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No, CNN wasn't reporting on the Potomac River plane crash hours ‘before it happened’
"CNN SOMEHOW KNEW and actively reported on the Potomac River collision 5 HOURS BEFORE it actually happened!" the Threads user wrote. "THAT IS NOT NORMAL. NOT AT ALL. THIS REEKS OF A FALSE FLAG!!!" ...
Politifact10m
No, this video doesn’t show the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington D.C.
An American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter the night of Jan. 29, but a video that garnered more than 216,000 views doesn’t show it. "Airplane crash with hilocopter in ...
Politifact23m
No, Karoline Leavitt didn’t invoke Jesus Christ in response to a tariffs question
One Feb. 1 Threads post that attributed the quote to Leavitt also linked to a Jan. 31 Irish Star article on the website NewsBreak that said Leavitt was "hit with claims she told press ‘Jesus didn’t ...
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Wis. Sen. Johnson says US is one of 'very few' nations with birthright citizenship
About three dozen countries offer citizenship to people born in the country without restrictions, as the U.S. does.   That’s about 18 percent of the total countries in the world, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson ...
Politifact23h
The Black Hawk helicopter in the American Airlines crash was piloted, not autonomous
Authorities have identified all three soldiers aboard the Black Hawk Helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29. Yet some social media users said the ...
Politifact1d
Don’t fall for this Facebook post scam about at-large serial killer in Monroe, Louisiana
PolitiFact conducted a reverse-image search of the photo using Google Images and found it shows Shannon Atkins, a 46-year-old man who was arrested Jan. 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida, after making ...
Politifact1d
No, this photo does not show fallen Army pilot posing with Biden
Social media users are sharing a photo of a woman they claim is U.S. Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach, one of three soldiers killed Jan. 29 when their Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines ...
Politifact5d
‘I never said it': RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing
During the first round of his Senate confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, appeared to be at odds with ...
Politifact4d
Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say
BREAKING NEWS: A passenger jet collided midair with a black hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in a mass casualty event in Washington DC. Just last week, Trump FIRED the heads of the ...
Politifact5d
No proof JD Vance provided ‘furnished apartments’ for North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims
Vice President JD Vance has not visited North Carolina since he was sworn in. His first official trip was Jan. 27, when he surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Damascus, Virginia. When we searched ...
Politifact6d
School meals? Cancer trials? What we know about Trump’s federal funding freeze
In her first-ever daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized the freeze as "not a blanket pause" and said that assistance that goes directly to people, such as Social ...
Politifact5d
New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they’re less targeted
Economists say Trump’s second-term tariffs, if carried out as promised, could put even more downward pressure on the economy, because he’s framed them as across-the-board, rather than targeted to ...