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San Antonians with respiratory issues are encouraged to stay inside Saturday. Here's why.
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San Antonians with respiratory issues are encouraged to stay inside Saturday. Here's why.
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Viral photo of battered 2-year-old is part of a bait-and-switch scam
Social Media
Viral photo of battered 2-year-old is part of a bait-and-switch scam
Scammers use a real image of a 2-year-old boy to get traction online before changing the message’s content to a scam advertisement.
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.
Elections
Yes, the RNC can recruit and train poll workers who handle ballots
Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump announced plans to recruit thousands of poll watchers and workers. Here’s what the RNC is allowed to do.
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.
Immigration
Border Patrol can stop people at immigration checkpoints within 100 miles of the border without cause
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.
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Claims that 'junk fees' are illegal need context
Whether surprise restaurant surcharges are illegal currently depends on what state or city you’re in.
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.
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.
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.
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Facebook does not have a lottery promotion. This is a common scam.
A VERIFY reader recently received a letter claiming he was a winner of the “Facebook lottery promotion.” This is one of the most common scams on Facebook.
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