Project 2025 proposes dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some social media posts misleadingly claim the project calls for closing the National Hurricane Center, a part of NOAA. A Heritage Foundation spokesperson said Project 2025 “does not call for eliminating the NHC,” though climate experts warned that the project’s proposals would hamper the NHC’s operations.
FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Walz’s False Project 2025 Pregnancy Monitoring Claims
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz falsely claimed that Project 2025 calls for the tracking of “all pregnancies” and would require people “to register with a new federal agency” upon getting pregnant. The conservative playbook advocates the reporting of all miscarriages and abortions but does not stipulate the monitoring of all pregnancies.
Trump, Vance Wrong About ‘Illegal Immigrant Murderers’
Trump’s Misleading Warning About Overseas Voters
Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump’s
Post Misrepresents Fetterman’s Remarks About Trump Support in Pennsylvania
In an interview, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said some people in his state think former President Donald Trump is a “terrible person” but they say “I will still vote for him.” A social media post misrepresents Fetterman’s comments to claim he supports Trump. The senator supports Vice President Kamala Harris.
Glitch in Montana’s Electronic Absentee System Temporarily Omitted Harris, Walz
Montana temporarily took down its online system used by citizens and military personnel voting abroad to fix a technical glitch that omitted the Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates. Social media posts baselessly claimed that the Republican secretary of state purposely and illegally omitted the Democrats.
Trump’s Problematic Claims on the Auto Industry
Posts Spread Digitally Altered Image of Harris with Sean Combs
Following the arrest of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs for sex trafficking and other charges, social media users — including former President Donald Trump — shared a digitally altered photo that purports to show Combs with Vice President Kamala Harris. The original image actually shows Harris with then-talk show host Montel Williams in 2001.