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FactCheck.org says: A TikTok ban enjoys broad bipartisan support in Congress. Trump himself tried to ban TikTok as president through an executive order, but it was blocked by the courts.
FactCheck.org says: Trump said he hoped that by Easter the country could reopen businesses and other services that had been temporarily shut down. He did not “literally” tell the public to “inject bleach” as a treatment for COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: The image in the post was actually an artist’s rendering of a composite photo of the 2017 eclipse.
FactCheck.org says: Biden supports extending the tax cuts championed by Trump for people making less than $400,000. Only the top 20% of earners saw average tax savings in the "thousands" ($5,790 on average) under that tax law in 2018.
FactCheck.org says: The judge did not rule on Trump's request to attend the graduation. “It really depends on how we’re doing on time and where we are in the trial,” he said.
FactCheck.org says: O.J. Simpson died of cancer at 76. Social media posts falsely claimed that the cancer was related to his COVID-19 vaccination, but there's no evidence that vaccination causes cancer or that it was to blame for his death.
FactCheck.org says: Social media claims inflate the number of new voters in 2024, suggesting they’re immigrants in the country illegally. 194,000 new voters registered - not 2 million - and there’s no evidence they’re in the U.S. illegally.
FactCheck.org says: Legal scholars told us that was “utter nonsense” and “patently absurd.”
FactCheck.org says: Adjuvants in vaccines help spur the immune system to mount a strong response. Exposure to the small amounts of aluminum in vaccines poses an "extremely low risk to infants," according to calculations by FDA scientists.
FactCheck.org says: Women are having fewer children today than in the past globally, but experts say that’s by choice. Infertility rates have remained steady during the last decades.
FactCheck.org says: The arrow in question points to apprehensions in April 2020, when apprehensions plummeted during the height of the pandemic. Apprehensions rose after that.
FactCheck.org says: A nonprofit, the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, announced it would pay the mortgage and told a news outlet it had no contact with Trump about the mortgage of Officer Jonathan Diller's home.
FactCheck.org says: Easter and Transgender Day of Visibility fell on March 31. President Joe Biden recognized both, as he has done every year. But some politicians suggested his recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility mocked Easter.
FactCheck.org says: N.Y. A.G. Letitia James, who won a civil fraud case against Donald Trump, has a net worth of about $2.7 million, her financial disclosure statement shows. But social media posts baselessly claim she’s worth $15 million.
FactCheck.org says: One analysis found the estimated net impact in 2020 was that one Democratic state picked up a seat from a Republican state. Another analysis found there would be no difference in the partisan balance.
FactCheck.org says: The Key Bridge near Baltimore collapsed after being hit by a ship. Although all evidence points to an accident, conspiracy theorists spread the baseless claim that it was intentionally caused by a "cyber-attack."
FactCheck.org says: Biden was referring to the technology used to create the COVID-19 vaccines, not the COVID-19 vaccines themselves.
FactCheck.org says: National agencies and local governments have been preparing for the impact the event will have on towns along the path of the total eclipse due to the number of visitors expected at those locations.
FactCheck.org says: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks went to dead people. A social media post now falsely claimed that it occurred during the Biden administration. It actually happened during the Trump administration.
FactCheck.org says: Under President Joe Biden, the Latino unemployment rate reached a low of 3.9% in September 2022 — the lowest rate since September 2019, during the Trump administration.