Nate Trela is a Reporter on USA Today's Fact Check Team. His prior stops include more than a decade writing about the energy sector for Mergermarket, working as a reporter and assistant metro editor at the Detroit Free Press and covering the education beat for the South Bend Tribune, He lives in suburban Denver.
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Claim Kamala Harris was fired from McDonald's is satire | Fact check
No, Democrats are not using a Nazi slogan in campaign | Fact check
Study does not say rare post-vaccine antibodies harm kids | Fact check
Most would not pay proposed unrealized capital gains tax | Fact check
American flags were on stage every night of DNC | Fact check
Mpox is caused by a virus, not COVID-19 vaccines | Fact check
Harris never pledged to punish Trump supporters | Fact check
Walz ladder factory line wasn't backing illegal entry | Fact check
No, Biden, Walz are not trying to let noncitizens vote | Fact check
Georgia snake spill story is satire, though many fooled | Fact check
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Video edited to show abrupt end to RFK Jr news conference | Fact check
Congress acted legally to create presidential term limits | Fact check
False announcement of Jimmy Carter's death circulates | Fact check
Photos of uninjured Trump predate assassination attempt | Fact check
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No, these media executives didn't donate to Trump campaign | Fact check
No, una bebida 'especial' no cura el ca虂ncer | Hechos No, this aloe vera concoction doesn't cure cancer | Fact check
Life insurance access not affected by COVID-19 vaccine | Fact check
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No, an airline did not have contract to spray chemtrails | Fact check
Image of picnic taken in Idaho, not Detroit Black church | Fact check
Record cited as proof Joe Biden died is fabricated | Fact check
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No Mexican presidential candidates killed before election | Fact check
No, Trump did not 'blow off' post-sentencing report | Fact check
False claim that study blamed vaccines for excess deaths | Fact check
Video shows Biden had chair to sit in at D-Day ceremony | Fact check
Report encourages sustainable agriculture, not an end to farming
No, the World Bank did not demand nations abolish farming | Fact check
Guilty verdicts in Trump trial required jury be unanimous | Fact check
Astronauts removed helmets in Florida, not on the moon | Fact check
No, Biden did not endorse surgery for transgender kids | Fact check
DOJ did not order the FBI to use deadly force on Trump during raid
Court docs do not show DOJ authorized Trump assassination | Fact check
Credit card tied to carbon limit not offered since 2022 | Fact check
False claim Biden canceled debates with Trump in May 2024 | Fact check
No, the UN did not say it lied about Gaza death toll | Fact check
This high-speed rail bridge cost far less than $11 billion | Fact check