Does an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer get 71 days of training, while it takes 150 days to become a certified Petco pet stylist? Yes, that's essentially true: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson confirmed that
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Full Fact→ Alton Towers isn’t giving away clothing and tech gift sets for filling in survey
A spokesperson for the theme park said this is not a genuine offer from the theme park.
Full Fact→ AI images of Spain’s Lamine Yamal celebrating World Cup win with Palestinian flag spread online
The footballer did wave a Palestinian flag during a victory parade after FC Barcelona won La Liga in May, but pictures of him draped in the flag at the 2026 World Cup final are fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lamine Yamal Did NOT Unfold Keffiyeh At Pitch During 2026 FIFA World Cup
Did soccer player Lamine Yamal show a keffiyeh during one of the Spain games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? No, that's not true: The rumor was based on a digitally altered image taken during a match between Spain and Saudi Arabia in mid-June
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Art Exhibition Featuring Elderly Woman’s Dead Body Was NOT Created After Ann Widdecombe’s Death
Was an art exhibition featuring an elderly woman's dead body created after the death of former Conservative Member of Parliament Ann Widdecombe? No, that's not true: The exhibit predates Widdecombe's death by more than two months. The art
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Lamine Yamal Draped In The Palestine Flag, Holding World Cup Trophy
Is a photo showing Spanish footballer Lamine Yamal draped in the Palestine flag and holding the World Cup trophy real? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Yamal wore a Palestinian flag over his shoulders after Spain defeated Ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fireworks Were NOT Blue After FIFA World Cup Final — Real Footage With Altered Colors
Did the fireworks at the World Cup finals have blue smoke, suggesting that the game had been rigged for Argentina, but Spain upset those plans? No, that's not true: The fireworks smoke was white during the closing ceremony. The footage in
Full Fact→ Video of a woman in a niqab being told to leave Tesco is an AI fake
A viral video showing a security guard asking a woman in a niqab to leave a Tesco store isn’t genuine footage. Tesco confirmed this is not real store policy.
Full Fact→ 26 June was not the ‘hottest day’ in the UK since 1976
Social media posts have claimed a previous record June temperature set in 1976 is evidence global warming isn’t real.
Full Fact→ Poster warning Glasgow area has ‘high risk of sexual assault’ not produced by council
An image of a fake Glasgow City Council poster warning about “reports of sexual assaults” is not genuine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lamine Yamal Did NOT Show V Sign To Avoid Shaking Hands With Trump
Does a viral clip accurately document what happened during the 2026 FIFA World Cup award ceremony when Spanish soccer player Lamine Yamal came to the podium to receive a medal from Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Contrary to claims on
FactCheck.org→ The Dubious Rags to Riches Promise of Trump Accounts
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that so-called Trump accounts, new federal investment and savings accounts for children, “could grow to hundreds of thousands of dollars” by the time children turn 18. That’s only true if parents or
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say He Would ‘Turn The Giant Faucet’ Toward Canada On Truth Social
Did President Donald Trump publish a post on Truth Social saying that he would "turn the giant faucet" located in California toward Canada as that country's wildfires burn? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a post was ev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump NOT Edited Out of Spanish Team Photo From World Cup Trophy Presentation
Does a Spanish team photo from the World Cup trophy presentation have U.S. President Donald Trump edited out of it? No, that's not true: Trump was not removed -- digitally or otherwise -- from the photo. Broadcast footage of the ceremony
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Crying Referee PREDATES 2026 FIFA World Cup Final Match Between Spain And Argentina
Does a viral video show a referee who officiated the 2026 FIFA World Cup final crying over Argentina's defeat? No, that's not true: That referee retired three years before that game. Social media posts reused a clip from his last match wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Mitch McConnell’s Staff Posted Hospital Photo Containing Possible AI Glitches
Did Sen. Mitch McConnell's staff post a hospital photo containing possible AI glitches over the weekend of July 18-19, 2026? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the staff of the U.S. senator from Kentucky released such an image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of IED Attack On M1A Abrams Tanks Driving Over Bridge In Southern Lebanon — AI-Generated
Does a video show an ambush or IED attack on a convoy of M1A Abrams tanks crossing a bridge? No, that's not true: This video is fake. It circulated on social media in early April 2026 with captions claiming it showed Israeli tanks attacke
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post ‘Paul McCartney Is An Anti-Trump Joke’ — Creator Says Not Real
Did Donald Trump post "Paul McCartney is an anti-Trump joke" on Truth Social? No, that's not true: The post's original creator said it was fake. There is no such message on Trump's Truth Social account, and no credible news reports exist
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer won’t get a £115,000 ‘pension’ or ‘salary’ for life
We’ve seen claims circulating online again that Keir Starmer will get a £115,000 “pension” or “salary” for life. But this isn’t correct.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows A U.S. B-52 Being Shot Down By A Missile — Computer Generated
Does a video show an American B-52 bomber being shot down by a missile? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that a U.S. B-52 has been shot down, and no credible news organizations had reported such an incident as of July 18, 2026. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Iranian Attack On Base In Jordan Used By U.S. Forces — Digitally Created
