Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: We found no evidence that the World Economic Forum published a document confirming that ‘6 billion humans will die in 2025.’ The claim originated as a headline on a site known for publishing misinformation.
Jeffrey Barke, California physician
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The COVID-19 public health emergency’s end doesn’t affect the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authority to issue new emergency use authorizations related to the novel coronavirus.
Trump Campaign, -
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The IRS did not implement a new voluntary program that certain employers could have used to report tips earned by their workers. The IRS also did not hire thousands of agents specifically to audit tipped workers.
JD Vance, GOP vice-presidential nominee
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: These aren't factories and the number is wrong
Bob Casey, Senator
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Corporate profits have grown faster than inflation since 2019, and some analyses point to a role for corporate greed. But most economists told PolitiFact inflation was primarily caused by rising costs for goods and labor
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A video seen in a social media post doesn’t show mosquitoes being released from a helicopter there. It’s from Miami in 2023. Massachusetts has no such program.
Social media posts
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Partially false
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: This image was altered. In the CNBC report, Ellison said nothing about conservatives.
J.D. Vance, Ohio Republican Senator
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The law gives Minnesota courts temporary jurisdiction to hear child custody cases when a child is in the state with a parent to seek gender-affirming care. It doesn't authorize the government to take custody of children.
Donald Trump, campaign advertisement
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The IRS program was never implemented
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. It's a routine revision.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Elon Musk no pidió prohibir el programa “The View”. Esta afirmación se originó en una página web de sátira.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Vice President Kamala Harris adopted the Nazi-rooted phrase "strength through joy" as her presidential campaign slogan. We also found no instances of Harris using the phrase in her campaign speeches.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: La publicación sobre los actores Mel Gibson y Mark Wahlberg se originó en una página web satírica. El publicista de Gibson le dijo a PolitiFact que la publicación no es cierta.
Donald Trump, Former U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: In February 2022, Harris went to a security conference in Germany to primarily talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine. She didn’t go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Putin.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: In fact, the current rate of sea level rise is already a little more than one-eighth of an inch each year.
Kamala Harris, United States Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
PolitiFact says: The court did not grant Trump — or any president — full immunity. In a landmark decision July 1, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that presidents have immunity from prosecution when carrying out "official acts."
Kamala Harris, Vice president of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The ruling said a president is entitled to a “presumption of immunity” for “official acts,” but not for “unofficial acts” and “not everything the President does is official.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent presidential candidate
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: HHS Secretary Becerra did not recently issue a PREP Act declaration for bird flu. Also, the FDA cannot currently issue EUAs for bird flu vaccines.
J.D. Vance, Senator
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Kamala Harris pledged to provide up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for working, first-time homebuyers that have paid rent on time for two years. She has not detailed what the policy would entail.