FactCheck.org is a non-profit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It checks claims in United States politics.
FactCheck.org says: A social media post did incorrect math to inflate a calculation of the amount of land it would take to power a city the size of New York with wind turbines.
FactCheck.org says: Some printers produced ballots that were too light for on-site tabulators, but the ballots could be counted later. There are no "Republican machines." Voters in Maricopa County can go to any vote center.
FactCheck.org says: Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. The International Olympic Committee has said Israeli athletes will be allowed to compete.
FactCheck.org says: An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the LA school district for its now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandate in order to develop the record. But anti-vaccine activists falsely claimed the court ruled on the merits.
FactCheck.org says: In 2023, the New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was not able to get in contact with more than 85,000 children whom department officials had placed with relatives or other sponsors.
FactCheck.org says: The video shows missiles being fired by a different submarine in the White Sea toward Kamchatka in eastern Russia in 2018.
FactCheck.org says: The claim apparently originated in a satirical article, and we could find no announcement from the team regarding this year’s Pride Month.
FactCheck.org says: Bragg's total financial holdings, based on his financial disclosure forms and the sale of his mother’s property, add up to about $4.6 million. We could find no evidence his net worth is $42 million.
FactCheck.org says: A January photo shows a tunnel under Gaza’s northern border with Israel. But social media posts falsely claim that the photo shows a tunnel connecting Egypt with the southern Gaza city of.
FactCheck.org says: The total U.S. trade deficit with China in goods and services in 2023 was about $252 billion, the lowest it has been in 14 years.
FactCheck.org says: The Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass since at least 1990, contributing to sea level rise, according to the Sixth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
FactCheck.org says: A 2023 paper from Federal Reserve Board staffers does show that the wealth ratio between white and Black families in 2022 was the smallest in 20 years, but the gap in absolute dollars was the widest going back to 1989.
FactCheck.org says: Contrary to a viral meme, the wife of the judge who handled former President Donald Trump’s N.Y. criminal case works for a Republican D.A., not the Democratic A.G., and his daughter wasn’t personally paid by Adam Schiff.
FactCheck.org says: Under New York law, 20 years is the maximum prison time that Trump could get. Some experts say any prison time is unlikely.
FactCheck.org says: There were some law experts who said the hush money case against Trump was “strong.”
FactCheck.org says: Gallego has said that he opposes allowing noncitizens to vote in Arizona and in federal elections. But in 2023, he voted to allow a D.C. law letting noncitizens vote in local elections -- a law that he now opposes.
FactCheck.org says: The claim is based on a misquote of FBI policy in a legal motion — and Trump wasn’t in Florida during the search.
FactCheck.org says: A Michigan town clerk pleaded no contest in 2023 to a charge of misconduct in office. The clerk’s case was related to her local primary race, not the presidential election.
FactCheck.org says: The claim came from a satirical website, and a team spokesperson said Pearl Jam was “never scheduled to perform” at the venue.
FactCheck.org says: A rare risk of dangerous blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was identified in early 2021. The company announced it was pulling the vaccine off the market globally, citing a decline in demand.