Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...

But Trump isn’t buying TikTok. The X post is fake. PolitiFact searched Trump’s X account and found no post about buying TikTok. We also contacted Trump’s team, but did not receive a response before ...

The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden ...

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly spoke against banning TikTok. In a December 2024 filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump said he opposes a ban and "seeks the ability to ...

Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs. Federal agents in March raided and seized evidence from Sean "Diddy" Combs’ Los Angeles ...

But at least two of the clips don’t show the Los Angeles wildfires.

"The map in the social media post is also not representative of the geographical area where the fires occurred," the statement said. The footage in the video was from a satellite that captured the ...

But Vance’s description of decades-long dry reservoirs is misleading. Experts on California’s water management told us they were not aware of any major reservoir that has been dry for 15 years or more ...

President Joe Biden said Los Angeles wildfires victims were eligible for one-time $770 payments to buy emergency supplies. Some social media users criticized the $770 ...

In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute ...

Newsom said it was a "ridiculous lie" that he cut $100 million, a retort he included on his new website, California Fire Facts. But the website didn’t dissect the $100 million; it focused on the big ...

An image shows Robert Redford’s Oscar statuette destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. A spokesperson for Robert Redford told PolitiFact that Redford lives in Sante Fe, New Mexico, and the Oscar ...