Your fact-checks will appear here
Department of the US government
Federal prosecutors have charged scores of people in multiple Minnesota fraud cases that involve programs such as Feeding Our Future, Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), and autism services...
McDonald’s is not serving human flesh; the allegation is a long-running urban legend and satirical hoax that has been repeatedly debunked by multiple fact-checkers and news organizations . Viral video...
Grocery prices rose sharply during Joe Biden’s presidency—U.S. “food at home” CPI climbed about 20.7% from Jan 2021 to Dec 2023, outpacing average hourly wage growth of 14.7% over the same period (Wis...
There is no single, authoritative figure in the supplied sources that gives a neat, recent percentage of households on “welfare” broken out exactly as White, Somali, Black, and Latino. Available repor...
Roughly one in eight Americans received SNAP (food stamp) benefits in 2024–25: USDA data show SNAP served about 41.7 million people in fiscal year 2024 — roughly 12.3% of the U.S. population — and oth...
Available reporting and public-data summaries in the provided sources do not give a clear, single percentage for how many Somali Minnesotans receive SNAP/EBT in 2024–2025; sources instead provide stat...
Over the past decade, available reports show persistent disparities in welfare participation by race: non‑Hispanic white people make up the largest absolute share of some program caseloads (e.g., SNAP...
probes and linked federal prosecutions have produced a mix of indictments tied to earlier and broader fraud schemes, administrative audits finding documentation flaws, precautionary freezes of federal...
A consistent set of federal and independent analyses shows that , representing a small share of total program participation and spending; these figures do not establish how many recipients are undocum...
Two U.S. startups — Upside Foods and Good Meat — received federal clearances in 2023 to sell cell‑cultured chicken to restaurants, and their products briefly appeared on the menus of two high‑end U.S....
President Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package to help growers hit by trade disruptions; most reports say up to $11 billion will go to a Farmer Bridge Assistance program for row crops . Mult...
Egg prices rose sharply during the Biden years—BLS data show a climb from about $1.60 per dozen in February 2021 to $4.10 in December 2024—and wholesale prices spiked further into early 2025 amid a ma...
The available data do not support a single, simple percentage for “fraudulent” SNAP recipients: , but those improper payments include unintentional errors, incorrect amounts, and some fraud, not just ...
The answer depends on what is being measured: roughly one in eight Black Americans were receiving at least one means-tested benefit in the average month in the early 2010s, while Black people make up ...
Available reporting shows farmers and farming-dependent counties overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump in 2024: Investigate Midwest and multiple outlets report an average of about 77.7–78% support in the...
Campbell’s has consistently denied using 3D‑printed, lab‑grown or “bioengineered” chicken in its soups, saying it uses “100% real chicken” from USDA‑approved suppliers . The claim entered public view ...
President Trump’s second term (begun January 20, 2025) has been marked by a high volume of executive actions — Ballotpedia counts 218 executive orders, 55 memoranda and 112 proclamations as of Dec. 10...
Available reporting does not give a single authoritative federal figure showing the share of U.S. Somali households receiving SNAP; viral posts have claimed 42.4% but those posts are unverified and co...
Per common nutrition references, a level teaspoon of table salt contains about 2,200–2,300 mg of sodium, while published comparisons report lower sodium per teaspoon for coarser salts like pink Himala...
Consumer prices rose modestly from 2024 to 2025: U.S. headline CPI shows roughly a 3.0% year‑over‑year increase in multiple monthly snapshots (3.0% for Jan and for the 12 months ending Sep 2025) and t...