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Search results for "Car bomb exploded outside Northern Ireland police station"

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Fact-checks (6788)

Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview:
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2010
Addicting Information stated on April 04, 2015 in an infographic on the Addicting Info website:
"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."
By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2015
TikTok posts stated on October 22, 2023 in a TikTok video:
Israel bombed Palestinian children trying to get water.
By Jeff Cercone• November 6, 2023
Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
A video shows a body that Israel embedded with a bomb exploding during a Palestinian funeral procession.
By Sofia Ahmed• September 13, 2024
Bloggers stated on October 07, 2017 in :
"Man dug tunnel from home to the pub and drank every night while his wife slept."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 23, 2018
Tom Cotton stated on April 24, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"In barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama," compared to zero "in over seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush."
By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2013
Hillary Clinton stated on March 05, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning.":
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland."
By Bill Adair• March 10, 2008
Greg Abbott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 1, 2010
Peter King stated on April 22, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat and they went on to carry out terrorist murders."
By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 31, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2017
Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2024 in Instagram posts:
“BREAKING: Police found ‘explosives’ in car near former President Donald Trump’s rally site on Long Island.”
By Sofia Ahmed• September 19, 2024
Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.
By Samantha Putterman• May 23, 2019
X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post:
Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2024
Paul Manafort stated on August 14, 2016 in an interview on "State of the Union":
Says there was a "NATO base in Turkey being under attack by terrorists."
By Linda Qiu• August 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech at Georgetown University:
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
By Linda Qiu• November 24, 2015
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"New York is bombed. At this moment, there are many injured.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 23, 2023
Bloggers stated on October 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Cesar Sayoc is a Democrat posing as a Republican.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2018
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2023 in a video:
"There is no Biden presidency. The real Biden was executed for his crimes long ago along with Clinton."
By Andy Nguyen• April 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows sex traffickers using an abandoned child car seat to lure in victims.
By Bill McCarthy• October 18, 2021
Instagram posts stated on September 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Donald Trump exposes why 9/11 was an inside job.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 28, 2023

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A history of breaches and violence at the US Capitol

By Amy Sherman• January 7, 2021

Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud

By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018

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Luck of the Irish on the Truth-O-Meter

By Alex Wilts• March 17, 2015

The list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t cover — but they did

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017

Ready for the 3 a.m. call?

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 10, 2008

Donald Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos from far-right Britain First

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By • October 5, 2010

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus

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