On childhood vaccines, candidates must separate  facts from alternative facts

Fact-checking claims about California's Proposition 36: What it means for drug arrests

CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about the ballot measure from supporters and opponents.

Harris’s closing message must separate her vision from Biden’s

With so much on the line and so little time left, Harris should not hesitate to explain how she plans to plot her own course and change directions.

Politics - The Hill - October 31

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies ...

Top stories - The New York Times - October 30

13 Scary Islanders Facts On Halloween

The Islanders' numbers aren't pretty through the first 10 games of the season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31

Musk shares fake image of The Atlantic, bringing fact-checking and condemnation from the magazine

The Atlantic magazine has found itself in the crosshairs of Elon Musk after it fact-checked a fake image shared by the tech billionaire.

Musk's election falsehoods travel hundreds of times further on X than fact-checks from officials

As Elon Musk continues to aggressively share conspiracy theories and misinformation about elections on X, election officials are fighting back.

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Now that dust has settled from 3 big WR trades, who's winning?

Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins and Davante Adams all went to different teams the past few weeks. Fantasy football analyst and neuroscientist Renee Miller investigates the fallout now that recency ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29

Election fact check: Trump, Harris on transgender issues

What we know about the issues and how former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris expect to legislate transgender policies.

Trump's claim of 'massive cheating' in Philadelphia rejected by officials

BBC Verify investigates claims spreading online questioning the integrity of the US election.

Fact checking Election Day 2024 claims

Throughout Election Day, the CBS News' Confirmed and investigative unit will be fact checking reports around the 2024 election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Fact or Fluke: Is Smith-Njigba still a sleeper in Seattle?

Fantasy football analyst and neuroscientist Renee Miller examines several Week 9 performances to determine what's the real deal ... and what's merely a fluke.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

GOP pushes false claims about migrant voting: What are the facts?

Top Republicans are laying the groundwork to claim the 2024 election isn’t secure and fair because of noncitizen voting, a theory that has lived in conservative circles since President Biden’s 2020 ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Podz offers matter-of-fact perspective on Klay's Warriors exit

Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski shared how he's approaching a 2024-25 NBA season without Golden State icon Klay Thompson.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

Harris claims Trump lost manufacturing jobs. Is that true? Here's a fact check.

Harris often cites accurate figures but omits that the pandemic caused manufacturing job losses in Trump's final year in office.

Politics - CBS News - October 21

Hasan Minhaj addresses fact-checking controversy in new Netflix special

In his new Netflix special, Hasan Minhaj touched on the fact-checked jokes scandal that led to him losing his job as the new host of the “The Daily Show.”

Fact or Fiction: Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are in for a painfully long season

Let's take a deeper dive into one of the league’s biggest storylines this week: a troubling trend for the 2023 MVP.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25

Trump defends Detroit criticism at Michigan rally, saying he was saying ‘the facts’

Former President Trump defended his earlier criticism of Detroit at another event in Michigan on Friday, saying he was not “disparaging” the city but only stating the facts. Following a three-hour ...

Politics - The Hill - October 26

Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Donald Trump used a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan to dig in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election

Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'

Despite Donald Trump spreading allegations of widespread voting by noncitizens, audits of state voter rolls have uncovered very few instances of noncitizen voting.

Fox News offers fact-check of Trump's 2020 election claims

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner offered a fact-check of former President Trump's false claims that Democrats "stole" the 2020 election from him after the network finished airing his remarks from ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Trump falsely claims noncitizen voter fraud is widespread. Here are 5 facts.

Voter fraud by noncitizens is very rare and does not occur in numbers that could swing a federal election, studies show.

Politics - CBS News - October 30

Election fact check: Trump, allies push allegations of 'cheating' in Pennsylvania

Election officials in Pennsylvania have pushed back on allegations of voter fraud or misconduct made by former President Trump and his allies.

Crowdsourced Fact Checks on X Can’t Stop Election Misinformation

Elon Musk and many other users on the social platform have spread and reposted numerous falsehoods related to the Nov. 5 vote, even when the content violates X’s guidelines.

Business - Inc. - October 31

Steve Ballmer: the tech billionaire asking if voters want ‘just the facts’

Former Microsoft boss seeks to build better democracy with data

World - Financial Times - November 2

Election fact check: County officials can't refuse to certify election results

Local officials are legally required to certify election results -- but the process has become politicized since Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results.

Fact-checking Claims of Voting Machines Intentionally ‘Flipping’ Votes

Voters sometimes make mistakes when they use digital voting machines. But the issues are quickly remedied.

Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Election fact check: Minor voting glitches do not indicate widespread fraud

When Americans vote Tuesday, some may encounter small issues like equipment malfunctions -- but experts stress that minor glitches don't indicate widespread voter fraud.

Facts vs. Feelings: Week 10 roster-setting time

Liz Loza waxes philosophical on the halfway point of the season and "falling back" into standard time.

Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago

Democrats confront fact that Trump’s dark vision prevailed as result sinks in

Trump world was jubilant after his election win, while confusion and foreboding reigned on the other side of America. US election 2024 – latest updates US election results 2024: live map and ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Fact or Fiction: Is home-court advantage in the NBA's regular season dead?

Let's take a deeper dive into the decline of home-court advantage in the NBA.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

The west must outdo rival efforts to build an alternative financial system

Technological and geopolitical competition between democracies and autocracies are two sides of the same coin

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

RFK Jr. could lead a Trump administration’s efforts to battle ‘childhood chronic disease’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may be poised to play a key health role in the next administration should Donald Trump get re-elected, according to two people close to the campaign and familiar with the plans.

From a childhood in Nigeria to Tory leader: the remarkable rise of Kemi Badenoch | Sunder Katwala

The woman who now leads the Conservative party was born in London, but growing up in west Africa shaped the politician she would become. • Politics live . Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader of ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Trump claims Justice Dept. sued to add "illegal voters" in Virginia. Here's a fact check.

Republicans mischaracterized a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department to protect voters from being removed from voting lists too close to Election Day, CBS News' election law expert says.

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Chase Brown among players who prove that patience pays off

Fantasy football analyst and neuroscientist Renee Miller delivers a reverse-Panic Meter now that we're through six weeks of the season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 15

Karl Rove fact-checks viral post: 'I have not been rallying for Kamala Harris'

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Tuesday sought to counter claims that he's been rallying for Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania, an allegation made in various viral posts on the social ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Harris says violent crime is down. Trump says it's up. Here's a fact check.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both point to different crime data sources, but experts say Harris' claim is closer to reality.

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