Did Donald Trump post about Apple CEO Tim Cook bragging that he called him to "kiss my ass"? Yes, that's true: President Trump posted a tribute to outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook on his Truth Social account on April 21, 2026, the day after Ap
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Images Show IDF Soldier Repairing Crucifixion Statue He Vandalized — AI-Generated
Do real photos show an Israel Defense Forces soldier repairing and revering the same crucifixion statue he vandalized? No, that's not true: Two images -- one showing a soldier washing the statue and another showing a soldier kneeling at t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report About Trump, Nuclear Codes NOT Verified, According To Retired CIA Analyst Larry Johnson, Who Mentioned It In Viral Video
Does a verified report say President Donald Trump tried to "access the nuclear codes" but was blocked by Gen. Dan Caine, as claimed by retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson? No, that's not true: There are no credible or verified reports indic
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook users shared a supposed video of Trump at Walter Reed hospital. It’s AI-generated
Video shows President Donald Trump at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
FactCheck.org→ We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
We’re honored to have won the 2026 Webby People’s Voice Award in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Thank you to our loyal readers and social media followers who voted for us. FactCheck.org has now won 12 Pe
Full Fact→ AI-generated videos of upturned dinghies in the English Channel circulate online
Six people are known to have died so far in April attempting to cross the English Channel. But viral videos claiming to show overturned dinghies are not real and were made with AI.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Donald Trump Truth Social Post Claims Israel Is ‘A Far More Important Ally Than The American People’
Did President Donald Trump say Israel is "a far more important ally than the American people"? No, that is not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports tha
Full Fact→ Fake image of people cleaning blood off street in Iran shared online
Although thousands of Iranian protesters were killed in January, a widely shared image showing officials cleaning a blood-soaked street was likely made with AI.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Woman Sued ‘Jason Miller’ For Catching Her Baby Falling Out Of Window
Did a viral clip prove that "25-year-old Jason Miller" was sued for "reckless rescue" of a baby? No, that's not true: The frame supposedly showing the man in the courtroom was taken from the video coverage of a different person's case. It
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Steve Bannon Had Urine On His Pants At World Economic Forum Event
Does an image show Steve Bannon had urine on his pants at a World Economic Forum event? No, that's not true: The dark area running along the inside of Bannon's thighs appears to be a different type and color of fabric rather than a stain.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump With No Damage To His Ear Immediately After Butler Assassination Attempt — It’s AI
Is a photo that shows Donald Trump with no damage to his ear immediately after the Butler assassination attempt authentic? No, that's not true: An online AI detection tool rated the image as 100% likely AI-generated. The account that orig
PolitiFact→ Democratic National Committee – Would Trump’s proposed military budget be the largest increase since WWII?
President Donald Trump's proposed 2027 military budget would be "the largest spending increase since World War II.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post That He Had Access To ‘Vatican Files’ And Could Bring Down ‘The Entire Catholic Church Overnight’ — Fake Post
Did Donald Trump post on Truth Social that he has access to "the Vatican files", boasting he could "bring down the Papacy, the Vatican and the entire Catholic Church overnight"? No, that's not true: This is a fake post that never appeared
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This video shows a 2025 oil tankers collision, not a 2026 US strike on Iranian cargo ship
Video shows the United States’ April 19, 2026, strike on an Iranian cargo ship.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dan Caine Did NOT Storm Out of Emergency Meeting After Trump Suggested Threatening Iran With Nuclear Weapons
Did Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, storm out of an emergency meeting after President Donald Trump said he wanted to threaten Iran with nuclear weapons? No, that's not true: There are no credible or verified reports
Full Fact→ Welsh Labour makes inaccurate claim about Reform UK’s prescriptions stance
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan claimed Reform UK hasn’t said whether it would keep free prescriptions in Wales—but the party has said it would.
PolitiFact→ Social media users questioned Pete Hegseth, Pope Leo's Bible quotes. Here's the full context
Here’s the context for Hegseth and Pope Leo’s Bible quotes
PolitiFact→ Did Disney eliminate and then reinstate ‘ladies and gentleman’ wording in its monorail greeting?
