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Full Fact→ UK youth unemployment is higher than the EU average, but not the ‘highest in Europe’
The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but this isn’t correct.
Full Fact→ The Representation of the People Bill does not protect UK democracy from misinformation
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address
Summary In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that “our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.” “What a difference a president makes,”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address
State of the Union 2026: Fact-checks of Democrats' responses
PolitiFact→ State of the Union fact-check: Trump exaggerates on economy, immigration
Fact-checking the president’s claims about the economy and inflation from the State of the Union address to Congress.
PolitiFact→ Will Trump account holders have $100,000 at age 18? It’s not guaranteed
At his Feb. 24 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump promoted his newly launched "Trump accounts." The acco
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump on inflation rate at State of the Union
President Donald Trump inflated his administration’s success in reducing inflation at his Feb. 24 State of the Union add
PolitiFact→ Live fact-check: Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address
Live fact-checking Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Spotted In Québec, Canada — AI Face Swap Video
Was Ghislaine Maxwell spotted out and about in Québec, Canada? No, that's not true: This video shows a real street scene in Québec, but an AI tool has been used to swap the face of the woman with Ghislaine Maxwell's. The creator who pub
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Specimen 9X At Blackridge Containment Facility In Nevada
Is a video that shows "Specimen 9X" at a place called the "Blackridge Containment Facility" in Nevada legitimate? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the video likely to be AI-generated. The "Blackridge Containment Facilit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Maria Julissa And ‘El Mencho’ — Google AI Detector Says They Were Made By Google’s AI
Are these real photos of OnlyFans model and social media influencer Maria Julissa and Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader killed by the Mexican Army? No, that's not true: On her Instagram accou
Full Fact→ The Gorton and Denton by-election: fact checked
As voters in the Greater Manchester constituency prepare to head to the polls, here’s a round-up of claims we’ve fact checked from the campaign.
Full Fact→ Fake Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor mugshot circulates following arrest
An image which appears to be a custody photo of the former prince has been shared on social media, but it’s not real, and very probably an AI creation.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address: Start time, how to watch
Live fact-checking Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A ‘Nazi’ — De Niro Did
Did Bruce Springsteen, Jason Kelce, and Snoop Dogg, along with other entertainment and sports celebrities, call Trump adviser Stephen Miller a "Nazi" and "the Goebbels of the cabinet"? No, that's not true: The claim that a celebrity "call
Full Fact→ Nigel Farage has not introduced a ‘Parliamentary Allegiance Act’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Mention of Blackface, Trudeau, Perry Or Drake In USA Hockey Captain Auston Matthews Post Gold Medal Game Interview
Did Team USA hockey captain Auston Matthews go off the rails during a postgame interview, slamming Canada? No, that's not true: Video of Matthews' interview after the Feb. 22, 2026, Olympic gold medal game shows that he never called out C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES ‘John Barron’ Caller Was Trump
Does a viral post prove that U.S. President Donald Trump called C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's decision making his previous sweeping tariffs on foreign goods illegal? No, that's not true: The caller who introduced himself as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mislabeled Photos Do NOT Show Austin Tucker Martin Or Demonstrate He Was Transgender — Unidentified Person
Do photos and social media accounts of Austin Tucker Martin reveal him to be transgender? No, that's not true: The photos purporting to show Martin, who was killed while allegedly armed and breaking into President Trump's private Mar-a-La
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Did NOT Give Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights $100 Million Mainly To Pay Protesters
Did California pay the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) more than $100 million mainly to fund protests as a viral social media post said? No, that's not true: California's payments to CHIRLA were overwhelmingly tied to immig
PolitiFact→ Trump says he's kept all of his campaign promises. Our MAGA-Meter shows something different.
MAGA-Meter: Trump has not kept ‘all’ promises
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Is President Donald Trump right that drugs entering the US by sea have dropped by 97%?
After U.S. vessel strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, “drugs entering our country by sea are down 97%.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From ‘Ownership’ of Obamacare
Did Kash Patel, Sen. John Kennedy, Pete Buttigieg, Vince Gill and others demand that former President Barack Obama return millions he earned through ownership related to "Obamacare"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories that swap
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This isn’t a real image of Puerto Vallarta on fire after the killing of a cartel leader; it’s AI
Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of ‘Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway’ Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real
Does a viral clip show the real Erika Kirk dancing next to a highway sign renaming a road after her late husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The video is a product of generative AI. It featured shape-shifting
PolitiFact→ In Context: What did Trump say about inviting US women's hockey team to the State of the Union?
What Trump said about women’s hockey team
Full Fact→ Zarah Sultana MP has not been ‘thrown out of’ the House of Commons
Posts on Facebook have falsely claimed that the MP was ordered out of the chamber by the Speaker for comments she made about the funding for “Soldier F’s” defence.
Full Fact→ No, Kemi Badenoch didn’t use a Commons speech to accuse Zarah Sultana of ‘spewing hatred’
Full Fact→ Facebook post shares fake Angela Rayner and Suella Braverman quotes
An exchange in which the two politicians threatened to embarrass each other never happened.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane Fire Image After Mexican Army Killed Cartel Leader Is AI-Generated — No Such Plane Attacks Occurred
Does an authentic picture show a plane on fire, a purported retaliation following the Feb. 22, 2026 killing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico? No, that's not true: An AI-generated content detector con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Buildings On Fire Is NOT Real Photo Of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Does a viral panoramic image really show Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, during the unrest that followed the killing of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera? No, that's not true: What looked like a Google Earth image was digitally modified to add fires. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bernie Sanders Joke Meme About Owning Companies And Bank Accounts In China Originated On Satire Page
Did a meme about the "National Intelligence Agency" discovering Bernie Sanders owns several companies and bank accounts in China originate from actual news reports? No, that's not true: It originated on a satirical Facebook page run by a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The ‘Dark Side’ Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views — It’s Viet Spam
Did Jon Stewart broadcast a livestream about the Virginia Giuffre case and did the show get 3.2 billion views globally? No, that's not true: Giuffre was one of the women who accused Jeffrey Epstein and others of sexual abuse as a teenager
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Jeremy Clarkson Refusing £100 Million Bill Gates Deal For His Farm Is NOT Real
Is a video of Jeremy Clarkson talking about refusing a "£100 million deal" from Bill Gates to buy his Diddly Squat farm real? No, that's not true: The social media post in which the video appeared came with a lengthy disclaimer largely h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Skit Of Passengers Screaming On A Plane While ‘Unknown Creature Is Loose’ Is NOT Real
Does a video of passengers on a plane screaming while an "unknown creature is loose" show a real incident? No, that's not true: The video clip of the passengers screaming and jumping up on their seats to avoid an unknown critter running a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colbert, Stewart, Hanks Did NOT Reveal A Number Of New Names From Epstein Files — It’s International Clickbait
Did comedians Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart or actor Tom Hanks broadcast a television program to disclose the names of numerous people not previously known to be implicated by the files of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People — Fake Story Is Vietspam
Did the family of Epstein's late survivor Virginia Giuffre, Stephen Colbert or Elon Musk spend millions of dollars to file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other people? No, that's not true: A federal court database s
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The Dispatch→ ‘Yellowstone’ on the Potomac
Why Americans should resist the lure of the neo-royalists.