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3 October 2017 The United States joined 12 other countries, including Saudi Arabia and China, in voting against a United Nations resolution condemning the use of the death penalty to punish blasphemy, adultery, and same-sex relations.
23 September 2017 A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former First Lady is false.
22 January 2017 A new congressional bill seeks to end U.S. participation in the United Nations, but the same bill has been introduced to each new Congress for 20 years running.
Updated Untrustworthy web sites reported that at President Obama's behest, the United Nations ordered the U.S. to pay reparations to African Americans for slavery.
8 October 2016 A new report criticizing 'pervasive racial bias' against African-Americans has right-wing websites in a tizzy.
28 September 2016 The United Nations has not ordered the United States to pay reparations to black citizens for slavery.
Updated Despite what critics charge, the U.S. isn't giving away the Internet, but America is relinquishing control over a critical component of its infrastructure.
5 August 2016 No, the Obama administration isn't secretly pursuing a plan for the federal takeover of all local police forces.
29 June 2016 A misleading article about religious worship at public schools in the UK claimed the U.N. had declared that taking children to church violates their human rights.
24 June 2016 A fast-moving Brexit vote led to a Fox News error suggesting the UK voted to leave the United Nations.
13 April 2016 An old, thinly sourced 2012 video led to rumors that the UN planned to disarm Americans by force.
Updated A U.N. small arms treaty signed by the U.S. provides a 'legal way around the 2nd Amendment'?
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