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Caleb McCullough

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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Caleb McCullough and Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact reporters

    Fact-check: Kennedy says the US has the 'sickest children in the history of the world' (opens the original)

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    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said despite high healthcare spending, the U.S. is failing its children on an unprecedented level. “This country pays two to three times what every developing nation in the world pays, and yet we have the sickest children in the history of the world,” Kennedy said, addressing the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 10. “We have the highest chronic disease burden ever recorded.” For this fact-check, we’re focusing on the claim that the U.S. has

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact reporter

    Almonds or data centers: which requires more water? Fact-checking AI executive's claim about ChatGPT (opens the original)

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    You’ve probably heard that using artificial intelligence consumes a lot of water. But how does it measure up with snacking on almonds? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the comparison in a recent interview. OpenAI is the company that makes ChatGPT, the popular AI chat app. “For every 38,000 ChatGPT queries, that is the same amount of water that is used in the production of a single almond in California,” he said in a Sept. 1 episode of the Sources Podcast. Altman prefaced that by saying he isn’t sure o

  3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: Are COVID vaccines linked to higher miscarriage rates? (opens the original)

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    U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has revived a years-old inaccurate theory that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher rates of miscarriages. As part of a Senate investigation into former U.S. infectious diseases chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, Johnson pointed to publicly released text messages Fauci exchanged with two of former President Joe Biden’s top health officials. In them, Fauci wrote that some reported vaccine effects “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.” In

  4. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: Does Elon Musk pay the same amount into Social Security as someone making $185K? (opens the original)

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    Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire June 12, his net worth rocketing to $1.2 trillion when his space exploration firm SpaceX became publicly traded, valued at more than $2 trillion. The historic wealth milestone renewed calls from some politicians to address wealth inequality and raise taxes on the richest Americans. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Social Security taxes are capped for ultra-high earners like Musk. “Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social S

  5. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Caleb McCullough, PolitiFact reporter

    Fact-check: Did Mitch McConnell's statement about his health include a fake photo? (opens the original)

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    Amid growing speculation about Mitch McConnell’s health after he spent weeks out of the public eye following a hospitalization, the Republican Kentucky senator’s office released a statement and image July 12. The image shows McConnell wearing jeans and a red checkered shirt, supported by pillows, alongside his wife, Elaine Chao, and holding a newspaper in his right hand. Social media users, including conservative activist Laura Loomer, quickly questioned the photo’s authenticity, saying parts of

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