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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: Video Of Burning Tower Buildings Is NOT From Iranian Strikes In Tel Aviv — Hong Kong In 2025
Does a video show burning tower buildings in Tel Aviv following Iranian strikes in April 2026? No, that's not true: The video shows a deadly fire in Hong Kong in November 2025. The footage is not related to the Middle East conflict. The
Full Fact→ Video of 2025 cinema brawl shared with false claims it shows clashes at Tel Aviv airport
A clip circulating online claims to show clashes at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. But it is actually footage of a July 2025 incident at a cinema in Jerusalem.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Soldiers’ Coffins Arriving In The US Is NOT From Those Killed In Kuwait In March 2026 — From December 2025
Is a video of coffins arriving in the US showing soldiers that were killed in an attack in Kuwait in March 2026 during the U.S. attack on Iran? No, that's not true: The video is from December 2025. It shows the dignified transfer of two N
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Chart On 2025 Steel Production Increase Does NOT Show Actual Scale — Extreme Zoom On Y Axis
Does the size difference between two bars in a White House chart of U.S. steel production show the actual rate of growth from 2024 to 2025? No, that's not true: The bar representing 2025 is twice the size of the 2024 bar, which visually s
PolitiFact→ Investigation of Fed chief Jerome Powell: What Trump has said about him since April 2025
Criminal probe latest in Trump clash with Fed chief Powell
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories’ Top Debunks Of 2025: Charlie Kirk, Jeffrey Epstein, And What Trump Did NOT Say
False claims about the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Jeffrey Epstein files, and purported verbal gaffes by President Trump topped the list of most-read Lead Stories fact checks in 2025. Here are our most read fact checks of the past yea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Caracas, Venezuela Under Missile Bombardment — 2025 Israel Footage
Does a viral video show missiles raining down from the clouds on Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026? No, that's not true: A viral video making the rounds does not show the actual attacks that took place on that date. It is an old video
The Dispatch→ Bidding Farewell to 2025
A selection of our best longform pieces from a long, long year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chart Does NOT Show Drug Overdose Deaths ‘Dropped Off A Cliff’ in 2025 Under Trump — It Was Biden in ’24
Does a medical study chart show that drug overdose deaths in the United States sharply declined in 2025 under President Trump? No, that's not true: The chart is based on a medical study published in June 2025 that looked at drug death sta
The Dispatch→ The Best Books and Albums of 2025
The Dispatch team reflects on its favorite music and books of the year.
The Dispatch→ The Best of 2025 | Roundtable
Plus: The roundtable's New Years resolutions for 2026.
PolitiFact→ It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
The Dispatch→ The Best Films and TV Shows of 2025
A round-up of The Dispatch’s favorite pop culture this year.
Full Fact→ Five lessons from our fact checking in 2025
What changes have our fact checkers on the frontline of the fight against misinformation seen over the past 12 months—and what might that mean for 2026?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People In Music For 2025 Does NOT Include Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Willie Nelson, Or Anyone — Fake List From Vietnam
Does Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in music for 2025 include Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Willie Nelson, Pink, Jimmy Page, Johnny Mathis, Mick Jagger, or anyone? No, that's not true: There is no such TIME Magazine list. While musi
AllSides→ The Whoppers of 2025
The Whoppers of 2025 jbhicks Thu, 12/18/2025 - 06:10 Read more about The Whoppers of 2025 Since he entered politics, President Donald Trump has been a regular on our end-of-year list of the most egregious and noteworthy falsehood
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2025
Summary Since he entered politics, President Donald Trump has been a regular on our end-of-year list of the most egregious and noteworthy falsehoods and distortions. With Trump back in the White House in 2025, it’s no surprise that he dominat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Josephine Boudreaux’ Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 – Fabricated Clickbait
Did a "Josephine Boudreaux, the Black Widow of Louisiana", seduce and kill 11 Klan members in 1872? No, that's not true: This story is made up and only recently surfaced on social media. There is no historical record of this woman, and th
PolitiFact→ What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
PolitiFact→ Announcing PolitiFact Readers' Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year
2025 Lie of the Year: Readers’ Choice winner
PolitiFact→ A history of PolitiFact's Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025
Lie of the Year lookback, from 2009 to 2025
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Did NOT Send $45 Million In Cash To The Taliban In Afghanistan On December 8, 2025 — Old Photo Used
Did the United States send $45 million in freshly-printed cash to the Taliban in Afghanistan on a chartered flight on December 8, 2025? No, that's not true: The photo used to make the claim was published in 2023 in a report about United N
The Dispatch→ Founders Town Hall: Bye Bye, 2025
Tune in to our special livestreamed conversation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney World Did NOT Announce It Is Closing Permanently In 2025 — Claim Originated From Satire Website
Did Disney World announce it is closing permanently at the end of 2025? No, that's not true: The rumor originated from a satire website. As of this writing, no credible news outlet has reported that Disney World is scheduled to shut down
Full Fact→ Budget 2025: fact checked
Join us tomorrow as we fact check Rachel Reeves’s second Budget as chancellor.
