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PolitiFact says: This image was altered. In the CNBC report, Ellison said nothing about conservatives.
PolitiFact says: The law gives Minnesota courts temporary jurisdiction to hear child custody cases when a child is in the state with a parent to seek gender-affirming care. It doesn't authorize the government to take custody of children.
PolitiFact says: Elon Musk no pidió prohibir el programa “The View”. Esta afirmación se originó en una página web de sátira.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Vice President Kamala Harris adopted the Nazi-rooted phrase "strength through joy" as her presidential campaign slogan. We also found no instances of Harris using the phrase in her campaign speeches.
PolitiFact says: La publicación sobre los actores Mel Gibson y Mark Wahlberg se originó en una página web satírica. El publicista de Gibson le dijo a PolitiFact que la publicación no es cierta.
PolitiFact says: The court did not grant Trump — or any president — full immunity. In a landmark decision July 1, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that presidents have immunity from prosecution when carrying out "official acts."
PolitiFact says: Kamala Harris pledged to provide up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for working, first-time homebuyers that have paid rent on time for two years. She has not detailed what the policy would entail.
PolitiFact says: The number of jobs created from 1989 through March 2024 was 50.6 million. Of that number, a bit over 1 million, or about 2.6%, were created during the Republican presidencies.
PolitiFact says: Labor law experts have told PolitiFact that the Project 2025 plan would not eliminate overtime pay, but some workers could lose overtime protections if the plan’s proposals are enacted.
PolitiFact says: The Trump administration set a rule to raise the salary threshold for overtime pay, but by less than Obama’s rule. However, Obama's rule never took effect because a judge blocked it.
PolitiFact says: Biden referred to 2022 data that showed a decrease in the wealth ratio between white and Black Americans to the smallest gap in 20 years. But a different measure showed it widened to its largest disparity since 1989.
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact found no evidence that a 15-year-old named "Graci Mae Thompson" was reported missing. Some users who posted this previously posted about "abducted children" only to edit the posts to advertise properties.
PolitiFact says: Leonardo Ferreira, an immunologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, told PolitiFact he is alive and that he was not on the plane that crashed in Brazil Aug. 9.
PolitiFact says: El senador republicano de Florida Rick Scott es partidario de limitar el aborto, con excepciones.
PolitiFact says: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill in 2023 that provides paid family leave starting in January 2026. Democrats in Congress have proposed the Family Act since 2013, but this paid family leave plan has not progressed.
PolitiFact says: Este video no muestra a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y su compañero de fórmula, Tim Walz posando con un cartel comunista, fue editado.
PolitiFact says: The 2023 law updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections.
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact no encontró reportes o declaraciones creíbles sugiriendo que Elon Musk anunció su primera novia robot. La imagen del dueño de Tesla cenando con un robot fue publicada en X por una cuenta de parodia en julio.
PolitiFact says: A parody account posted the image in July on X. PolitiFact didn’t find credible reports or Musk statements about a robot girlfriend.