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FactCheck.org says: The Philadelphia Police Department, the Philadelphia district attorney, a Republican city commissioner and the Pennsylvania Department of State all refuted the claim.
FactCheck.org says: A Google search result for “where to vote” returned a map to find a person’s polling station when including the word “Harris” but not “Trump" because “Harris” is a county in Texas, while "Trump" is not a location.
FactCheck.org says: The error was a typo that appeared only on the optional ballot review screen, not on actual ballots, and would not affect any votes, election officials said.
FactCheck.org says: The county sheriff’s office said it had “not received any information indicating threats to any group(s) on or after election day.”
FactCheck.org says: Election experts say delays are due to extremely close results and the routine counting of mail-in ballots.
FactCheck.org says: There have been some high-profile crimes committed by immigrants who are in the country illegally, but there’s no evidence of a wave of what Trump has called “migrant crime” in the existing data, experts have said.
FactCheck.org says: A video showing a Kentucky voter having difficulty marking a ballot for former President Donald Trump was investigated and found to be an “isolated incident” of “voter error," officials said.
FactCheck.org says: The ad shortens a CBS News headline from “Harris vows to keep Biden’s border crackdown” to “Harris vows to keep Biden’s border.”
FactCheck.org says: Aside from inflation, which was primarily caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has moderated greatly since 2022, several economic measures show a strong economy under the Biden-Harris administration.
FactCheck.org says: A conservative dark money group fabricated a website and digital ad campaign that purport to share — but often distort — policies supported by Kamala Harris.
FactCheck.org says: Project 2025 calls for eliminating Head Start, but we found no instances of Trump saying he would “get rid” of Head Start.
FactCheck.org says: We found no evidence to support the claim, and a Harris campaign official said “it is not true.”
FactCheck.org says: Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, declined to submit candidate statements for Oregon’s voter information pamphlet, according to the secretary of state and the Oregon Republican Party.
FactCheck.org says: The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines aren't perfect matches for currently circulating variants of the coronavirus, but they are still expected to provide good protection against severe disease (the main goal of vaccination).
FactCheck.org says: Increasing oil and gas supply could bring down prices in the short term, if demand remains the same, but there are several complicating factors to that. Experts didn’t see a way for Trump to lower energy bills by 50%.
FactCheck.org says: Economists consistently told us that the anti-price gouging proposal would have little effect on current grocery prices.
FactCheck.org says: The DoD issued a standard policy revision to existing procedures, but social media accounts misrepresented the update to falsely claim the military has been newly authorized "To Use Lethal Force On Americans!!"
FactCheck.org says: The Florida Department of State approved the use of Dominion equipment, which will be used in 18 counties.
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence that Kennedy made the statement, and the social media user has a history of fabricating quotes from Kennedy.
FactCheck.org says: Crime statistics compiled by the FBI and other sources show an increase in violent crime, notably murders, in 2020 and a decline since. A revision to the FBI data this year doesn’t change that overall trend.