Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his Rose Garden announcement of sweeping new “reciprocal tariffs,” President Donald Trump held aloft a misleading chart that claimed to give a breakdown of the tariff
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The Dispatch→ Taxation Without Representation
Without meaningful representation, anyway.
PolitiFact→ Cory Booker – Has consumer confidence fallen, as Sen. Cory Booker said? Two key surveys say yes
"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."
FactCheck.org→ Legal Scholars Dispute Constitutional ‘Loophole’ for a Third Trump Term
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President Donald Trump said in a March 30 interview that “there are methods” for him to serve a third term in the White House, and a Daily Mail article ref
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking misleading statements by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg
With more than 150 lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration, Trump and his allies are lashing out at judges — and federal Judge James Boasberg in particular. These attacks need fact-checking.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Myanmar quake affected Thailand, but these photos predate that
Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern About A 3-Year-Old Boy Found In The Bronx
Do posts about a "young boy, around 3 years old," found in The Bronx express authentic concern about the child said to have been found unattended "an hour ago"? No, that's not true: The content of these posts was later replaced with real
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About Baby Boy ‘Found Abandoned By The Roadside Roughly An Hour Ago’ Are A Scam
Are Facebook posts reporting a baby boy was found "abandoned by the roadside roughly an hour ago" in March and April 2025 genuine? No, that's not true: The posts are part of a bait-and-switch scam designed to lure social media users into
Full Fact→ ONS fixes error on its deaths dashboard
Full Fact→ Lidl is not offering garden tool kits to over-50s for £3
Posts on Facebook asking people to fill out a survey to access the deal are not associated with the retailer, and are not legitimate offers.
Full Fact→ No, mRNA vaccines don’t ‘genetically alter humanity’
Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say DOGE Had Found ‘Millions Spent on Golf by One Official’ — Post is Fake
Did Elon Musk say in a post on X that DOGE had uncovered "tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official"? No, that's not true: What appeared to be screenshots of a March 16, 2025, post by Musk to that effect we
Full Fact→ How does the Full Fact team choose what to fact check?
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior politics journalist Nasim Asl answers the question we’re regularly asked as fact checkers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say the Late Lee Iacocca Endorsed His 2025 Tariff Plans
Did U.S. President Donald Trump claim that automobile executive Lee Iacocca had endorsed his tariff plans in April 2025, even though Iacocca died in 2019? No, that's not true: In remarks on April 2, 2025, Trump cited praise of his plan fr
Full Fact→ No evidence Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg have partnered with Elon Musk to invest in a ‘non-woke’ film studio
We debunked a similar claim that circulated last year.
The Dispatch→ Can TikTok Save Itself?
Prospective buyers scramble to make a deal ahead of a Saturday deadline.
Health Feedback→ Suzanne Humphries repeats debunked claims on vaccines, polio in Joe Rogan interview
REVIEW On 26 March 2025, podcaster Joe Rogan interviewed physician Suzanne Humphries on his show The Joe Rogan Experience. A video of Humphries’ interview, uploaded to YouTube, received more than 1.6 million views at the time of publication. Humph
Full Fact→ Compilation video claiming to show Myanmar earthquake damage is likely AI
The seven clips seem to show devastation following the 7.7 magnitude quake, but there are clues that it is not genuine footage.
Full Fact→ No, Donald Trump hasn’t called for Skittles to be banned
A video seemingly showing the US president calling for a ban on Skittles and the red food colouring carmine is a deepfake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About AOC’s Family Cashing Social Security Check Of Dead Grandmother Originated On Site Trolling Conservatives
Did the family of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez overlook 14.5 years of cashing the social security check of their dead grandmother? No, that's not true: The "news" about the social security check originated on a website with a c
The Dispatch→ Big Government Now
Jefferson versus Hamilton forever.
The Dispatch→ Evangelizing vs. Proselytizing
Will SCOTUS side with religious institutions?
The Dispatch→ In Canada, Trump Is on the Ballot
And he is losing. So are U.S. interests.
The Dispatch→ How AI Is Jolting the Labor Force
We need more electricians, but occupational licensing raises barriers.
The Dispatch→ Government Tools for Handling Classified Communications, Explained
What are the approved methods and means of communicating securely?
PolitiFact→ X posts – Social media post distorts ballot shortage in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election
“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for unfounded claims about Elon Musk urging to boycott ‘The View’
“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”
The Dispatch→ Damn the Torpedoes
Will Tuesday’s election results make Trump and Musk change course?
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart isn’t new: People with work permits get Social Security numbers
Elon Musk said a chart about noncitizens receiving Social Security numbers was “mind-blowing.” But it didn’t show anything nefarious or new. By law, noncitizens who are authorized to work in the U.S. receive Social Security numbers so they can pa
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Plastic surgery crime story originated on a self-described satire site
“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance falsely says Maryland man deported to El Salvador was ‘a convicted MS-13 gang member’
Kilmar Armado Abrego-Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”
The Dispatch→ Phony Liberation From a Phony War
Nationalism cosplaying as patriotism isn’t fooling anybody.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots ‘In Red Areas’ On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025
Did Wisconsin run out of ballots in Republican-leaning "red areas" on the day of the State Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025? No, that's not true: The shortage affected only the City of Milwaukee, election officials told Lead Storie
The Dispatch→ Did the U.K. Propose a ‘Two-Tier Justice System’ for Criminal Sentencing?
Assessing claims about recently proposed sentencing guidelines in England and Wales.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Delivers Remarks on New Tariffs : CSPAN : April 2, 2025 4:05pm-5:02pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump delivers remarks from the White House Rose Garden on expected new tariffs on imported goods. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Capti
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Trump didn’t suggest we replace Pride month with veterans month
President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t author this X post about incest. This is fake
Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”
The Dispatch→ Three Big Reasons to Doubt Trump’s Tariff-Driven Investment ‘Boom’
Companies tend to overpromise and underdeliver, while higher costs and uncertainty could trigger a retreat.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: R. Kelly Was NOT Pardoned By Donald Trump, Released From Prison, As Of April 2, 2025
Does a viral video show singer R. Kelly walking out of prison after being pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2025? No, that's not true: The scene predated the singer's conviction in the 2022 criminal trial. As of this writing, R.
Full Fact→ Toby Carvery is not giving away free meal-for-two voucher
A post supposedly sharing a voucher for a meal and drinks for two people at the restaurant chain is circulating on Facebook, but it’s not genuine.