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  • Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Have Election With 133 Million Registered Voters And 159 Million Votes Cast -- Official Figures Say Otherwise

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    Did the United States have an election with 133 million registered voters in which 159 million votes were cast? No, that's not true: Official government figures for national elections do not support that claim. More than 158 million Americans cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election, but more than 168 million were registered to vote. The claim appeared in a…

    • May 5, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Have Election With 133 Million Registered Voters And 159 Million Votes Cast -- Official Figures Say Otherwise Wrong Numbers
  • Fact Check: FAKE Politico Video Falsely Claims Germany Will Take In 400,000 Palestinian Refugees

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    Is a video showing a Politico report claiming Germany is preparing to take in 400,000 Palestinian refugees real? No, that's not true: There are no reports from Politico or any other news organization that Germany plans to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Palestinian or otherwise. In addition, an online AI detection tool determined that the audio in the…

    • Mar 16, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Politico Video Falsely Claims Germany Will Take In 400,000 Palestinian Refugees Not Politico
  • Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results

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    Did Democratic nominee and then-sitting Vice President Kamala Harris get 68 million votes in 2024? No, that's not true: In reality, she got more than 75 million, according to data on the Federal Election Commission website. That's fewer than Joe Biden's 2020 total of 81 million, but 7 million more than is claimed by a viral meme. The claim appeared…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check:  Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results More Than That
  • Fact Check: Economic Times Article Declaring 'Kamala Harris Won' Only Cites Sources That Ask Questions About 2024 Election -- None Declared She Won

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    Did The Economic Times article that declared Kamala Harris won the 2024 election cite reports that concluded voting systems were rigged for Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The reports referred to by The Economic Times all stop short of declaring the election was stolen. Instead, those writers whom The Economic Times cited said there are questions about software and…

    • Jun 11, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Economic Times Article Declaring 'Kamala Harris Won' Only Cites Sources That Ask Questions About 2024 Election -- None Declared She Won Queries ≠ Fact
  • Fact Check: Latest Kamala Harris Book Was NOT Pulled From Shelves After Being Found 30% Plagiarized

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    Was the latest book by Kamala Harris yanked from the shelves after it was found to be 30% plagiarized? No, that's not true: The former vice president has authored three books as of June 2025, including the last two published in 2019. Each of those books is still available for purchase online and in bookstores. Her first book, which was…

    • Jun 4, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Latest Kamala Harris Book Was NOT Pulled From Shelves After Being Found 30% Plagiarized No New Book
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post 'I'm Running for President of the United States in 2028'

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    Did former Vice President Kamala Harris declare in April 2025 that she intended to run for president in 2028? No, that's not true: A supposed screenshot of an X post by Harris was fake. It came after Harris made her first major speech since her defeat to President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The declaration of intent appeared…

    • May 2, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post 'I'm Running for President of the United States in 2028' Fabrication
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was 'Rigged'

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    Does a video show President Donald Trump saying that the 2024 presidential election was rigged with the help of Elon Musk? No, that's not true: In the speech excerpted in the video, Trump's remark about rigging referred to the 2020 presidential election, which he has repeatedly and falsely claimed was not legitimate. In the speech, he made a vague remark…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was 'Rigged' He Meant 2020
  • Fact Check: All 50 States, DC, DID Submit Electoral College Certificates For 2024 Election

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    Did 22 states fail to upload their Electoral College certifications, which were needed to certify election results on January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The National Archives confirmed that all 50 states and the District of Columbia submitted their Electoral College Certificates for the 2024 election. By law, these results must be reported by the fourth Wednesday in December,…

    • Jan 6, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: All 50 States, DC, DID Submit Electoral College Certificates For 2024 Election In The System
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results

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    Did Oprah Winfrey say she was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 presidential election results as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: She was still in the U.S. hosting a podcast event at her California home after this social media post's publication. The post came from a Facebook account that categorizes itself as "satire/parody". The…

    • Dec 12, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results No Evidence
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Momoa Said He Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results

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    Did actor Jason Momoa say, "I can't stay here," implying he was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election results? No, that's not true: A social media post attributing those words to Momoa had no credible evidence that he said that publicly. Google searches also didn't produce any credible news reports confirming the post as of…

    • Dec 5, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Momoa Said He Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results No Evidence
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