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Friday, January 31, 2025

FEMA gets $2 billion for North Carolina? That’s satire

The claim originated with a satirical Facebook account. Nothing on FEMA's website supports the claim. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Checking the Facts

Fri Jan 31 2025

 
US President Donald Trump speaks while visiting a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on January 24, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The claim originated with a satirical Facebook account. Nothing on FEMA's website supports the claim.

An undocumented migrant waits in a holding facility in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Virginia on Jan. 15, 2025. As the only agency authorized to deport immigrants from the nation's interior, it can take numerous ICE agents, days or weeks of surveillance and considerable risk to arrest one person with an immigration violation and a criminal record. The agency has roughly 6,000 deportation agents. They're staring down a caseload   of 7.6 million noncitizens Ð including more than 660,000 with criminal records or pending charges, according to ICE.
 

Doctored image shows ICE arresting man in pro-Trump shirt

In the original image published by Getty Images in 2018, the man's shirt is blank, and the agents are wearing Homeland Security Investigations vests.

FAU survey says Floridians believe their climate is changing but disagree on whether government should do more.
 

Climate changes for many reasons, including human CO2 | Fact check

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he issues executive orders and pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, whose names are seen on the document he holds, in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
 

Jan. 6 rioter imprisoned over gun crimes in California, not DC attack

A California man pardoned by Trump was imprisoned on federal weapons convictions in a case separate from charges from the Jan. 6 attack.

Former US President Barack Obama speaks with President-elect Donald Trump before the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025.
 

Proposal to change 22nd Amendment doesn't apply to Obama | Fact check

The proposed constitutional amendment excludes presidents who served two consecutive terms, such as former President Barack Obama, from a third term.

Jan 16, 2025; Altadena, CA, USA; In Altadena, residents are still waiting to get back to their homes. While some escaped the fire, many structures burned. Mandatory Credit: Megan Smith-USA TODAY
 

No, LA did not 'refuse' to fill reservoirs before fires | Fact check

Except for a reservoir with a damaged cover that had to be drained, Los Angeles had kept its reservoirs filled before the January 2025 wildfires.

Fake news.
 

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Our Fact Check Team is a signatory of the IFCN and is committed to accuracy, transparency and fairness.

 

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