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A post made on X claims actor Robert De Niro is leaving the U.S. because of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Robert De Niro is leaving the U.S. following Trump’s victory. I can’t imagine why… pic.twitter.com/E1hipE4o7E — Rach 🇺🇸 (@rachisawake) November 16, 2024 Verdict: False There is no evidence to support this claim. The claim originated as satire. Fact

November 18, 2024 2:22 PM ET President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks could temporarily jeopardize the GOP’s slim majority in the House of Representatives. The GOP has held on to control of the House, securing the 218 seats needed for a majority with five races still yet to be called, according to The Associated Press. However

A post shared on Facebook claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the creation of a water-powered car engine.   Verdict: False There is no evidence Musk has announced such a creation. Fact Check:  Tesla has issued its sixth recall of Cybertrucks, which cost about $80,000, since the vehicle’s introduction to the market, according to CNBC. The

November 17, 2024 12:10 PM ET Companies are scrambling to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s “beautiful” tariff proposals that his administration may seek to enact early in his second term. Proactive steps that companies are taking to evade anticipated price increases include stockpiling inventory in U.S. warehouses and weighing whether they need to completely eliminate

President-elect Donald Trump’s unexpected picks for Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership roles send a clear message to the establishment: this term, his agenda will not be held captive by career bureaucrats. After being burned by his own choices in his first administration and prosecuted by the Biden-Harris DOJ, his decision to nominate Republican Florida Rep.

A post shared on X claims President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert as the next secretary of education.  The most poetic oxymoron in human history… Lauren Boebert will be the next Secretary of Education. — Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) November 13, 2024 Verdict: False There is no evidence to suggest anyone has

A viral post shared on X claims New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently removed her preferred pronouns from her bio on the platform. HOLY SHT AOC just took her pronouns OUT of her X bio. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/EO7D7ZfaH0 — American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) November 14, 2024 Verdict: False An archived screenshot of Ocasio-Cortez’s X account

November 15, 2024 2:13 PM ET Democrats killed a bill Tuesday to give the Trump administration power to crack down on allegedly pro-terror nonprofits. A similar version passed the house during the Biden-Harris administration with overwhelming support from Democrats. But on Tuesday, a majority of Democrats voted against the measure and claimed it could be

November 15, 2024 2:09 PM ET Several left-of-center groups designed to look like local advocacy organizations pulled in millions from an influential D.C.-based dark money behemoth last year, newly released tax filings show. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, part of a sprawling Democratic-aligned dark money network managed by consulting firm Arabella Advisors, doled out over $18

A post shared on Facebook claims Tesla CEO and owner of X, Elon Musk, has agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion. Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from an Oct. 18 article published on the satire site “SpaceX Mania.” In addition, a spokesperson for CNN denied the claim’s validity in an