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PolitiFact says: The claim was not made by a climate change expert. Research shows that for a decade, the Earth’s temperature has likely been the hottest in the past 125,000 years.
PolitiFact says: While in Congress, DeSantis was one of multiple co-sponsors of the Fair Tax Act which would set a national sales tax in lieu of other federal taxes such as the income tax. He has not called for such a policy as governor.
PolitiFact says: This claim originated on a satirical website.
PolitiFact says: This photo was generated by artificial intelligence.
PolitiFact says: This photo of President Joe Biden is altered.
PolitiFact says: Most skin cancers are caused by excess exposure to ultraviolet radiation, which the sun emits. Health institutes widely recommend protecting oneself from too much sun exposure.
PolitiFact says: In 2009, Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion for fraudulent marketing of an anti-inflammatory drug called Bextra. The settlement came more than a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic.
PolitiFact says: In a book he co-wrote in 2000, Donald Trump warned that the Social Security trust fund would run out in decades. Trump called for solutions, which included raising the retirement age to 70.
PolitiFact says: Both men were not immigrants in the U.S. illegally, as some have claimed, and there’s no evidence or police confirmation that they belonged to gangs.
PolitiFact says: Presidents have an unusual degree of authority to declassify documents. But there’s judicial precedent that counters Trump’s belief in what might be called "in-brain declassification."
PolitiFact says: The House changed its reimbursement rules, but it is misleading to describe it as a pay raise. Also, it was done on a bipartisan basis and would not be in conflict with the 27th Amendment.
PolitiFact says: Education Department data for 2019 shows about 2% of teachers are military veterans.
PolitiFact says: The bill updates the definition of "sexual orientation" in Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. But this does not create a protected class for pedophilia.
PolitiFact says: The donations to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes amounting to $1.8 million were made in 2018, a year before the company said it would no longer donate to the organizations.
PolitiFact says: The toys children play with do not signal gender dysphoria, and Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health said claims that they provide transition care to toddlers are false.