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Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:

CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”

By Madison Czopek• February 4, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:

Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”

By Madison Czopek• February 7, 2025

Instagram posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a video:

Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 17, 2024

Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a missile crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Jan. 31, not a jet.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 5, 2025

Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2021 in a Rumble video:

There is an “epidemic of plane crashes linked to vaccine-related strokes in pilots.”

By Noah Y. Kim• October 19, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on May 18, 2011 in his radio program.:

Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.

By W. Gardner Selby• May 28, 2011

X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

By Sofia Ahmed• January 30, 2025

Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2022 in a video:

Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."

By Monique Curet• May 10, 2022

Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:

The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025

Threads posts stated on February 05, 2025 in a post:

President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 14, 2025

John Boehner stated on February 19, 2010 in a press release:

In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."

By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010

Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2023 in a post:

“The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”

By Gabrielle Settles• March 7, 2023

Sierra Club stated on November 04, 2010 in a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin:

If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs."

By James B. Nelson• November 15, 2010

Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina:

“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”

By Amy Sherman• March 4, 2020

Jason Chaffetz stated on May 06, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:

"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."

By Becky Bowers• May 14, 2013

Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2026 in a Facebook post:

Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”

By Maria Briceño• March 30, 2026

Bloggers stated on July 17, 2010 in conservative blogs:

Obama's dog has his "own plane"

By Lukas Pleva• July 22, 2010

Instagram posts stated on February 01, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 7, 2025

Threads posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post:

A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.”

By Sofia Ahmed• February 20, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:

FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.

By Jeff Cercone• October 7, 2024

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2024

PolitiFact New Jersey remembers solemn anniversary

By Caryn Shinske• September 11, 2013

Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• January 30, 2025

Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data shows

By Loreben Tuquero• February 24, 2025

Trump’s victory over Harris: How was the race called so fast?

By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2024

PunditFact fact-checks the July 20 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• July 20, 2014

Fact-checking the July 20 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• July 20, 2014

Obama, the flag and the tale of the tail

By Bill Adair• August 15, 2008

The stimulus is funding what?

By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010

Fact-checking claims about Russia, Ukraine and MH 17

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014

What is the risk of getting coronavirus on a plane?

By Noah Y. Kim• September 4, 2020

Fact-checking claims about MH 17, Russia and Ukraine

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014

Dog in overhead bin? Feds let airlines set pet travel policies

By W. Gardner Selby• March 14, 2018

Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026

How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities

By Daniel Funke• June 10, 2020

Crated dogs in Kabul airport photo didn’t belong to US military. What’s going on?

By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• September 2, 2021

Fact-checking the NBC 'commander-in-chief' forum

By Linda Qiu• September 7, 2016

Trump ordered a hiring freeze. Did it include air traffic controllers as Rep. Jasmine Crockett said?

By Grace Abels• February 7, 2025

The uninvited guest: How to keep the coronavirus out of Thanksgiving

By Bill McCarthy• November 17, 2020

In Context: What did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say about police fighting ICE?

By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2026

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