Are Los Angeles's massive traffic jams gone because of the mass deportations of illegal immigrants that are under way? No, that's not true: Google Maps showed lots of red and orange on Los Angeles highways, indicating clogged traffic, dur
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FIFA Did NOT Move The World Cup 2026 From The United States Because Of Trump’s Immigration Policies — No Move Announced
Did the International Federation of Football (FIFA) move the World Cup 2026 from the United States because of President Trump's strict immigration policies? No, this is not true: As of June 4, 2025, FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Caitlin Clark Describing Angel Reese Telling Her ‘You’re Only Here Because You’re White’ Is NOT Authentic — AI Made
Does a video authentically show WNBA star Caitlin Clark describing an encounter with WNBA star Angel Reese telling Clark "You're only here because you're white."? No, that's not true: A voice cloning detection tool concluded that the narr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Toyota, Nissan And Honda ‘Will No Longer Sell Vehicles In The United States’ Because Of Tariffs
Does a video on YouTube confirm that three Japanese car manufacturers publicly announced the decision to exit the U.S. market, facing tariffs planned to be imposed by the Trump Administration? No, that's not true: The clip did not offer a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say She Was In Therapy Because She’s ‘Transitioning’ Sexually
Did Michelle Obama reveal in a podcast interview that she was in therapy because she is "transitioning" sexually? No, that's not true: The former first lady explained to interviewer Jay Shetty on his "On Purpose" podcast in April 2025 tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Announce Relocation To Italy Because Of Elon Musk — Made-Up, AI-Written Story
Did Beyoncé publicly confirm she will move to Italy because she can't "breathe the same air as Elon Musk"? No, that's not true: An AI generated viral article reused a fake quote previously attributed to Oprah Winfrey in another false sto
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Are Biden pardons 'void' because he used an autopen? No, Trump's claim is False
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Trump didn’t say he became president because of the 2024 election was ‘rigged’
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Michelle Trachtenberg ‘Died Suddenly’ Because Of COVID-19 Vaccination
Did actress Michelle Trachtenberg "Die Suddenly" at the age of 39 because of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: Social media posts spreading the speculation offered no supporting evidence. As of February 26, 2025, no investigating
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Why did Kamala Harris get zero votes in this NY precinct? It’s not because of Elon Musk
Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of Karoline Leavitt offering Americans a $4,800 subsidy because of DOGE is altered
Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.”
PolitiFact→ Susan Crawford – Candidate right that Wisconsin does not require judges to recuse because of past legal work
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Moving To Italy Because Of Elon Musk — It’s AI-Written Clickbait
Did Oprah Winfrey announce she is ending her talk show and moving to Italy, saying "I can't live in the U.S. for the next four years and breathe the same air as Elon Musk" as online article claimed? No, that's not true: There is no eviden
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Donald Trump did not post that Chiefs lost Super Bowl because of ‘DEI nonsense’
President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – ICE tip line not paused because of reports about Musk, claim started as satire
“ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Did NOT Announce It Was Pausing Hotline Because of Bogus Elon Musk Reports — Satire Post
Did ICE announce it was pausing a hotline to report undocumented immigrants because 90 percent of the calls were people reporting Elon Musk? No, that's not true: That claim originated on a satirical X account named "The Halfway Post." The
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims Whoopi Goldberg lost a Los Angeles mansion because of wildfire started as satire
“Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Usha Vance Would NOT Lose Her US Citizenship Because of Trump Birthright Policy
Could second lady Usha Vance have her U.S. citizenship revoked because of the executive order President Donald Trump issued that seeks to ban automatic citizenship for some babies born to a parent with no permanent legal status in the Uni
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show the Los Angeles fires started at the same time (because they didn’t)
“All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel isn’t ending his show and emigrating because of Trump’s election
“Jimmy Kimmel just announced that his show will end on January 20th … he’s leaving for Canada and says he’s ‘never coming back.’”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Mark Cuban didn’t move his operations to California because he ‘can’t operate in red states’
“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Taxi Driver NOT Sentenced To 7 Years Because Of ‘Social Media Posts’ — From Other Offenses
Was a man in England sentenced to 7½ years in jail just because of his social media posts? No, that's not true: He was sentenced based on charges involving violence, according to the police organization handling his arrest. The man, a ta
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, 600 bodies weren’t discovered in North Carolina because of Hurricane Helene
Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Clooney Did NOT Leave US Permanently For UK Because He ‘Can’t Take The Red Wave Anymore’
Did George Clooney leave the United States permanently for England after Donald Trump was elected president in 2024, with Clooney saying he "can't take the red wave anymore"? No, that's not true: This originated from SpaceX Fanclub, a Fac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes
Does President Joe Biden have the power to pardon Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Mangione was jailed on state charges in Pennsylvania and was cha
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show New Yorkers dancing because UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson died
Video shows “NYC coming together to dance in the streets over the universal American love” of dead CEOs.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, abortion clinics haven’t warned of bankruptcy because of a Democratic ‘sex strike’
“Abortion clinics warn they’ll go bankrupt if Democrat ‘sex strike’ continues.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – AOC didn’t say a conservative news outlet asked her to resign because she’s a woman
AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Michael Jordan didn’t turn down a $100 million Disney deal because the company is too ‘woke’
“Michael Jordan turns down $100 million Disney deal, declares he won’t work for wokeness.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
“Parents of trans-species kids no longer getting money every month” because of President-elect Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC Did NOT Issue ‘Official Statement’ That Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg Contracts ‘Will Not Be Renewed Because They Are Too Toxic’
Did ABC issue an "official statement" that it would not renew the contracts of "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg because they are "too toxic"? No, that's not true: ABC told Lead Stories that this is false. There have been no
The Dispatch→ Because of, or in Spite of, Trump?
Making sense of the former president’s election win.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Posts Claim That Foreign Nationals Are Voting In The US Election Because No Voter ID Is Required
Do photos of ballots marked with a vote for Donald Trump prove that citizens of other countries are voting in the 2024 U.S. election because American law does not require them to show a voter ID? No, that's not true: Several copycat posts
Full Fact→ McDonald’s did not close in Iceland because of a boycott
Posts shared on Facebook suggest the closure of McDonald’s in Iceland was due to a boycott, but the branches closed in 2009 because of the country’s financial crisis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikToker Kyle Marisa Roth Did NOT Die Because She Posted Details About Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Parties — She Died Of Natural Causes
Was the death of TikTok content creator Kyle Marisa Roth connected to her social media content that "covered Diddy parties in detail"? No, that's not true: The Maryland chief medical examiner told Lead Stories that Roth died of "natural"
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Megyn Kelly didn’t call for a Taylor Swift boycott because the singer attended an event in Gaza
“Breaking news: Megyn Kelly calls for boycott of Taylor Swift after singer attends charity event in Gaza.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Taylor Swift manager didn’t say ticket sales are ‘dead’ because of Kamala Harris endorsement
“Taylor Swift’s manager confirms: ‘Ticket sales are dead after Harris endorsement backlash.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these buildings didn’t crumble because of an earthquake in Taiwan
Video shows buildings crumbling because of an “earthquake in Taiwan.”
PolitiFact→ Bob Casey – Sen. Bob Casey said ‘prices are up’ because of ‘scheming’ corporations, but many economists disagree
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jason Aldean didn’t refuse $500 million collaboration with Taylor Swift because her “music is woke”
Jason Aldean rejected a $500 million music collaboration with Taylor Swift.