Full Fact→ What is the size of the 2025 Budget ‘black hole’?
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we’ve taken a look at what it means when people talk about a ‘black hole’ in the public finances.
PolitiFact→ Readers’ choice: Vote for your 2025 Lie of the Year
2025 Lie of the Year: Readers’ Choice poll vote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Bridge Photos Circulating Do NOT Show The Hongqi Bridge That Collapsed In Southwest China Nov. 11, 2025
Do all the collapsed bridge photos on social media really show the Nov. 11, 2025 collapse of the Hongqi bridge in southwest China? No, that's not true: The new Hongqi bridge did collapse, one day after it was closed to traffic due to the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Perform ‘Live Takedown’ Of Trump On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Show — No Such Episode Or Video Exists As Of November 12, 2025
Was former first lady Michelle Obama videotaped executing a barbed takedown of Donald Trump on the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' show in the fall of 2025? No, that's not true: As of November 12, 2025, no such video recording existed. Michelle Obam
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: As Of November 10, 2025, Court Did NOT Issue Arrest Warrant For ‘ICE Agent Who Shot a Chicago Woman Five Times’
Is a federal employee described as an "ICE agent" in social media posts now wanted by law enforcement for his involvement in a Chicago shooting? No, that's not true: No court records say that such an arrest warrant was issued. An attorney
PolitiFact→ X posts – Novo Nordisk's Gordon Findlay didn't faint Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. He wasn't even there
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Post Comparing 2025 Thanksgiving Dinner Price To 2024 Refers To A Specific Walmart Promo — Different Menu Each Year Thwarts Precise Comparison
Has the cost to serve Thanksgiving dinner "under Trump" dropped 25% since 2024 "under Biden"? A post from the White House says that, but the post compares the 2025 Thanksgiving dinner promo from Walmart to the one offered in 2024. The two
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘No More SNAP Benefits’ Video Of Two Women Moving ‘Two Carts Full Of Products’ Into Their Car Is NOT Related To Program’s Cuts In November 2025
Does a viral video capture a grocery theft related to the freeze of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, in November 2025? No, that's not true: A search for the origins of the video showed that it had been on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Inflatable JD Vance As Part Of 2025 White House Halloween Decorations Is NOT Real Photo
Does a viral picture of an inflatable JD Vance show what the White House Halloween decorations looked like in October 2025? No, that's not true: The image was not an authentic photograph. It originated from an AI-generated video showing s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The View’ Was NOT Cancelled, Replaced With ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’, As Of October 30, 2025
Did ABC cancel "The View" and replace it with "The Charlie Kirk Show" hosted by the late conservative activist's widow, Erika Kirk, and other people, including Megyn Kelly? No, none of that is true: The show continued to be on air after t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Say It Would Close Its Doors On November 1, 2025, ‘Ahead Of The Expected SNAP Benefit Chaos’
Did Walmart announce it would shut down stores for in-person shopping on November 1, 2025, due to the expected lapse in federal funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clip Does NOT Show Timelapse Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS — Authentic July 15, 2025 Image From Gemini North Telescope Is Different
Does a video clip show a timelapse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, released on July 15, 2025, by NSF's NOIRLab and the University of Hawaii? No, that's not true: The authentic image of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Does NOT Show October 2025 Louvre Break-In
Does a viral video authentically portray the October 2025 Louvre robbery in Paris, France? No, that's not true: The clip is not authentic CCTV footage. The details of the scene in the viral video did not match the specific Louvre gallery