PolitiFact

“Ground Zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day.”

PolitiFact says: Biden visited the site nine days after the terrorist attacks, not the day after.

“A video shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.”

PolitiFact says: Inconsistencies in the video signal it was manipulated, including lack of breathing sounds as he spoke; blurry teeth; and out-of-sync audio and video.

“CNN reported Sept. 7, 2023, that President Joe Biden’s family admitted “he died and was replaced by an actor in 2019.”

PolitiFact says: The video was posted in 2022 by a TikToker with a satirical account. CNN has made no such news report.

“During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”

“Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.”

PolitiFact says: Florida’s spending under Gov. Ron DeSantis rose 30%, but Chris Christie’s attack omits half of the equation — Florida’s tax revenue rose by about the same percentage.

“A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.”

PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence of such a law. A new Florida law, instead, acknowledges unmarried fathers’ rights by expanding state statute that previously defaulted natural guardianship to the mother.

“Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”

PolitiFact says: The claim uses 1930 income figures that captured only the richest 10% of Americans, skewing the comparison with incomes for the entire population today. A valid measure shows income six times higher, after inflation.

“Burning Man was a national emergency because it was flooded.”

PolitiFact says: Flooding at the Burning Man festival in Nevada temporarily stranded thousands of attendees. We searched federal websites and found no evidence the situation had been declared a national emergency.

“Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”

PolitiFact says: Scott wrote a plan that called for ending all federal laws after 5 years unless Congress renewed. Social Security and Medicare would've been included under the wording, but after criticism he revised it to exclude both.

“The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech.”

PolitiFact says: Members of the WHO are currently drafting an accord focused on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The WHO cannot make a member state act — or restrict rights — against its will, experts say.

“We have over a million people right now that are under emergency travel restrictions … and this is due to poison being released into the air.”

PolitiFact says: Air quality alerts were issued Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 for parts of Indiana and Ohio, and news reports included guidelines encouraging people to avoid driving if possible. Those guidelines did not restrict anyone’s travel.

“Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.”

PolitiFact says: Genetically modified ticks tied to funding by Bill Gates have so far been researched only in laboratories. They are not the same type of ticks responsible for the rise in the U.S. in alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy.

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the government is passing the “Digital Existence Act” in response to the new COVID-19 variant.”

PolitiFact says: The X post was not made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but by a self-described parody account named "Justin Trudeau’s Ego."

“Photos are evidence of “satanism in public schools.”

PolitiFact says: A digital creator made these photos using artificial intelligence.

“U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies.”

PolitiFact says: Starting in July 2023, the U.S. passed Canada for the lowest inflation rate among the G-7 countries. In a larger grouping of 30-plus large economies, the U.S. has one of the lowest inflation rates, but not the lowest.

“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”

PolitiFact says: The Congressional Budget Office projects 10-year cumulative savings of $161.7 billion from two provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But $44.3 billion of that will be plowed into other Medicare initiatives.

“CDC says new COVID variant is more contagious among vaccinated people than those unvaccinated.”

“Hillary Clinton was “EXECUTED December 31, 2018.”

PolitiFact says: Hillary Clinton was not killed in December 2018. She has made numerous public appearances in the years since.

“Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.”

PolitiFact says: Trisodium phosphate is a food additive approved by the FDA and considered safe to consume. Higher concentrations of TSP are used as a cleaning product, but small quantities do not cause dangerous or acute health effects.

“Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”

PolitiFact says: This story about Federal Emergency Management Agency employees burying Hawaii wildfire victims in a "mass gravesite" was fabricated.