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FactCheck.org says: A Romney spokesperson said there is “zero truth” to the claim, and the senator has filed for reelection in 2024 as a Republican.
FactCheck.org says: Federal funding of HBCUs has increased every year under Biden.
FactCheck.org says: No COVID-19 vaccines were affected by the tornado that damaged Pfizer’s North Carolina warehouse, which doesn’t produce the vaccines. But some misinformation spreaders are claiming vaccines were destroyed.
FactCheck.org says: The bogus claim about Luke Bryan originated on a satirical website.
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers mammograms “the most effective primary breast cancer screening test” and says there is no evidence to indicate that thermography can replace mammograms.
FactCheck.org says: The rate of autism is the same in vaccinated and unvaccinated kids. But the false claim that vaccines are associated with autism persists, including a recent claim that it’s virtually nonexistent among the unvaccinated.
FactCheck.org says: While announcing an investment in clean energy programs, Vice President Kamala Harris mistakenly said “reduce population” when she meant “reduce pollution.”
FactCheck.org says: The misinformation originated on a satirical website,. Miss USA said, “I would never boycott or skip a competition for a reason like this.”
FactCheck.org says: The Gates Foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying the disease.
FactCheck.org says: The quote did not actually appear beneath DeSantis' yearbook photo -- nor did any quote. A school district spokesperson told the Associated Press that no student's yearbook entry included a quote beneath their photo.
FactCheck.org says: A longstanding policy gives home state senators the ability to sign off on and recommend presidential appointments of U.S. attorneys, but the president ultimately makes such appointments.
FactCheck.org says: The Instagram post fails to account for voters who registered on Election Day in Wisconsin, which allows same-day voter registration. The state calculated a turnout of 73%.
FactCheck.org says: Chinese investors own a total of 383,935 acres, or about 1% of foreign-held agricultural land in the U.S. It's not the amount near U.S. military installations.
FactCheck.org says: Social media posts use an altered photo to falsely make it appear Lady Gaga has endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2024.
FactCheck.org says: Even with the law, the U.S. still falls short of the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% from 2005 by 2030.
FactCheck.org says: Bankman-Fried is under house arrest and awaiting trial.
FactCheck.org says: U.S. intelligence says Wuhan Institute of Virology lab workers’ symptoms were non-specific or inconsistent with COVID-19, and the information has no bearing on the origin of the pandemic.
FactCheck.org says: Thunberg’s 2018 tweet did not say that humanity would be wiped out in five years, but rather that continued use of fossil fuels over the next five years would lead to human extinction at some point.
FactCheck.org says: Numerous other individuals who weren’t alleged to be spies have been convicted of violating the same section of that federal law concerning the willful retention of national defense information.