NATO Secretary General hasn’t threatened to expel the United States from alliance
Mark Rutte did not say America would be expelled from Nato if Donald Trump “surrenders Ukraine to Putin”. Read
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We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
Kamala Harris did not only win states without voter ID requirements
Thousands of people have shared posts wrongly claiming that in the US election Kamala Harris won every state that does not require voter ID and none that do. Read
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Elon Musk has not agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion
CNN said “there is no truth in rumours of a sale or change in ownership of CNN whatsoever”. Read
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No, Sadiq Khan did not say he would leave UK if Donald Trump won
A claim being widely shared on Facebook that the Mayor of London had said he and his family would emigrate from the UK following the US election if Mr Trump won the presidency is untrue. Read
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US election: 20 million votes haven’t gone ‘missing’
Misleading claims have been circulating online since it was announced that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election that millions of votes are “missing”. Read
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Donald Trump did not call Republicans ‘the dumbest group of voters’
Posts circulating on social media falsely claim Mr Trump said the quote to People magazine in 1998. Read
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No evidence Houthis have surrendered after Donald Trump’s election victory
There is no evidence the Iran-backed rebel group in Yemen has said it’s stopping its operations in the Red Sea. Read
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Image of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump kissing is AI-generated
The image is a screenshot from a YouTube montage featuring AI clips of Ms Harris and Mr Trump together in romantic scenarios. Read
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Image supposedly showing CNN graphic of Texas election results is fake
The broadcaster says the picture is “completely fabricated and manipulated”. Read
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Kamala Harris in McDonald’s uniform photo has been edited
Viral posts share what appears to be an old photo of Kamala Harris wearing a McDonald’s uniform, but the photo has been edited and the original photo is not of Ms Harris. Read
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