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14 hours ago | autism.einnews.com | Madison Czopek |Politi Fact |Louis Jacobson |Amanda Seitz

How RFK Jr. is shaping the conversation about autism and why advocates are pushing back May 14, 2025 6:35 PM EDT Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the spectrum and the contributions they make.

3 days ago | kamumedya.com | Grace Abels |Amy Sherman |Politi FactPublished |Politi Fact

Hours after Robert Prevost became the first United States-born pontiff on May 8, social media discussions in the US speculated whether Pope Leo XIV, as he is known after the election, was a “registered Republican”. “SCOOP: Our Turning Point Action team pulled the voting history for Pope Leo XIV,” conservative influencer Charlie Kirk wrote on social media platform X on May 8. “He’s a registered Republican who has voted in Republican primaries when not living abroad.

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Amy Sherman |Loreben Tuquero |Politi Fact

Share WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. Canadians have long spent wintertime in Florida, trading in frigid temperatures for the Sunshine State’s sunny beaches and spending money on restaurants and hotels that cater to Canadian tourists.

6 days ago | wlrn.org | Amy Sherman |Loreben Tuquero |Politi Fact

WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. Canadians have long spent wintertime in Florida, trading in frigid temperatures for the Sunshine State’s sunny beaches and spending money on restaurants and hotels that cater to Canadian tourists.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Louis Jacobson |Politi Fact

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, KFF Health NewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists about for years. Kennedy said “autism destroys families” and is an “individual tragedy as well.”Kennedy said many autistic children were “fully functional” and had “regressed” into autism “when they were 2 years old.