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Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.”
By Jeff Cercone• November 13, 2024
TikTok posts stated on April 20, 2023 in a TikTok post:
The World Economic Forum and the United Nations have “ordered world governments to ration people’s water supply.”
By Tom Kertscher• May 3, 2023
Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2019
Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:
“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2025
Charlie Kirk stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet:
The World Economic Forum has its own police force.
By Monique Curet• June 2, 2022
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2010
Viral image stated on September 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Disney World officially moving to Nashville.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 18, 2024
Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2024 in a post:
Photos show that Disney World was “destroyed by Hurricane Milton.”
By Sara Swann• October 14, 2024
JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2025
Instagram posts stated on January 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“The convoy in Canada has made the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest convoy.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 2, 2022
David Dewhurst stated on June 06, 2011 in a tweet:
Says 1,000 World War II veterans die every day.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 13, 2011
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2023 in Stated on Sept. 27, 2023, in an Instagram post:
World Economic Forum “elites” are pushing the Great Reset, which aims to control people by taking all their possessions.
By Sara Swann• September 28, 2023
Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:
“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024
Viral image stated on July 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The World Economic Forum “bans natural conception” because “all babies must be lab-grown by 2030.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 17, 2023
Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
A World Economic Forum video reveals conspiracy behind COVID-19 spread.
By Jeff Cercone• September 15, 2023
Julie Gunnigle stated on September 15, 2022 in a debate:
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
By Tori Gantz• November 11, 2022
John Cornyn stated on November 04, 2010 in a statement:
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 15, 2010
Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014

Articles (2113)

The facts about FIFA

By Katie Sanders• May 27, 2015

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Fact-checking claims about Brazil's World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 12, 2014

'Best health care delivery system in the world'? John Boehner thinks so

By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2012

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s case against the World Health Organization, China

By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2020

Fact-checkers call out in London to a "candid world"

By W. Gardner Selby• June 19, 2014

On Cantor and World of Warcraft: Readers weigh in

By Sean Gorman• February 27, 2013

Jeb Bush's questionable attack on Barack Obama and the use of U.S. power

By Katharina Fiedler, Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2015

Military bases named for Confederates: Renaming suggestions from military historians

By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2020

Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries

By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023

Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2019

Cantor earns Pants on Fire for World of Warcraft

By Sean Gorman• February 22, 2013

World Health Day: Who's leading the charge on TB research?

By Jon Greenberg• April 7, 2016

Ask PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin say that Russia would not target or harm Ukrainian civilians?

By Madison Czopek• March 21, 2022

In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border

By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014

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

Fact-checkers worldwide check the G20 summit for a #G20factcheckathon

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 19, 2014

Bombing of controversial Georgia Guidestones fuels online conspiracy theories

By Madison Czopek• July 13, 2022

Rick Scott's 2015 State of the State speech annotated

By Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• March 3, 2015