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Voting results, candidate claims, fraud accusations: Fact-checking midterm election rumors
Our fact-checkers are hard at work analyzing suspicious election rumors after Democrats flipped Congress in a rebuke of Trump.
We compiled our midterms fact checks, examining claims like:
Did a Minnesota poll worker wear a shirt mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination?
Did the FBI find more than 20,000 fraudulent Democratic ballots in a Houston raid?
Do videos show Somali interpreters illegally filling out ballots for Maine voters?
Was Vivek Ramaswamy "booed off stage" after making a remark about millennials?
New York psychologist Larissa Portnoff accused Trump of abusing her as a child. Here's what we know
The White House denied the allegations, saying the president has never met Portnoff.
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Did Elon Musk pay Haley Stevens $2M to endorse Mike Rogers?
We reviewed Stevens' campaign finance data to investigate.
Did Donald Trump Jr. say Democrats 'want to make Ohio a state'?
"I’m genuinely curious what he thinks Ohio has been this entire time," one person said.
Did FBI field office post 'Election Day is Wednesday'?
Social media users questioned whether the supposed post was real. We have the facts.
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Did Arizona county say voters asked why Trump was 'missing' on ballot?
"ATTENTION VOTERS: The president is NOT on the ballot," an alleged X account representing the county said. "We are receiving many calls asking why that race is missing."
Is the post real? Reporter Rae Deng has the details.