Did Disney ban, then restore ‘ladies and gentlemen’ message?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Personal Assistants To Celebrities Like Tanya Tucker, Kid Rock, Nikki Sixx Did NOT Die At Age 30 — Nor Was One Woman Assistant To Several
Did the personal assistants to celebrities including Kid Rock, Prince William, Nikki Sixx and Tanya Tucker die in early 2026, all at age 30? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and other famous names were all pu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Workers Creating A Dolphin-Shaped Swimming Pool — It’s AI
Is a video that shows workers creating a dolphin-shaped swimming pool authentic? No, that's not true: The video is AI-generated. The account that originally posted the video has an AI disclaimer in its bio. Plus, an online AI detection to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Trump Truth Social Post Calls Australian PM Anthony Albanese ‘Airbus’ — Fabricated Image
Does a social media post by President Donald Trump call Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "Airbus"? No, that's not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliabl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Tiger Escaping Enclosure While Keeper Cleans With Hose
Does a video show a real incident where a tiger escaped its cage while a keeper was cleaning the hall with a hose? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It was originally published on Instagram by an account that almost exclusi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Urge His Catholic Supporters To Start A ‘MAGA Reformation’ And Form A New ‘American Catholicism’
Did President Donald Trump urge his Catholic supporters to start a "MAGA Reformation" and form a new "American Catholicism"? No, that's not true: The account that started a rumor describes itself as satire. No news organizations reported
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Did NOT Say ‘Iran Can Have A Nuclear Weapon’ — He Has Argued Against Nuclear Weapons
Did Pope Leo XIV say, "Iran can have a nuclear weapon," as President Donald Trump suggested on the White House lawn in April 2026? No, that's not true: The pope has repeatedly argued against war and denounced nuclear weapons. In March 202
PolitiFact→ Restoration of America – SAVE America Act ad cites voter ID poll from before bill and misleads on international policies
“83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”
Full Fact→ Fake AI-edited image of Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin circulates online
A real image posted by Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin on the campaign trail has been edited by social media users to change the supporters she’s standing with.
Full Fact→ False claims about rioters recently storming migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth circulate online
Social media posts claiming 460 masked rioters recently stormed migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth aren’t true.
Full Fact→ Video of Muslim women calling for Brighton beach to be dog-free is AI
A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine.
Full Fact→ AI-generated videos of heavily armed Australian border force at sea shared thousands of times
Videos supposedly showing the Australian border force intercepting small boats have been widely shared online. But they’re not real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Saying Your Favorite Celeb Family Dropped A ‘Double Bombshell’ By Adopting Or Giving Birth To Twins Is NOT Real — Spam From Vietnam
Are viral posts claiming your favorite celebrity family adopted or had twin babies and giving them names that "are taking the internet by storm" real? No, that's not true: Nearly identical posts naming at least 49 celebrity families were
Full Fact→ Are 800,000 Scottish people waiting for NHS treatment?
This figure refers to the number of waits, not the number of individuals waiting for treatment as both Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar claimed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Epstein Files Do NOT Reveal Documents Showing That Erika Kirk Worked For Jeffrey Epstein
Do new documents from the Department of Justice Epstein files reveal that Erika Kirk used to work for Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: A search of the publicly available DOJ file of Epstein investigation documents did not find any re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Leo Did NOT Misquote Jesus As Saying, ‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers, But Woe To Those Who Manipulate Religion’ — Punctuated Transcript Shows Where Quote Ends
Did Pope Leo XIV misquote Jesus as saying, "Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion"? No, that's not true: The pope wasn't reading a Scripture passage at the time; he was delivering a homily on peace while in
FactCheck.org→ What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newbor
FactCheck.org→ Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
Elon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed tens of thousands of people in Germany. The vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide during a deadly pandem
PolitiFact→ You can’t get vaccinated from food. But here’s how plant science is helping vaccine research
The truth behind ‘edible vaccines’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post That He Gave The Pope His Job And Ordered Todd Blanche To Investigate Catholic Church — It’s A Fake Post
Did President Donald Trump post on social media saying he gave Pope Leo XIV his job and that he ordered acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to investigate the Catholic Church? No, that's not true: The fake screenshot with a blue verifica
FactCheck.org→ An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly claims that Moulton, a critic of U.S. Immigration and Cu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pete Hegseth Did NOT Falsely Present Quote From ‘Pulp Fiction’ As Real Bible Verse
Did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth falsely present lines from "Pulp Fiction" as a real biblical quote? No, that's not true: In April 2026, Hegseth described it as a prayer used by the "Sandy One" Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in
Full Fact→ Are one in six young people in Wales unemployed?
We’ve looked at the youth unemployment figures in Wales after a claim from a Plaid Cymru Senedd candidate.