in an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Friday. Portnoy made a comment calling Biden a “99- year-old president” and Varney corrected him, asking if he supports “our 81-year- old president” on “Varney &