Madison Czopek | PolitiFact
Madison Czopek is a staff writer for PolitiFact.
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For years, Tylenol has generally been considered safe for treating pain and fever — even during pregnancy, when doctors discourage patients from using many medications. But recent news reports about the federal government connecting Tylenol to autism have drawn fresh questions about the drug, and concerns. PolitiFact and WLRN analyze the reports, and tell you what else you should know.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines for anyone age 65 and older and any person 6 months and older who has at least one underlying health condition that increases their risk of severe COVID-19 infection.
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Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.
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PolitiFact fact-checks several of the former president's statements and claims about his New York case.
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Experts said that small DNA fragments found in the vaccines are not cause for concern. Cells are needed to make vaccines, and those cells contain DNA.
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As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election, one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories.
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An investigators’ summary of the text message exchange shows that James Biden’s message was about family matters such as alimony and tuition, not business.
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A TikTok video claimed Biden granted almost 500,000 Venezuelan migrants voting rights, but that’s inaccurate. TPS recipients do not automatically become U.S. citizens, however, and only citizens can vote in federal elections.
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In March, a federal jury convicted Douglass Mackey, a social media influencer from West Palm Beach, for participating in a conspiracy to deprive people of their constitutional right to vote.