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Money
Claims that 'junk fees' are illegal need context
Social Security
Social Security 2025 COLA estimates don't show significant increase compared to 2024
Early estimates indicate that Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment could be somewhere around 3% in 2025. Here’s what that would mean for your benefits.
Joe Biden
No, inflation wasn’t 9% when Biden took office
President Joe Biden falsely claimed in two recent interviews that inflation was 9% when he took office in January 2021. It was actually much lower.
Israel-Hamas War
No, viral video doesn’t show Angelina Jolie supporting pro-Palestine protesters
A three-year old video of Angelina Jolie talking about the Bosnian war is being misrepresented as her supporting Palestinians.
Environment
Yes, cayenne pepper can help keep wildlife out of your garden
Gardening and pest control experts say products that contain capsaicin, a chemical that makes cayenne peppers hot, can work as an animal and insect repellent.
Immigration
Yes, Border Patrol can stop cars without cause at immigration checkpoints within 100 miles of the border
A man in a viral video claimed agents violated his rights by detaining him after he refused to answer questions at a checkpoint. We VERIFY what Border Patrol can do.
Health
Seasonal allergy treatments: VERIFY Fact Sheet
Should you start taking your allergy medicine now? We VERIFY the answer to that and other common questions about allergy treatments.
Social Security
Raising Social Security tax cap for high-income earners would help, but not fix, its shrinking reserves
Taxing more income from higher earners could help with Social Security’s financial problems, but it wouldn’t completely fix the issues.
Social Security
Raising Social Security tax cap for high-income earners would help, but not fix, its shrinking reserves
Would taxing more income from the rich fix Social Security’s financial problems and delay benefit cuts? It would help, but it wouldn't completely fix the issues.
Israel-Hamas War
No, the United Nations didn’t reduce the number of women and children killed in Gaza by half
Israeli officials incorrectly claimed the UN reduced the number of women and children deaths in Gaza. The UN actually changed what data is used in their reports.
Business
No, Chili’s is not closing all of its locations
Multiple viral posts with millions of views claim that Chili’s is the latest chain shutting down all of its restaurants in the coming months.
Scams
Viral photo of battered 2-year-old is part of a bait-and-switch scam
Facebook posts share the same image of a boy, but each claim he was found in a different city including Milwaukee, Toledo and Sacramento.
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