One of the closing ads from Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race says that Crystal Mason received a five-year prison sentence for illegal voting “because of Ken Paxton’s crackdown on voters of color.” But there’s more t
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gadi Eisenkot Was NOT Declared New Israel PM, As Of October 30, 2026 — Country Still Deadlocked
Was Gadi Eisenkot declared the new prime minister of Israel, as of Oct. 30, 2026, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu in this role as a result of the 2026 legislative election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible reports confirmi
FactCheck.org→ Explaining the Case of the Two Dan Sullivans on Alaska’s Ballot
In the Alaska Senate race, the candidacy of retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. — not the incumbent Republican senator, Dan S. Sullivan — has been the subject of months of legal wrangling. But the issue took on increased national prominence thi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE FOCUS Online News Report About ‘Eco Sanitation Act’ Limiting Toilet Flushing In Germany By 2027 — AI-Generated Audio
Did the German digital news outlet FOCUS Online report about an "Eco Sanitation Act" that will limit Germans to three flushes a day and five minute showers by 2027? No, that's not true: Online searches show FOCUS Online has not reported a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post OMITS ‘Lock On The Door’ From James Talarico’s ‘Welcome Mat’ Border Quote
Did James Talarico, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas in the 2026 midterm campaign, say that the U.S. should have a "welcome mat" on the southern border? Yes, he did, but that was not a full quote of his words: Talarico said the border
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Threaten Spain with ‘Sudden Power Outages And Train Accidents’
Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threaten Spain in 2026 by saying, "There could be sudden power outages and train accidents"? No, that's not true: The video is a copy of an April 10, 2026, statement in which Netanyahu said he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Trump Supporter Who Was Stabbed Outside A Rally In Chillicothe, Ohio — Police Say No Stabbing Occurred
Does a video show a Trump supporter who was stabbed outside a rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, on Oct. 28, 2026? No, that's not true: A Chillicothe Police spokesperson said "there was no stabbing". During a fight an officer broke up, the clip
Full Fact→ Baseless claim that Henry Kissinger gave a WHO speech about ‘mandatory forcible’ vaccinations recirculates
Social media posts are once again claiming the former US Secretary of State gave a speech about vaccinations being used as “extermination services”.
FactCheck.org→ NH Ad Distorts the Facts in Claiming Pappas Grew Rich in Office
An ad airing in the New Hampshire Senate race tells viewers that Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is “out for himself,” using cherry-picked figures to falsely claim that his net worth has skyrocketed while in office. The ad also suggests that he vo
Full Fact→ Airlines are not banning vaccinated people from flying
Similar claims have been circulating online since 2021, but there is no evidence any airline bans vaccinated people from flying.
Full Fact→ Income tax and national debt both existed 100 years ago
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing Muslim woman telling people to ‘cover up’ is fake
Full Fact→ Post from ‘Nobel Committee member’ is satire
A satirical post about Donald Trump’s efforts to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize has been shared on Facebook as if it’s from an actual Nobel Committee member.
Full Fact→ Toby Carvery isn’t giving away a free carvery to celebrate ‘National Yorkshire Pudding Week’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pat McAfee Did NOT Say He Would Join ESPN’s GameDay By Zoom Due To Security Concerns
Did analyst Pat McAfee say he would join ESPN's College GameDay by Zoom due to security concerns? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a parody account. Lead Stories found no matching reports from established news outlets confir
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video of Susan Dell Dancing Was AI-Generated
Does a real video show philanthropist Susan Dell wearing a red dress and dancing at an outdoor patio gathering? No, that's not true: The video is AI-generated and was posted with AI disclaimers on Instagram on Oct. 16, 2026. Content detec
FactCheck.org→ Data Centers and Electricity Prices: It’s Not as Simple as Voters May Think
It’s now taken for granted that data centers across the U.S. are driving up electricity prices. As many Americans have soured on the energy-consuming facilities powering digital life and the AI boom, the issue has become central to the midterm elect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show C-17 Globemaster’s Real Emergency Landing
Does a video show a C-17 Globemaster aircraft making a real-life emergency landing in a field? No, that's not true: Two online tools confirmed that it was AI-generated. The earliest known post of the video disclosed that the dramatic scen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 8 Million Brazilians Did NOT Vote Without ID After Polls Closed — Election Court Says Claim Is False
Did 8 million people in Brazil vote without ID after polls were scheduled to close in the Oct. 25, 2026, runoff election? No, that's not true: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court told Lead Stories the claim that 8 million people voted after
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Moments Before 2026 Train Crash In Urda, Spain — Was Originally Posted In 2020
Does a video of jostled passengers show the moments inside a high-speed train before a fatal crash in Urda, Spain, on Oct. 28, 2026? No, that's not true: The video was posted on Facebook on Feb. 2, 2020, more than six years before that cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE WABI-TV 5 Video Falsely Claims Troy Jackson Threatened To Cut Staff In Half With An Axe
Does a real WABI-TV 5 news report show Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, Troy Jackson, threatening to cut staff in half with an axe? No, that's not true: Station General Manager Kim Petry confirmed that the video is fabricated and "
Full Fact→ Video shows street vendors in Spain, not people selling items looted in France
A video of street vendors in Madrid selling designer bags and football shirts is being shared with false claims it shows people selling goods looted during the recent unrest in France.
