OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tea Rohrberg was heading into her county’s treasurer’s office in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday when she says she was approached by a man and asked if she wanted to sign a “pro-choice petition.” Because she believes access to abortion is a right all women should have, she readily signed. But Rohrberg […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears increasingly at odds with both the U.S. government and his own military over his handling of the war in Gaza, and the divisions come amid mounting concern that another front in the war, with serious implications for U.S. forces in the region, could open up. A fracture appeared in […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for the Republican primary winner for North Dakota’s only U.S. House seat has filed complaints with federal authorities regarding text messages that falsely stated she had dropped out of the heated GOP primary contest on the day of the June 11 election. Her attorney said the messages might be […]
Claim: Video shows Biden wandered off from world leaders at G7 skydiving event. President Joe Biden’s age has long been the subject of conservative attacks, even more so now that at age 81, he’s seeking a second term. According to claims using edited or out-of-context videos, Biden once left in the middle of a news […]
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Kansas on Monday sued Pfizer, accusing the company of misleading the public about its COVID-19 vaccine by hiding risks while making false claims about its effectiveness. In a lawsuit filed in the District Court of Thomas County, the state said the New York-based drugmaker’s alleged false […]
More Americans may think President Joe Biden tried to sit on a nonexistent chair the other day than know the boring truth that there was, in fact, a chair. The chair-that-was-there was just one of many quick video clips the conservative media ecosystem willed into vitality over the past two weeks, leaving fact-checkers and Biden’s […]
The state of Kansas filed a lawsuit on Monday against pharmaceutical company Pfizer, alleging the company made “misleading claims” about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the risks associated with the shot. The suit, filed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) in the District Court of Thomas County, claims Pfizer misled Kansas residents […]
Remember those “new” Ryzen 5000 chips AMD launched last week alongside its actually new Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Turns out the benchmarks AMD provided for them are horribly misleading. YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed spotted that something was a bit rotten in the Denmark of the Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 9 5900XT gaming numbers AMD put […]
Conservative media outlets selectively used a camera angle that left out important context to spread a claim Thursday and Friday that President Joe Biden wandered off from a meeting of world leaders, but the full video at another angle captured by NBC News tells a different story. Instead of wandering off, Biden was walking toward […]
A Lake Elmo attorney who was disciplined for knowingly making a misleading statement to a court during a hearing has been reinstated. In a June 4 order, Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Margaret Chutich wrote that Paul E. Overson is “conditionally reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Minnesota, subject to his […]
A Democratic super PAC is accusing backers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign of misleading voters in their attempts to get Kennedy on North Carolina’s ballot. In a challenge the group says it has filed with the State Board of Elections, it says people who signed petitions for ballot access were made to believe […]
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. Survey says: Most of today’s residents are unhappy with a decision voters made 27 years ago to combine the governments of Wyandotte County and […]