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
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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: 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
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: 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
FactCheck.org→ No Clear Evidence Religion Is ‘Bigger and Stronger’ in U.S., Despite Trump Claim
President Donald Trump said at a June faith conference that “religion is back in our country, bigger and stronger than it has been in many, many years” and “it’s going up.” The statement is misleading, as multiple surveys show lower reli
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: ‘Farmer Vs. Activist’ Dialogue Posts Are Grown With AI — Feeding Audiences Slop To Farm Engagement
Have you seen viral images of an "activist" talking to a middle-aged farmer, paired with the caption claiming to describe their dialogue? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such pictures recently and has found that many of them were cre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OLD, ALTERED Image Does NOT Show Argentina-England Referee Ismail Elfath ‘Asking For A Photo’ With Lionel Messi In 2026 — Or Ever
Does a viral image prove that Argentina-England referee Ismail Elfath "asked for a photo" with Argentina's captain Lionel Messi? No, that's not true: The photo was cropped to remove the captain of the opposing team, who was posing with Me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims Florida Officer ‘Lena Hale’ Impregnated 13 Inmates — Facility Does Not Exist
Was a real Florida corrections officer named "Lena Hale" arrested for impregnating inmates? No, that's not true: No credible news organizations reported the story. Viral posts making the claim shared images showing a person supposedly hav
Full Fact→ Video of Italian Prime Minister saying Sharia law won’t be allowed in Italy is AI-generated
A video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying "we won’t allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy" circulating online is an AI-generated deepfake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EDITED Photo Shows Edinburgh Castle Displaying Argentine Flags Ahead Of Match Against England
Does a real photo show Edinburgh Castle displaying Argentine flags ahead of the World Cup match against England on July 15, 2026? No, that's not true: The image appears to have been digitally edited. The Argentine flags were added to an o
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump’s cargo toll plan in Strait of Hormuz would have been unprecedented, and likely illegal
Trump toll for Strait of Hormuz would’ve been unprecedented
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: FAKE AI Sandra Bullock Videos Try To Seduce You With Congeniality At Speed — Gravity Of These Scams On The Net Is Infamous
Have you seen viral videos showing Sandra Bullock asking for personal information of followers? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. They do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Did NOT Decide Against Releasing CCTV Footage Of M.P. Ann Widdecombe Murder Suspect To Hide His Race, Ethnicity
Did police in the United Kingdom decide not to release CCTV footage of a suspect in the murder of Conservative Member of Parliament Ann Widdecombe to hide his race or ethnicity? No, that's not true: When Devon and Cornwall Police announce
FactCheck.org→ Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes
Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors money for work done on his presidential library in Chicago? A: Some subcontractors have said they were not paid for their work. The Obama Foundation told us that the construction project
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitch McConnell Photo Released In July 2026 Has NOT Been Publicly Available Since 2023
Has a photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, released by his office on July 12, 2026, been publicly available since 2023? No, that's not true: A reverse image search found no evidence that the image had been published three years earl
Lead Stories→ Warning: Google Gemini SynthID AI Watermark Detector Appears To Mix Up Results In Same Chat — Consistently Shows False Positives And Negatives Under Certain Conditions
While investigating a video for a recent fact-check, Lead Stories encountered a bizarre issue with the SynthID AI detector in Google's Gemini chatbot. Over several chats it appeared to contradict an earlier detection result for the same v
Full Fact→ Harry Kane didn’t refuse to wear a rainbow symbol in matches
Claims being shared online that the England captain stated he will not wear the LGBT rainbow symbol in upcoming matches are false.
New York Times→ Trump Justifies $2 Billion Made as President With Inaccurate Claims
President Trump has wrongly attributed the $2 billion windfall he gained during his second term to a hot stock market and claimed that he was the only president to donate his salary.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
PolitiFact→ What Trump’s communism claims miss about Democrats and democratic socialists
Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism
PolitiFact→ Paul Renner – FL governor’s race: Did Jay Collins sponsor a bill giving permanent tax breaks to AI data centers?
Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: REAL Email In Epstein Files Contains Joke About Mitt Romney’s Wife And Barack Obama
Is an email from the Epstein files with a joke about Mitt Romney's wife and Barack Obama real? Yes, that's true: The email appears among the Epstein files on the Justice Department website. It was sent to Jeffrey Epstein by Emirati busine
FactCheck.org→ Alaska Senate Race Ads Mislead on Peltola’s Votes on Military Pay Raise
Ads in the Alaska Senate race are trading competing claims about former Rep. Mary Peltola’s votes on military pay raises. In late 2023, Peltola, a Democrat, voted in favor of a compromise defense bill that included a 5.2% pay increase for mem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Trump Posted as ‘Retribution’ Against Iran Does NOT Show July 2026 U.S. Bombing — It Is June 2025 Israeli Attack
Does an image posted by President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account as evidence of "retribution" against Iran show a U.S. bombing in July 2026? No, that's not true: The photo shows a previous attack on Iran by Israel that took plac
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos — AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames
Have you seen the viral videos showing mass protests in the streets of British cities? Lead Stories has spotted several such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real peo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Looking Anxious After Messi Missed Penalty Against Egypt — Predates The Match
Did a caption below a viral image correctly describe it as showing FIFA President Gianni Infantino looking anxious after Argentine forward Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick during a World Cup match against Egypt? No, that's not true: The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE "Breaking News" Video Shows Furries Chasing Patriot Front Member In Downtown D.C. — AI Media Account Origin
Does a real "live" news broadcast show footage of a group of furries chasing a member of Patriot Front in downtown Washington D.C.? No, that's not true: The video originated from an account that declares in both its username and tagline t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Mitch McConnell On Life Support Was Generated Using OpenAI
Does a real photo show Mitch McConnell on life support? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the image depicts an actual moment involving the senior U.S. senator from Kentucky in a hospital. An online AI detection tool found a SynthI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Does NOT Show Tall Ships Sailing Near Liberty Island In New York Harbor On July 4, 2026
Does a viral image show the Sail4th250 tall ships Independence Day parade in New York Harbor on July 4, 2026? No, that's not true: Despite claiming to show one of the real vessels, the picture was "completely fabricated", a representative
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitch McConnell’s Wife Elaine Chao Did NOT Go To China After He Was Hospitalized With ‘Cardiac Arrest’ — Had Been There For Days
Did Sen. Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, go to China after he was hospitalized following a "cardiac arrest"? No, that's not true: Chao, a former U.S. transportation secretary, was already in China when her husband was taken to the ho
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump says stock market drove his 2025 income gains, but the majority came from crypto
"You know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market's going up. ... I'm profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux, France, Was NOT Set On Fire By Immigrants in July 2026 — Basilica Remained Intact
Did people born outside France or French territories set the Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux on fire in July 2026? No, that's not true: The City of Bordeaux denied that when contacted by Lead Stories. The fire occurred near the church a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mamdani Was NOT Barred From Katz’s Deli In New York City — Claim Originated On Parody Hub
Was New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani barred from Katz's Deli in New York? No, that's not true: The story originated on a Facebook page known for its satirical content, which carries the warning "Nothing on this page is real." The image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Bodycam Footage Shows Kidnapped Child Being Rescued At Orlando Airport — Made With Google AI
Does real police bodycam footage show the moment police rescued a kidnapped child at Orlando International Airport? No, that's not true: This video is fake. Google's Gemini verification tool detected a SynthID watermark in the visuals and
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Group Makes False Claim in Insider-Trading Ad Attacking Susan Collins
Sen. Susan Collins helped pass a 2012 law that affirmed that members of Congress are not exempt from insider-trading laws and required members to more promptly disclose their trades of stocks and other investments. But an ad from a pro-Democrat group
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Believing Fake Promo Videos For Christian Clothing Brand Requires Leap Of Faith — AI Breaks Commandment Against Lying
Have you come across viral videos showing how people mock influencers for wearing Christian-themed clothing? Lead Stories has identified several of these clips in recent weeks and determined that many were AI-generated. The people and sce