Politicians are generally known to tell as many whoppers as anglers. But that’s not the picture painted by conservative media watchdog Newsbusters in their review of the ‘Truth-O-Meter” fact-checking site from PolitiFact. In its latest tally, the Media Research Center site said that the well-followed fact-checking platform overwhelmingly fails Republicans more than Democrats. For example, […]
As southern cities clean up the remnants of Hurricane Helene, several Republican lawmakers have also been tasked with cleaning up misinformation spread by some of their fellow GOP colleagues. Shortly after Helene made landfall last month, inaccurate claims began to spread online about how the storm originated and whether it could target certain communities. Among […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign has confirmed to the Washington Examiner that it is planning to hold one of his final massive rallies of the 2024 election at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event is reportedly scheduled for Oct. 27, just nine days before Election Day. The rally will be one […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back on misinformation put forth by former President Donald Trump about Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall on the Western part of Florida Wednesday night. Both the president and vice president took part in a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Deanne Criswell […]
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is seeking a second term in office but is far behind challenger Nathan Hochman in a new poll. A Los Angeles Times-UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll released Tuesday showed Hochman leading Gascon, 51%-21%, with 28% of those surveyed saying they were undecided. Gascon faced an attempted […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is garnering a poor response from black voters in Erie, Pennsylvania, despite her campaign’s larger and more expensive ground game than former President Donald Trump’s. Erie County has voted for the winning presidential candidate in the last four elections in a state that Trump has touted for its winner-take-all-all status. “If […]
Republicans in Michigan are taking a page out of former President Donald Trump’s book, proposing a “no tax on tips” policy. Republican state Rep. Jim Aragona said tips would no longer be considered taxable income in Michigan under the bill, which he introduced last month. While the tips would still be subject to federal income […]
The Supreme Court was divided on Wednesday over Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is seeking a new trial after decades of maintaining his innocence for a murder he says he did not commit. The justices will determine whether Oklahoma’s failure to disclose key evidence and correct false testimony violated Glossip’s due process rights […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) suggested that former President Donald Trump is still not receiving a full protective detail from the Secret Service. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been the target of two assassination attempts just months ahead of the November election. The previous head of the Secret Service resigned following the first attempt, but […]
NASA and the International Space Station posted a view of Hurricane Milton as it traverses the Gulf of Mexico. The ISS captured the footage Wednesday as the hurricane approached Florida, showing the massive weather phenomenon from about 250 miles above the surface of the Earth. At 10:28 a.m. EDT October 7, the space station flew […]