Is this an actual video of the Iranian attack on a base in Jordan used by U.S. forces on July 17, 2026? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the clip depicts an actual attack. An online AI detection tool concluded that the video was
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: AI Insect, Animal Fight Videos Have Bugs In Them — Stop Fakes From Crawling Through
Have you seen viral videos showing fights between captive insects and small animals? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. A growing number of s
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Election Security Speech
In a July 16 prime-time speech that warned of “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure,” President Donald Trump cast doubt on the country’s ability to hold “free and fair elections” but offered no evidence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Elliot Page On Men’s Health Cover For August 2026
Does a viral image of actor Elliot Page actually show him on the August 2026 Men's Health magazine cover? No, that's not true: The magazine told Lead Stories it didn't publish such a cover. The picture shared on social media originated fr
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls
Fact-check: Are 250,000 noncitizens on US voting rolls?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FIFA President Gianni Infantino Did NOT Say They Will Make A Decision About Argentina Political Message After Final Game
Did FIFA President Gianni Infantino announce that the organization was going to wait until after the final 2026 World Cup game to make a decision regarding the Falklands banner displayed by players from Argentina after their win over Engl
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Flawed Claims About Sperm Count and Fertility
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has baselessly tied alleged declines in sperm counts among teenagers to a “fertility crisis” or an “explosion in infertility.” There is very little data on sperm counts in teenagers,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Appeal To China To Meddle In 2020 Election During TV Interview — It Was A ‘What If’ Question
Did former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeal to China to meddle in the 2020 election during a TV interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC? No, that's not true: Clinton posed the hypothetical question while mocking special counse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comedy Film Showing Woman Tied Up In Kitchen NOT From Epstein Files
Is a video of a woman tied up in a kitchen begging for food from the Epstein files? No, that's not true: The clip is from a comedy sketch included in a 2010 review of a "Star Wars" movie. The woman in the footage is an actor named Jocelyn
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Pete Hegseth Yearbook Picture With Black Hair And Guyliner — His Real Yearbook Pictures Are Different
Does a real yearbook photo show an edgy punk teenage Pete Hegseth with black spiky hair and eyeliner? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generated and is not Pete Hegseth's yearbook photo. Forest Lake High School has an archive of past
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Did NOT Say, ‘Infertility Is Genetic. If Your Parents Couldn’t Have Kids, Then You Won’t Either’
Did U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say, "Infertility is genetic. If your parents couldn't have kids, then you won't either"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Kennedy ever made this statemen
Full Fact→ Posts claiming Andy Burnham ‘has no legal right to be Prime Minister’ aren’t accurate
Contrary to a claim circulating on social media, it’s not true that an MP must have been elected in a general election to become Prime Minister.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Timothy Donahue Was ICE Agent Who Shot, Killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine
Is Timothy Donahue the ICE agent who shot and killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine on July 13, 2026? No, that's not true: Neither Immigration and Customs Enforcement nor the Maine Attorney General's Office has released the identity of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO REPORTS About Trump Being ‘Apocalyptically Angry’ Over People Calling Diarrhea Outbreak ‘Trumporrhea’
Did Trump go "apocalyptically angry" over people dubbing the 2026 cyclosporiasis outbreak "Trumporrhea"? No, that's not true: No credible news outlets reported that. The rumor originated from a self-described satire account that claimed i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Blue Angels Flyover On Florida Beach — Digitally Fabricated Photo
Is an image of a U.S. Navy Blue Angels flyover on Pensacola Beach in Florida real? No, that's not true: Although the Blue Angels ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a low flyover during the July 15, 2026, air show,
PolitiFact→ Jon Ossoff – Did Mike Collins help double health insurance premiums for 1 million Georgians?
President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”
PolitiFact→ Live fact-check: President Donald Trump's expected address on election security
Fact-checking Trump TV address on election security
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real Photos Show Lionel Messi Bathing Lamine Yamal As A Baby In 2007 — Photoshoot For Charity Fundraising Calendar
Do real photos show Lionel Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal in 2007? Yes, it's true: It has been nearly 19 years since members of the Barcelona soccer team posed with children for a charity fundraising calendar. The five-month-old baby pai
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump's address: What he said about China and 2020 election, what documents show
President Trump hurled a slew of allegations about China's 2020 election activities in his primetime address. What do the documents show?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT Real Photo Of ICE Officers In Biddeford, Maine — Made-Up Details AI-Generated From Blurry Source
Does a crisp in-focus photograph help identify the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who were on the scene of a shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026? No, that's not true: According to the content detection tool at