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In multiple ways, his claim is wrong or misleading.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-268929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-factcheck-wire category-featured-posts category-scicheck issue-measles issue-measles-vaccination issue-vitamin-a person-robert-f-kennedy-jr" id="post-268929"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-jr-misleads-on-vitamin-a-unsupported-therapies-for-measles/" rel="bookmark">RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles</a></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4"> <a aria-label="RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-jr-misleads-on-vitamin-a-unsupported-therapies-for-measles/" class="img-fluid archive-post-thumbnail"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/RFK-Jr-FOX-720-x-307-200x200.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles" title="RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/RFK-Jr-FOX-720-x-307-200x200.png 200w, https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/RFK-Jr-FOX-720-x-307-300x300.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 7, 2025 </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatments for measles.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-268895 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fake-news category-the-factcheck-wire location-boston location-charlottesville location-des-moines issue-extremist-groups issue-fbi issue-patriot-front person-elon-musk person-joe-rogan person-kash-patel" id="post-268895"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/white-nationalist-group-is-still-active-contrary-to-social-media-claims/" rel="bookmark">White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims</a></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4"> <a aria-label="White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/white-nationalist-group-is-still-active-contrary-to-social-media-claims/" class="img-fluid archive-post-thumbnail"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Rogan-PF-720-x-307-200x200.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims" title="White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Rogan-PF-720-x-307-200x200.png 200w, https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Rogan-PF-720-x-307-300x300.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 7, 2025 </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Social media posts, some pointing to comments by podcaster Joe Rogan, are spreading unsupported claims that members of the Patriot Front are federal agents and that the group disbanded after the recent leadership change at the FBI. But days after Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI director, the Patriot Front had two public rallies, and its website refutes the claims.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-268880 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-factcheck-wire category-featured-posts issue-doge issue-economy issue-fentanyl issue-government-spending issue-panama-canal issue-power-plants issue-social-security issue-ukraine-russia-war person-donald-trump" id="post-268880"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/video-factchecking-trumps-address-to-congress/" rel="bookmark">Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress</a></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4"> <a aria-label="Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/video-factchecking-trumps-address-to-congress/" class="img-fluid archive-post-thumbnail"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Trump-Thumbnail-720-x-307-200x200.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" title="Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Trump-Thumbnail-720-x-307-200x200.png 200w, https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Trump-Thumbnail-720-x-307-300x300.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 5, 2025 </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Here’s our fact-check of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in video form. </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-268732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-factcheck-wire category-featured-posts issue-autism issue-doge issue-economy issue-fentanyl issue-government-spending issue-illegal-immigration-2 issue-inflation-2 issue-oil-and-gas issue-panama-canal issue-social-security issue-ukraine-russia-war person-donald-trump" id="post-268732"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/factchecking-trumps-address-to-congress-2/" rel="bookmark">FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress</a></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4"> <a aria-label="FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/factchecking-trumps-address-to-congress-2/" class="img-fluid archive-post-thumbnail"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/trump_address_congress2-200x200.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" title="FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/trump_address_congress2-200x200.png 200w, https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/trump_address_congress2-300x300.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 5, 2025 </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In his first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term, President Donald Trump distorted the facts on fraud, immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, autism and more.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-268663 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-factcheck-wire location-international location-national location-ukraine issue-foreign-aid issue-ukraine-russia-war person-donald-trump person-emmanuel-macron person-volodymyr-zelenskyy" id="post-268663"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/trump-exaggerates-on-u-s-and-european-aid-to-ukraine-loans/" rel="bookmark">Trump Exaggerates on U.S. and European Aid to Ukraine, Loans</a></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4"> <a aria-label="Trump Exaggerates on U.S. and European Aid to Ukraine, Loans" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/trump-exaggerates-on-u-s-and-european-aid-to-ukraine-loans/" class="img-fluid archive-post-thumbnail"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/ZTthumb-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Exaggerates on U.S. and European Aid to Ukraine, Loans" title="Trump Exaggerates on U.S. and European Aid to Ukraine, Loans" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/ZTthumb-200x200.jpg 200w, https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/ZTthumb-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 4, 2025 </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>As President Donald Trump has sought to secure rights to Ukraine’s minerals as compensation for U.S. aid to fight the Russian invasion, he has repeatedly overstated the amount of aid provided by the U.S. compared with Europe and exaggerated the extent to which European assistance – unlike U.S. aid — is in the form of guaranteed loans.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </main>  <nav aria-label="Page navigation"><ul class="pagination "> <li class="active page-item"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/" class="page-link">1</a></li> <li class="page-item"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/page/2/" class="page-link">2</a></li> <li class="page-item"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/page/3/" class="page-link">3</a></li> <li class="page-item page-item-direction page-item-next"><span class="page-link"><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/page/2/" ><span aria-hidden="true">»</span><span class="sr-only">Next page</span></a></span></li> <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" 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