Did Travis Kelce, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Caitlin Clark and a 12 other celebrities say that President Trump was "a vicious old bastard draining America's soul after the Born-in-America Act"? No, that's not true: The claim that at l
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Full Fact→ Council reports reveal scale of Labour’s pothole challenge
Full Fact analysis reveals Labour is likely to struggle to deliver on its pledge to fix a million more potholes each year, with early combined estimates from 85 councils projecting no overall increase in repairs in 2025/26.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colbert, Kimmel And Fallon Are NOT Officially Teaming Up For A New ‘Freedom Show’ — It’s Viet Spam
Are late-night TV hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon joining together to create a new "Freedom Show"? No, that's not true: This is an unsourced clickbait claim, made up and distributed by a spam network based in Vietnam
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on the Vaccines the CDC No Longer Recommends for All Kids
In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety
The Dispatch→ Strong Allies Keep America Safer
Investing in our friends abroad will pay dividends at home.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Really Show Local Officer Ordering Driver To Open Armored Truck That Was ‘A Federal Asset"
PolitiFact→ Mehmet Oz – Dr. Oz is wrong: Medicaid enrollees aren’t automatically registered to vote
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Elon Musk And Ted Cruz Has Been Digitally Edited — Faces Changed, Furries Added
Does a real photo show Elon Musk and Ted Cruz posing together while two furries are passing in the background? No, that's not true: A real photo that was posted on Instagram by Ted Cruz has been digitally altered. The changes to the photo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "One Of Ours All Of Yours" Is NOT A Phrase From Nazi Germany — However It Was Really Displayed On A Lectern At A DHS Press Conference In New York City
Did the phrase "One of ours all of yours" originate in Nazi Germany after all the residents in a Czech village were killed in retribution for the killing of an SS officer? No, that's not true: The phrase, which was displayed on a lectern
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Can Donald Trump unilaterally cap credit card interest rates at 10%? It’s a request, not a law.
Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
The Dispatch→ The Ongoing Fallout from the Shooting in Minneapolis
+ Iran crackdown | DOJ vs. the Fed | the UFC defeats the G7
The Dispatch→ Latin America and the Pitfalls of American Intervention
The early 20th century is replete with examples of U.S. involvement gone awry.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Were NOT Antifa and "Transgender Surgeries Performed In This Car" Stickers On Renee Good’s Honda Pilot — AI-Generated Image Originally Posted in ‘Comedy’ Account Riff On Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Was there an Antifa sticker and another one claiming "transgender surgeries performed in this car" on the Honda Pilot Renee Good was driving when she was shot and killed on a Minneapolis street by an ICE agent? No, that's not true: The im
PolitiFact→ Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist'. Here's what it means
Renee Good a ‘domestic terrorist’? Here’s what term means
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mamdani Did NOT Say That ‘Husbands Are Allowed To Beat Their Wives’ Or That City Authorities Should Ignore Domestic Violence Calls
Does a viral post accurately summarize Zohran Mamdani's words from a podcast recorded more than five years before he was sworn in as New York City mayor? No, that's not true: The quote was shortened, and it changed its meaning. A longer,
The Dispatch→ Tax Enforcers Are Actually the Good Guys
By cutting resources for prosecuting rich tax cheats, the Trump administration is leaving billions of dollars on the table.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of U.K. Member Of Parliament Calling For Netanyahu To Be Captured Like Maduro Is NOT Real
Does a video show real footage of a U.K. member of Parliament asking why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been captured the same way the United States captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela? No, that's not true: The clip w
The Dispatch→ Founders Town Hall: What’s Next For Venezuela?
Tune in to our special livestreamed conversation.
