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FactCheck.org says: The North Carolina bill was introduced in 2021, received little support in the state House, and did not advance.
FactCheck.org says: Both shots successfully met the set benchmarks for vaccine effectiveness, which involved comparing antibody responses to those of adults.
FactCheck.org says: A White House spokesperson said Biden was referring to a skin cancer that was removed before he became president.
FactCheck.org says: Capitol Police records show the arrest did occur, and the congresswoman posted the arrest paperwork on her Instagram account.
FactCheck.org says: Zelensky had an income of about $623,000 in 2020, according to his financial disclosure submitted to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption in Ukraine.
FactCheck.org says: Internet trolls used former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s death to promote a conspiracy theory that the Clintons are responsible for multiple deaths. An unrelated suspect has been arrested for the assassination.
FactCheck.org says: The oil is sold to eligible companies that make the highest offers. Some that purchased oil have then exported a portion to buyers overseas.
FactCheck.org says: White House press secretary said that Biden intentionally said “end of quote” and then said “repeat the line” for emphasis, and the full, live remarks support that explanation.
FactCheck.org says: An architect created a map in 2015 as a “thought experiment” to show how the Mediterranean Sea would fit inside the United States, and he said it was not related to climate change.
FactCheck.org says: Greenhouse gases — the emissions relevant to climate change — mix in the atmosphere and therefore are shared globally.
FactCheck.org says: Napa County District Attorney’s Office said the case is still under review and no decision has been made on the charges.
FactCheck.org says: The Food and Drug Administration and numerous peer-reviewed academic studies have concluded that medication abortions are “safe and effective” and that serious adverse events from medication abortion are relatively rare.
FactCheck.org says: Seven people died in a mass shooting on Independence Day. Police believe the shooter was dressed in women’s clothing to conceal his identity, but some social media users claim, with no evidence, that he was transgender.
FactCheck.org says: “Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation.
FactCheck.org says: “In some situations, abortion is the only medical intervention that can preserve a patient’s health,” the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said.
FactCheck.org says: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the many politicians who posted Fourth of July messages on social media. But a bogus July Fourth tweet purportedly from the congresswoman has been spread by partisan accounts.
FactCheck.org says: Experts told us the COVID-19 pandemic caused a global supply-demand imbalance that increased the price of crude oil and gasoline, prices that climbed higher after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
FactCheck.org says: Taking unregulated herbal cocktails to cause an abortion can be dangerous, obstetricians say. But recipes — some containing potentially toxic ingredients — for self-induced “miscarriages” have been circulating.
FactCheck.org says: Planned Parenthood has not closed any of its health centers since the ruling. Some clinics have ceased performing abortions but are still providing health services.
FactCheck.org says: That's an estimate for how much more a U.S. household, on average, would have to spend for the same basket of goods in 2022, compared with last year, due to inflation. There's no breakdown by various inflation causes.