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Fact Check: North Carolina Did NOT Pass A Law Allowing Foreign Doctors To Practice Without Passing a U.S. Qualification Exam
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Did North Carolina pass a law allowing foreign doctors to practice medicine in that state without taking a U.S. qualification...
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Fact Check: There Was NOT An Unusual Spike In Missing Children In Virginia In Early August 2025 -- Post Misstates The Data
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Does a social media post about "50 missing children in Virginia" accurately report a spike in the number of minors...
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Fact Check: WNBA Star Angel Reese Did NOT Call For A Boycott Of American Eagle Over Sydney Sweeney's Jeans Ad
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Did WNBA star Angel Reese call for a boycott of American Eagle over their jeans ad with Sydney Sweeney? No,...
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Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Press Office Account On X Was NOT Suspended -- Hoaxer Used A Facsimile Of Real Account
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Did X.com suspend user privileges of the "Press" account for California Governor Gavin Newsom? No, that's not true: The photo...
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Fact Check: Los Angeles Is NOT Building Homeless RV Camp Near A High School In Encino -- It's For RV Storage
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Is the city of Los Angeles planning to convert a parking lot across from a high school in Encino into...
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Fact Check: 'Metal Sky Man' Was NOT Spotted In The Clouds Above Utah On August 11, 2025 -- Ripped From Footage Posted In July
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Does footage labeled "The Metal Sky Man Utah: 8/11/25" document the sighting of some unexplained thing in the clouds? No,...
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Electric Ford Malfunction' With 'Steering Locked, Gas Floored'
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Does a viral social media video show a Ford electric car malfunctioning, with its steering locked and accelerator to the...
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Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Dutch Police Arresting Israeli Major General Wanted Under War Crimes Findings
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Does a viral image show "Israeli Major General Shitan Shaul" under arrest on charges related to war crimes in Rafah?...
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Fact Check: Colorado Man Identifying As A "Wolf Furry" Was NOT Mauled Attempting To Join A Wyoming Wolf Pack -- Story From Satire Site
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Was a Fort Collins, Colorado man, who described himself as a "wolf furry," mauled by wolves in Wyoming when he...
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Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall Or Smithsonian Museum In Washington, D.C.
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Was a George Floyd statue located at the National Mall or the "Smithsonian Institute" in Washington, D.C., dismantled and "put...
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Fact Check: Russian Visitor Ivan Stepanov Did NOT Rescue Drowning Bear From Lake Tahoe -- A Stolen Story
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Did a Russian visitor named Ivan Stepanov rescue a tranquilized bear that was drowning in Lake Tahoe? No, that's not...
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ronald McDonald Killed Children In 1892
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Does a viral clip prove that a real-life Ronald McDonald committed a series of 19th century child murders decades before...
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Fact Check: Gay Dating Apps Did NOT Publicly Say They Will Out Closeted Members Of Congress If Gay Marriage Is Repealed
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Did gay dating apps publicly threaten to out closeted members of the U.S. Congress if same-sex marriage is repealed by...
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Fact Check: 'Weird Tentacles' Or 'Horns' On Rabbit Heads Caused By Common Virus
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Are rabbits spotted in the wild with "weird tentacles" or "horns" infected with a rare virus, as claimed by social...
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Fact Check: Baltimore Ravens Did NOT Reject A $500 Million Tesla Sponsorship Offer From Elon Musk
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Did the Baltimore Ravens reject a $500 million sponsorship deal offered by Tesla or Elon Musk? No, that's not true:...
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What We Know About The Rumors Convicted Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Has Been Cleared To Leave Prison On Work Release
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Has Ghislaine Maxwell been cleared to leave prison on work release? Here is what we know: On August 1, 2025...
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Fact Check: UK Has NOT Announced It Will Flag All Cash Withdrawals In Excess Of £420
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Has the Home Office, the Prime Minister or Parliament announced that starting September 1, 2025, UK banks will automatically flag...
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nicolás Maduro Saying 'Come For Me . Cowards' In Response To Trump DOJ's $50 Million Bounty
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Does a video show Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, reacting to the $50M bounty announced August 7, 2025 by the US...
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Fact Check: President Donald Trump Did NOT Announce Clearance Of Homeless People From All 50 States - Only D.C.
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Did President Donald Trump announce the clearance of homeless people from all 50 states? No, that's not true: Trump declared...
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Fact Check: Photo Of Melania Trump Kissing Jeffrey Epstein Is Fake -- Colbert Didn't Air It
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Is a photo showing Melania Trump kissing Jeffrey Epstein an authentic image and was it "unseen" until aired by Stephen...
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