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FACT FOCUS: A multimillion vote gap between 2020 and 2024 fuels false election narratives

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, social media users began pushing two conflicting narratives of election fraud.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election

FACT FOCUS: Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

FACT FOCUS: Inactive voters on Michigan’s rolls are misrepresented in suggestions of fraud

FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton

FACT FOCUS: Online posts make unfounded claims about a helicopter delivering aid in North Carolina

The North Carolina National Guard said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the video shows one of its helicopters attempting to make a generator delivery requested by a local civilian organization to power their supply distribution site.

US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a ‘truly dangerous narrative’

The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official says false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which are being spread most prominently by Donald Trump, are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.

After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery

False and misleading claims about Hurricane Helene are spreading about the storm and recovery efforts.

FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have recently claimed that hundreds of thousands of migrant children who crossed the U.S.

A look at false and misleading claims from the vice presidential debate

The vice presidential candidates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, on Tuesday engaged in a fast-moving, largely civil debate on a wide range of issues.

Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre

Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.

Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

Trump levied attacks against the federal government for being “non-responsive” to the disaster, claiming Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been struggling to get President Joe Biden on the phone.

Overseas voters are the latest target in Trump’s false narrative on election fraud

False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online

Nassau County officials say social media reports that explosives were found in a car near former President Donald Trump’s New York rally on Long Island just days after the second apparent assassination attempt on him are false.

Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says

A new Microsoft threat intelligence report details how Russia-linked actors are now going full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Vice President Kamala Harris.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California

Former President Donald Trump, speaking Friday at his Los Angeles-area golf club, unleashed an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris, revisiting many points from Tuesday’s presidential debate and making several false and misleading claims, many of which had been made before.

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

Former President Donald Trump has amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are abducting and eating pets.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris’ debate

In the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, their highly different views of the country provided a distinct contrast between their agendas.

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim video shows Harris promising to censor X and owner Elon Musk

After a nationwide suspension of billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform in Brazil, social media users — including former independent presidential candidate Robert F.

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Republicans have turned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, building on a false online narrative that attempts to paint Walz as a liar.

FACT FOCUS: A look back at some of the questionable claims made during the Democratic convention

While Trump has said in the past that he would support a national ban on abortion, he said Thursday morning on Fox & Friends: “I would never.

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention

A celebratory roll call marked Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democratic candidate for president.

FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris’ economic agenda

Harris was referring to Trump’s proposal to impose a tariff of 10% to 20% on all imports — he has mentioned both figures — and up to 60% on imports from China.

FACT FOCUS: Trump blends falsehoods and exaggerations at rambling NJ press conference

Trump made numerous economic claims that were either exaggerated or misleading. Prices did surge during the Biden-Harris administration, though $28,000 is far higher than independent estimates.

Trump falsely claims a crowd photo from Harris’ campaign rally in Detroit was created using AI

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is falsely claiming that an image of thousands of people waiting at Detroit’s airport for a campaign rally by Democrat Kamala Harris was fabricated with the help of artificial intelligence.