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FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden has advocated a ban on so-called assault weapons, but he has not proposed confiscating ones currently owned.
FactCheck.org says: True the Vote first made this claim in November 2021 in a complaint it filed in Georgia, citing an unnamed whistleblower. But a state investigation failed to find any evidence and the group failed to provide any.
FactCheck.org says: A new rule will make DACA recipients eligible to buy private health insurance plans created by the Affordable Care Act. Immigrants in the country illegally are generally not eligible for federal health care programs.
FactCheck.org says: Biden has expanded and emphasized such requirements, but we found no indication other presidents didn't abide by the laws on the books during their tenures.
FactCheck.org says: Original photo shows Donald and Melania Trump with Ivanka Trump. Photo was altered to replace Ivanka with Stormy Daniels.
FactCheck.org says: GOP Sen. Katie Britt proposed a government website to connect pregnant people with resources, excluding abortion. Partisan websites claim the proposed law would create a federal database of pregnant people. It wouldn't.
FactCheck.org says: In an interview with Time, Trump was asked if states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute women who get an abortion in violation of state law. Trump said “they might,” but that’s for each state to decide.
FactCheck.org says: Michigan officials have said that only people who the federal government has determined are in the U.S. legally are eligible for a state program that temporarily pays rent for refugees and other qualifying immigrants.
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. annual rate of inflation was 1.4% when Biden took office in January 2021. Inflation rose quickly in Biden’s first year, but it didn’t hit 9% until 17 months into his presidency.
FactCheck.org says: A recent prisoner swap deal and the extension of a Trump-era waiver have unfrozen $16 billion in Iranian funds. Social media posts distort the sources of the money to falsely claim "Joe Biden gave 16 billion to Iran."
FactCheck.org says: Biden conflates this statistic with the percentage of Hispanic students in the U.S. But not all Hispanic students speak Spanish.
FactCheck.org says: Former President Donald Trump plans to attend the high school graduation of his son, Barron, in Florida in the morning of May 17 as well as a campaign event in Minnesota in the evening.
FactCheck.org says: The lowest African American unemployment rate was under President Biden, and the lowest unemployment rate for Hispanics was the same under both presidents. Women also had their lowest rate since the 1950s under Biden.
FactCheck.org says: At a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden said that if he were elected president, “nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days" in office.
FactCheck.org says: Former President Donald Trump promised to build an Iron Dome missile defense system for the U.S. But he didn't say it was needed to protect the U.S. from Canada.
FactCheck.org says: The review paper, which is based on other published articles and does not contain original research, misleads by misinterpreting several studies and the role of N1-methylpseudouridine in vaccines.
FactCheck.org says: The FBI data for 2023 are preliminary, but crime statistics experts say the reporting behind the downward trend is solid, and that trend is validated by data samples from local and state law enforcement reports.
FactCheck.org says: Protesters against the war in Gaza raised three Palestinian flags on the Harvard University campus. The flags were removed by Harvard staff shortly after they were raised by the protesters.
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence Biden was ever arrested, though news stories at the time do corroborate that there were incidents near Biden’s home in Delaware in which white neighbors protested a Black family moving in.
FactCheck.org says: Immigrants who are lawfully living or authorized to work in the U.S. are eligible for a Social Security number and, in some cases, Social Security benefits.