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Checked by PolitiFact21 Jul 2025United StatesPolitics and government
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Labor Secretary

“Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The data is cherry-picked and reflects only the law’s new policies. The data ignores some of the law’s policy extensions that benefit the wealthy and omits that many of the benefits for lower- and middle-income families…

Checked by Vera Files30 Jun 2025PhilippinesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“Vice President Sara Duterte is having the same fate as Fernando Lopez Sr., the vice president of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was supposedly impeached in 1966.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: No reliable sources state that then vice president Fernando Lopez was impeached in 1966. News reports, local historians and political pundits have cited Sara Duterte as the first-ever Philippine vice president to be imp…

Checked by Vera Files30 Jun 2025PhilippinesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“Videos and photos show protesters calling for the resignation of Chiz Escudero over delays in the Senate's carrying out of Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.”

Vera Files rated this: Fake

Vera Files says: : The videos and photos are AI-generated. Results from the tools used by AI detection experts at the Deepfakes Analysis Unit in India show that some parts of the video were AI-generated. The DAU further flagged other sp…

Checked by Vera Files18 Jun 2025PhilippinesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer be impeached after several senators resigned and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero was “stripped of power.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The YouTube video merely used footage from the June 11 Senate session, where Senate President Francis Escudero delivered his losing statement and some outgoing senators gave their valedictory speeches. No resignation wa…

Checked by Vera Files13 Jun 2025PhilippinesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“Chiz Escudero said the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte will not be dictated by Duterte’s critics who may want to “rush” the trial.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs Context

Vera Files says: The circulating posts cut relevant portions of Escudero’s speech during the June 9 plenary session of the Senate. It was not about the dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. He said he will not be …

Checked by PolitiFact6 Jun 2025United StatesPolitics and government
Liz Oyer, former U.S. Pardon Attorney

“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer cited 24 pardons President Donald Trump issued, along with fines and restitution she said the convicted people owed before their pardons erased their financial obligati…

Checked by FACTLY28 May 2025IndiaPolitics and government
Social media posts

“The Government of India is set to launch a nationwide free travel scheme for senior citizens aged 60 and above, which will provide free transportation across multiple modes of transport starting from 15 June 2025.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral articles circulating on various websites, claiming that the Government of India is set to launch a nationwide free travel scheme for senior citizens aged 60 and above—offering free transportation across multip…