PolitiFact

“President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”

PolitiFact says: In 2022, President Joe Biden banned the use of TikTok by federal government employees on devices owned by agencies. His campaign said it uses a separate device for using the app.

“President Joe Biden was “rushed to hospital unexpectedly.”

PolitiFact says: On Feb. 28, President Joe Biden boarded Marine One in front of reporters and was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical. A summary of his physical results was released that day.

“Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “was one of the staunchest supporters of the Iran deal which sent billions of dollars and plane loads of cash to Iran.”

“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.”

PolitiFact says: Public health experts at the CDC and elsewhere said the change in guidance is a response to lower rates of COVID-19-related deaths and hospitalizations because of vaccines, immunity from infection and treatments.

“There are 1,000 billionaires in America. You know what the average federal tax is for those billionaires? No? They’re making great sacrifices. 8.2%.”

PolitiFact says: Biden makes it sound as though this is the actual tax rate the wealthiest Americans pay under current law. It's not. It's a theoretical calculation that includes forms of unrealized wealth that are not taxed today.

“Verificando el discurso de Joe Biden sobre el Estado de la Unión en 2024”

PolitiFact says: Verificando el discurso de Joe Biden sobre el Estado de la Unión en 2024. Hemos comprobado declaraciones clave sobre inmigración, economía, crimen y derechos reproductivos.

“Video of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton speeches proves that their words are “all scripts and copied, all fake.”

PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden and then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton each quoted from a famous gospel song, at events held 17 years apart.

“Video shows Erewhon grocery store in Brooklyn.”

PolitiFact says: A video claiming to show that the upscale California grocer Erewhon had opened a store in Brooklyn, New York, was digitally altered, the video creators said.

“We have technology and medical advancements today that can tell you if you are pregnant the day after conception.”

“White House announces there will be 2 ‘intermissions’ during tonight’s State of the Union.”

PolitiFact says: There were no intermissions during President Joe Biden’s March 7 State of the Union address, and the White House never announced there would be. This claim started as a joke posted on X.

“Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.”

PolitiFact says: There have been more than 3.6 million removals, returns and expulsions from February 2021, Biden’s first month in office, to September 2023, Department of Homeland Security estimates show.

“¿Hay un aumento de migración de ‘hombres en edad militar’ de China?”

PolitiFact says: En el año fiscal 2023, que terminó en septiembre, las autoridades fronterizas estadounidenses se encontraron con inmigrantes chinos más de 52,000.

“The U.S. Code states that a person convicted of treason would be “taken by the posse to the nearest busy intersection and at high noon hung by the neck until dead.”

PolitiFact says: U.S. Code states that the maximum punishment for a person convicted of treason is death. But as of 1938, all U.S. states have outlawed public executions.

“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”

“PolitiFact also debunked a baseless claim that the Texas fires were started by directed energy weapons.”

PolitiFact says: A feature on Apple's Journal app doesn’t share personal information, such as names and exact locations of other users, with Journal users.

“Texas petition to outlaw “aerosolized spraying” is evidence of chemtrails.”

PolitiFact says: A group called "Clean Texas Skies" is circulating a petition asking Texas state lawmakers to pass legislation to prohibit "aerosolized spraying." The petition doesn’t prove chemtrails are real.

“Texas wildfires are a “deliberate” attack on U.S. food supply.”

PolitiFact says: The Texas Panhandle wildfires’ cause is still under investigation, but authorities have not said foul play is suspected. One Texas homeowner sued a utility company, blaming a downed power line for sparking the blaze.

“The Texas wildfires were started by directed energy weapons.”

PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that directed energy weapons started the Texas wildfires. Authorities are still investigating how the fires started. This unfounded claim has been made about fires in Hawaii, Canada and Russia.

“There are less than two weeks until the deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin.”

“If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.”

PolitiFact says: American per capita spending on pharmaceuticals is nearly three times the average of other advanced, industrialized countries that comprise the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.