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Poynter’s PolitiFact launches service providing reliable, engaging health information to consumers and news organizations
"Well Informed” offers social videos and stories backed by research to help people sort out personal health claims
July 21, 2026
Will AI really consume more electricity than the US produces?
President Trump said AI could need nearly twice the nation’s electricity, but credible projections put its future share at no more than 25%
July 15, 2026
The internet says Mitch McConnell’s hospital photo is fake. The evidence says otherwise.
Digital forensics experts found no evidence the image was AI-generated or reused from an earlier hospitalization
July 14, 2026
Trump says the stock market drove his 2025 income gains. His financial disclosure tells a different story.
A PolitiFact analysis found that cryptocurrencies and other non-stock income accounted for most of Trump's reported financial gains in 2025
July 9, 2026
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