Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
Top officials in the Trump administration and allies in Congress, eager to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, have accused the agency of misusing taxpayer funds. But many of…
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims After Flurry of Executive Actions
President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims.In trying to deny…
Meta Shelves Fact-Checking Program in US, Adopts X-Like ‘Community Notes’ Model
Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday scrapped its US fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity, bowing to criticism from…
Brazil Gives Meta 72 Hours to Explain Changes to Fact-Checking Program
Brazil's government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.The move comes after the social media company scrapped…
Fact-Checking Trump’s D.C. Plane Crash News Conference and Remarks on D.E.I.
President Trump quickly turned to excoriating the diversity goals of his Democratic predecessors and the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday as he updated the public about the deadly collision over…