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Fact checks about news stories from the US

20 November 2024

Donald Trump has not appointed Kash Patel as CIA director

Posts have been circulating on social media which falsely claim that the advisor has been given the position heading up the Central Intelligence Agency.

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18 November 2024

NATO Secretary General hasn’t threatened to expel the United States from alliance

Mark Rutte did not say America would be expelled from Nato if Donald Trump “surrenders Ukraine to Putin”.

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18 November 2024

Kamala Harris did not only win states without voter ID requirements

Thousands of people have shared posts wrongly claiming that in the US election Kamala Harris won every state that does not require voter ID and none that do.

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14 November 2024

Elon Musk has not agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion

CNN said “there is no truth in rumours of a sale or change in ownership of CNN whatsoever”.

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13 November 2024

No, Sadiq Khan did not say he would leave UK if Donald Trump won

A claim being widely shared on Facebook that the Mayor of London had said he and his family would emigrate from the UK following the US election if Mr Trump won the presidency is untrue.

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13 November 2024

US election: 20 million votes haven’t gone ‘missing’

Misleading claims have been circulating online since it was announced that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election that millions of votes are “missing”.

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8 November 2024

Donald Trump did not call Republicans ‘the dumbest group of voters’

Posts circulating on social media falsely claim Mr Trump said the quote to People magazine in 1998.

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8 November 2024

No evidence Houthis have surrendered after Donald Trump’s election victory

There is no evidence the Iran-backed rebel group in Yemen has said it’s stopping its operations in the Red Sea.

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6 November 2024

Image of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump kissing is AI-generated

The image is a screenshot from a YouTube montage featuring AI clips of Ms Harris and Mr Trump together in romantic scenarios.

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5 November 2024

Image supposedly showing CNN graphic of Texas election results is fake

The broadcaster says the picture is “completely fabricated and manipulated”.

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