Full Fact→ AI mushroom cloud video shared with false claims it shows Ukraine
A video of a mushroom cloud explosion has been shared online with false claims about supposed Ukrainian military losses. The clip has been circulating since 2025 and was made with AI.
Full Fact→ Donald Trump did not post on Truth Social about the Republicans already winning the 2026 midterms
Full Fact could not find any reliable evidence that President Trump’s Truth Social account shared such a post about the Republicans already winning the 2026 midterms.
Full Fact→ Viral video doesn’t show zombie knives delivery to ‘migrant hotel’
Footage of police officers intercepting a shipment of zombie knives is being shared online with false claims that it was bound for a migrant hotel.
Full Fact→ No evidence Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ for the United States
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Attack On Netanyahu In October 2026 — Footage Of Unrelated Incident In Bulgaria
Does a viral video show a life-threatening attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one day after the Oct. 27, 2026, election? No, that's not true: The low quality of the video obscured that it showed a different politician giv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO PROOF Human-Chimpanzee 12-Year-Old Son ‘Augusto Dembo’ Is Real
Does a viral post retell a real-life story of a human-chimpanzee love affair resulting in the birth of a 12-year-old son? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible evidence confirming the claim. Contemporary humans and chimpanze
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photos Show Sasha Obama With Baby Bump — Images Are OpenAI-Generated
Do real photos show former first daughter Sasha Obama with a baby bump? No, that's not true: The photos were modified using OpenAI, and there is no evidence that they depict a real pregnancy. Lead Stories found no matching reports from es
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Cleveland 19 Report ‘Four Former Staffers Have Accused Sherrod Brown Of Sexual Assault’ — AI-Generated Audio
Did WOIO, Cleveland's Channel 19, report that "Four former staffers have accused Sherrod Brown of sexual assault" in a one-minute segment? No, that's not true: According to Hive Moderation, the voiceover of this fabricated clip is AI-gene
FactCheck.org→ Dispelling Unfounded Claims About Voting Machine Issues
Q: Are voting machines changing Democratic votes to Republican votes? Several posts on Facebook are making that claim. A: There is no evidence that touchscreen voting machines are deliberately switching voter selections. Rather, elections experts a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Placed On Leave After Tampering With Air Defense Systems At Mar-a-Lago — It Is Satire
Were four U.S. Secret Service agents placed on leave after tampering with the air defense systems at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's Florida home? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service told Lead Stories, "th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Flávio Bolsonaro Arriving In The U.S. — It Predates His Post-Defeat Landing In Florida
Does a viral video show defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro receiving an ovation upon his arrival in the United States in October 2026? No, that's not true: The footage predated the runoff election by roughly one m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dozens of Pennsylvania Election Workers Did NOT Say Tom Wolf And Kathy Boockvar Ordered Them To Destroy Trump Ballots
Did dozens of Pennsylvania election workers say that then-Gov. Tom Wolf and then-Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar ordered them to destroy Trump ballots in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: This false news story origina
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image That Shows Beyoncé With Shirtless Trump and Epstein Is NOT From Epstein Files
Is a photo that shows Beyoncé with a shirtless Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and another photo of just the two men on an airplane real photos from the Department of Justice Epstein files? No, that's not true: Hive Moderation's AI dete
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Rallies
Throughout October, President Donald Trump has traveled across the country, holding campaign rallies supporting Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms. He has several more rallies scheduled before Election Day on Nov. 3. In his remark
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Claiming To Show Fertility Signs Is AI-Generated — Labels Are Misspelled
Does a real image showing blobs of material, both clear and creamy, provide information about human fertility? No, that's not true: Hive Moderation determined the image was 99.9% likely to be AI-generated, and Google's SynthID detection t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Maui Sunset’ Photo Shows Clinton, Obama And Epstein Together — It Is By Google AI
Does a real "Maui Sunset" photo show Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Jeffrey Epstein together? No, that's not true: An online tool concluded that the image was "made or edited" using Google AI. Lead Stories found no matching reports from e
Full Fact→ Budget 2026: fact checked
Find out how we’ll be covering John Healey’s first Budget as chancellor.
Full Fact→ Andy Burnham makes incorrect claim about Robert Jenrick’s small boats record
Earlier this month the Prime Minister claimed that small boat crossings “went up and up” while Robert Jenrick was immigration minister. But the figures show the opposite.