“Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer cited 24 pardons President Donald Trump issued, along with fines and restitution she said the convicted people owed before their pardons erased their financial obligati…
“Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White House during Preside…
“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Without adjusting for inflation, prices per gallon today aren’t anywhere near the lowest in two decades. But as a percentage of disposable income, 10 gallons of gasoline are at their second-lowest cost since 2002 — 23 y…
“Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The legislation includes some provisions that can improve the detection of beneficiaries who aren’t eligible for Medicaid coverage. However, the bill also cuts reimbursements for states that cover people in the U.S. ill…
“The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The bill, and its deficit impact, are changing as Congress negotiates. However, multiple independent analyses project that if implemented, the bill would increase deficits by $3 trillion to $4 trillion over the next dec…
“Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Despite some wobbles, prices at the gas pump remain essentially the same as when President Donald Trump was sworn in Jan. 20. The price of crude oil has fallen by 17.5% during that period. These savings have not yet pas…
“Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Scientists say the measles vaccine offers lifelong protection that is 97% effective at preventing the virus. Scientists tested the MMR vaccine before it was approved for use and perform ongoing safety surveillance resea…
“On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half Flip
“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The order specifies a 30-day period to develop pricing targets for drugmakers, followed by an unspecified amount of time to determine if companies achieve the targets. If they don’t meet the price targets, a formal rule…
“A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: High-resolution professional photos of a meeting among three European leaders do not show a bag of powder on the table in front of them. The official X account for the French presidency said the item was a tissue.