Author name: Lance Hudgins

A photo  shared on social media purportedly shows a case of a current outbreak of Smallpox in migrants at the southern border. Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. The image is from 2014. Fact Check: December saw record high border crossings at a reported 302,000 encounters along the U.S./Mexico border in December,  ABC News  reported.

An image shared on Facebook claims to show a purported New York Daily News headline about a rabbi who supposedly said, “world peace can only be achieved once whites are no longer a majority in any country.” Verdict: False The image has been digitally altered. The actual headline highlights Yisroel Goldstein, a California rabbi who

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reached a deal on the federal budget on Sunday, and the agreement is already raising the ire of some fiscal conservatives, according to several reports. The $1.6 trillion deal sets defense spending at about $886 billion for the current fiscal year, a number

Police have launched an “active investigation” into an alleged altercation Saturday night between Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband in a Colorado restaurant, according to the Denver Post. The congresswoman allegedly struck Jayson Boebert, her ex-husband, twice at the Miner’s Claim in Slit, according to the outlet. This claim has been denied by

Former President Donald Trump called for the release of Jan. 6 “hostages” during a Saturday campaign event. Trump delivered a speech at an Iowa rally on the third anniversary of the Capitol riot railing against the treatment of those arrested Jan. 6, 2021, the Associated Press (AP) reported. “You never hear about that, do you?

January 07, 2024 12:13 PM ET The Democratic National Committee (DNC) blasted New Hampshire on Friday for its “detrimental” election defiance in scheduling its presidential primary. The New Hampshire Democratic Party received an aggrieved letter from the DNC penned by co-chairs Minyon Moore and James Roosevelt Jr. for seeking to sabotage its attempt to hold

January 07, 2024 11:57 AM ET Former President Barack Obama reportedly urged the Biden campaign to “move aggressively” against former President Donald Trump at a private lunch. An “animated” Obama reportedly told President Joe Biden, formerly his vice president, as well as aides and allies that the president should employ more top-level decision makers or

January 07, 2024 11:38 AM ET Michigan Republicans voted to remove the state’s GOP chairwoman during a Saturday meeting. Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo was ousted by a substantial majority of lawmakers present after she refused to resign, District 2 state committee member Bree Moeggenberg said, according to Politico. Karamo did not attend the meeting

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has spent significantly more taxpayer money investigating former President Donald Trump than it has on President Joe Biden, according to a DOJ statement of expenditures released Friday. The DOJ spent roughly $23 million in taxpayer funds on two investigations led by special counsel Jack Smith into Trump, according to the

As more states seek to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot, Vice President Kamala Harris accused Republicans of “trying to silence” voters Saturday. Harris commemorated the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Riot by delivering a speech criticizing the Republican Party at the 7th Episcopal District AME Church Women’s Missionary Society