Full Fact→ A video shared with claims about US military strikes on Venezuela actually dates from 2024
An old video showing explosions is being shared alongside claims about the recent US strikes on Venezuela. But the footage is unrelated and was filmed in Israel in October 2024.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image of ‘Captured Maduro’ Is NOT Real — Maduro’s Head Was Digitally Attached To Body Of Ukrainian Businessman Known For Ties With Putin
Does a viral image show Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro captured? No, that's not true: An authentic photo was digitally altered to swap Maduro's head onto the body of a captive. The image originally showed Ukrainian-born pro-Russian businessm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Windmills Are NOT Killing ‘All Of Our Beautiful Bald Eagles’ As Claimed By President Trump — Post Shows Israeli Falcon
Are windmills -- also known as wind turbines -- killing all of the bald eagles in the United States, as President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post? No, that's not true: Studies estimate the number of eagles killed by wind turbi
The Dispatch→ From Ally to Aggressor
What Trump’s designs on Greenland say about America’s changing role in the world.
The Dispatch→ What the Fall of the Whigs Can Teach Republicans—and Democrats
Understanding the historical parallels between Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files — It’s A Comedy Sketch
Was Jon-Bernard Kairouz confronted about his appearance in pictures from newly released Epstein files while being interviewed on Fox News? No, that's not true: The viral video did not show a real Fox News segment. In what appears to be a
The Dispatch→ Against Millennial Halloween Obsession
Seriously. Please stop.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Fake Stories Say SAT Score Reveal Silenced Trump, Obama, Kimmel After Each Called Harvard Grads ‘Overrated’
Were President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama or TV host Jimmy Kimmel silenced after calling Harvard grads "overrated and dumb" when opponents revealed their SAT scores? No, that's not true: There is no public record of Trump
Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely claim David Lammy personally spent half a million pounds on food and drink expenses as foreign secretary
The claim, which has been circulating since the spring of this year, confuses entire departmental expenses with that of Mr Lammy’s personal expenses.
PolitiFact→ Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death
Chatbots’ ‘friend’-like qualities draw scrutiny
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Digitally Edited ‘David Cohen’ Facebook Profile Screenshot Does NOT Belong To Bondi Beach Shooter
Does a viral image really show the "leaked Facebook profile" of the "Bondi Beach shooter" and does it reveal he is an Israeli named "David Cohen"? No, that's not true: The image circulating on social media shows several signs of digital t
Full Fact→ Have resident doctors really had a 21% real-terms pay cut?
The figure cited by the BMA is based on an unreliable measure of inflation. Other measures suggest the drop has been less. Our analysis using a measure backed by the Royal Statistical Society puts the fall since 2008/9 at more like 6-7%.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife — Video Is AI Fakery
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger offer to "cover all funeral expenses for Rob Reiner and his wife"? No, that's not true: The original TikTok video was labeled AI-generated by the content creator. There has not been any reporting that Schwarzeneg
The Dispatch→ What’s Behind Gold’s Rally?
Gold and silver have posted their best yearly gains since the late 1970s.
The Dispatch→ Shadows On the Wall of Twitter’s Cave | Interview: Jesse Arm
Trump fatigue is real.
Full Fact→ Police forces across the UK have not been searching for a missing 13-year-old called ‘Harley Steward’
Alerts have been posted in various local Facebook groups warning about a missing 13-year-old boy, but police forces for these areas say they have had no such reports.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kristi Noem Did NOT Say, "Calling ICE Agents Nazis Is Rude And Inaccurate" On Fox News — Fake Screenshot From a Satire Account
Did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem say on Fox News that calling ICE agents Nazis is rude and inaccurate because they don't wear uniforms? No, that's not true: A fabricated Fox News screenshot with that quote had the watermark of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Did NOT Call Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday, Juneteenth ‘Made Up Holidays’ — Satire Account
Did the White House call Martin Luther King Jr's birthday and Juneteenth "made up holidays?" No, that's not true: A parody account posted the meme that mimicked the format and design of White House message. The administration did remove M
The Dispatch→ Founders Town Hall: Bye Bye, 2025
Tune in to our special livestreamed conversation.
PolitiFact→ Don’t fall for video of priest turning away ICE agents from his church, it isn’t legit
Video of priest turning away ICE agents isn’t legit, it’s AI
The Dispatch→ The World Is Actually Not That Bad
A new book on progress is a huge bummer.
The Dispatch→ Anne Frank Finally Acknowledges Her White Privilege
A satirical musical shows what theater can be.