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The allegation that Donald Trump raped a 13‑year‑old girl in 1994 comes from anonymous civil lawsuits and sworn declarations filed in 2016 asserting that Trump and Jeffrey Epstein assaulted a minor; t...
Claims that and promote a “honey and cinnamon” drink as a cure or effective standalone treatment for are entangled with documented scams and AI‑generated videos that misattribute endorsements to those...
President Trump has repeatedly claimed since mid‑2025 that he has “ended” between six and eight wars; independent fact‑checks and major news outlets say those claims are misleading because some disput...
Donald Trump received multiple draft deferments during the Vietnam-era Selective Service process — four for college and a fifth for a medical diagnosis (bone spurs) — and therefore did not serve in Vi...
Multiple reputable fact‑checks and primary biographies reject the claim that Michelle Obama is a man named Michael Robinson: Full Fact and AFP say the “Michael/Michelle” story is false and based on al...
The claim that President Joe Biden “showered with his daughter” traces to entries in Ashley Biden’s diary, which she and multiple fact‑checkers have acknowledged as authentic and containing a line say...
Marketing that invokes Dr. Oz-style endorsements for “Hear Better”/Audizen-style tinnitus cures relies on sensational claims and fabricated endorsements, and should be treated as a likely scam until i...
Multiple reputable fact-checkers and news organizations say there is no evidence Jill Biden worked as a babysitter or nanny for Joe Biden’s children and that the couple first dated in the mid-1970s wh...
There is no verified evidence that defecated in his pants at any public event; the claims circulating online are based on viral clips, insinuation, and at least one fabricated headline, and have been ...
As of the most recent reporting in these sources, the United States has an established baseline of several hundred miles of barrier built before 2025 and multiple new projects initiated since January ...
No federal law has changed the official name of "Social Security" to "Federal Benefit Payment"; longstanding government usage has described Social Security disbursements as "benefits" or "federal bene...
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reports that 59% of households headed by an illegal immigrant used at least one welfare program in its recent analysis of the 2022 Survey of Income and Program...
Social-media claims that former President Donald Trump “pooped his pants” have circulated in multiple forms — photos, memes and a fabricated CNN headline — but available reporting shows key items are ...
Average pump prices in late November 2025 were roughly flat compared with the same time under Joe Biden: AAA’s national average was about $3.055 vs. $3.056 a year earlier . Multiple outlets and fact-c...
California’s AB 2223 has been repeatedly misrepresented as a law that “allows infanticide up to 28 days after birth.” Multiple fact‑checks and legal experts say the bill’s purpose is to prevent prosec...
Ilhan Omar’s public timeline of marriages in Minnesota, as explained by her and reported by multiple outlets, begins with an informal faith-based marriage to Ahmed Hirsi in 2002, a legal civil marriag...
Available reporting shows no credible evidence that Barack Obama “is in” the Epstein files as a conspirator or that he “made up” investigative files; multiple outlets report that claims tying Obama to...
The preponderance of contemporary reporting and fact‑checks concluded that at a November 2015 rally Donald Trump imitated and ridiculed New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski in a way many observers ...
Tricia McLaughlin is the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and a frequent public defender of the administration’s immigration enforcement actions; she has appear...
Ilhan Omar is married to political consultant Tim Mynett; public records and multiple news profiles report their marriage in 2020 and list Mynett as her current husband . Persistent allegations that O...