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Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.

By Grace Abels • August 3, 2022

Robin Vos stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview:

"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."

By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014

Peter Orszag stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."

By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2013

Arianna Huffington stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force."

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2011

Byron Donalds stated on March 8, 2026 in an interview:

Florida school districts are the “biggest” drivers of increased property taxes.

By Samantha Putterman • March 19, 2026

Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“After meeting with Elon Musk, Republican leader Sen. John Thune announces plans to cut Social Security.”

By Madison Czopek • December 13, 2024

Threads posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Threads post:

Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 14, 2024

Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”

By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024

Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast:

The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”

By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • January 12, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Fluoride will eat a hole through concrete, so it’s not safe for your teeth.

By Jeff Cercone • July 12, 2022

Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.

By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2022

Tucker Carlson stated on November 1, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

By Bill McCarthy • November 2, 2021

Tom Cotton stated on February 22, 2021 in a digital ad opposing Xavier Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary:

“Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage.”

By Victoria Knight • March 1, 2021

Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Chuck Schumer kissing this child on Epstein island!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 18, 2020

X posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a hashtag:

Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”

By Daniel Funke • June 2, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2020 in a press briefing:

With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2020

Lou Dobbs stated on March 2, 2020 in a TV interview:

The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2020

Brandon Creighton stated on May 7, 2019 in the Texas Senate:

"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 10, 2019

Thomas Anderson stated on December 13, 2018 in in a meeting:

"If the experiences in Colorado and Washington are the experiences we have here, roadway deaths are going to go up, impaired driving is likely to go up."

By Kit Norton, Xander Landen • January 3, 2019

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Has President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act or not? It’s complicated

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2020

How Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil facilities affect US diesel prices

By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2026

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2026

Charlie Kirk memorial with flags and Trump photo 9-10-25

‘Rough road ahead’: Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2025

Elon Musk speaks during a round table chat with Donald Trump 05-27-2025

Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents.

By Madison Czopek • July 10, 2025

Biden speaks about climate change in Somerset Mass. 07-20-2022

In context: Joe Biden’s 2022 cancer remarks resurface with 2025 prostate cancer diagnosis

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek • May 19, 2025

Tim Walz and JD Vance shake hands bwefore their debate in New York, 10-1-2024

VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

Donald Trump at Harrisburg rally, 07-31-24

Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened

By Sara Swann, Jeff Cercone • August 5, 2024

Elon Musk at European Jewish Association’s conference in Krakow, Poland, 1-22-2024

‘An environment of distrust’: How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2024

GOP debate stage wide, nonmammoth from Tuscaloosa, Ala., 12-6-2023

Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate

By PolitiFact Staff • December 7, 2023

All five candidates, GOP debate in Miami, 11-8-2023

Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami

By PolitiFact Staff • November 9, 2023

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy • May 16, 2022

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War

By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2022

Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Rylee Wilson, Lauren White • March 2, 2022

Rioters scale Capitol walls on Jan. 6, more headlines art for 2021 LOTY

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2021

Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t

By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021

Real Raw News Main Art Homepage with False Headlines

Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines

By Bill McCarthy • September 24, 2021

Fans leaving Pelicans-Kings game on March 11, 2020

6 things we’ve learned from one year of coronavirus misinformation

By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2021

How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages

By Bill McCarthy • February 19, 2021

Donald Trump’s claims about Dr. Anthony Fauci, fact-checked

By Miriam Valverde • October 21, 2020