# FactCheck.org The official free Substack of FactCheck.org. Page: Feed: --- ## [RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR Vaccine](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-falsely-claims-new-evidence) _2026-08-18 · FactCheck.org_ Following an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a “recent” study “just came out” that “very strongly supports” the idea. But there’s no evidence of any such credible study, past or present. ## [FactCheck.Weekly #44 - 8/18/26](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/factcheckweekly-44-81826) _2026-08-18 · FactCheck.org_ Let’s take a look back at the week and recap what you might have missed from us. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211731475/4b01388e9586afe021e8a4ff0392c112.mp3) ## [Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 Shots](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/republicans-revive-false-miscarriage) _2026-08-14 · FactCheck.org_ Studies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. ## [Alaska Senate Candidates Attempt to Link Each Other to Epstein](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/alaska-senate-candidates-attempt) _2026-08-14 · FactCheck.org_ In Alaska’s tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting “the deciding vote” to keep the Epstein files “hidden.” While Sullivan voted against considering an amendment to an otherwise unrelated bill that would have released the files earlier, he, like the rest of the Senate, supported a bill to make the records public. ## [Wright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue States](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/wrights-hairsplitting-statements) _2026-08-14 · FactCheck.org_ Energy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. ## [Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/trump-uses-deceptive-chart-in-false) _2026-08-13 · FactCheck.org_ In a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second term with total inflation at the end of his predecessors’ full four-year terms. ## [Collins Did Not ‘Support’ OBBBA’s Medicaid Cuts, as Democratic Ad Claims](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/collins-did-not-support-obbbas-medicaid) _2026-08-12 · FactCheck.org_ Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group falsely claims she “voted to support Donald Trump on the largest Medicaid cut in history.” ## [Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/trump-and-rfk-jr-repeat-false-and) _2026-08-12 · FactCheck.org_ During the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. ## [Trump’s False MMR Vaccine Claims](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/trumps-false-mmr-vaccine-claims) _2026-08-11 · FactCheck.org_ In signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism. ## [Get started with Turso (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/46YJSv8u2DuY) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Turso account to access the app. ## [FactCheck.Weekly #43 - 8/11/26](https://factcheckorg.substack.com/p/factcheckweekly-43-81126) _2026-08-11 · FactCheck.org_ Let’s take a look back at the week and recap what you might have missed from us. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210813826/44782b3e7bf1acf93f3d854ce51c1931.mp3)