A video of people kneeling in the street shows a religious procession in Poland, not, as some have claimed online, a tribute to Henry Nowak.
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PolitiFact→ Graham Platner – Yes, Collins usually votes with Trump, as Platner said. But she broke with him at key moments.
Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Records Published By Judicial Watch Did NOT Name Deputy Kinlee Hoyle In Email Exchanges With Butler Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks
Did an FBI document published by Judicial Watch name Butler County, Ohio, Deputy Kinlee Hoyle as the officer who exchanged emails with the shooter in the 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania? No, that's not t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Order Falsely Attributed To Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Allows Trump To Seek ‘Four Additional Years’
Does a real order from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts allow Donald Trump to seek "four additional years" as president? No, that's not true: A search of the Supreme Court of the United States' docket found no order bearing the nu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real But Colorized 1923 Footage Shows Early French Roller Skates Called ‘Paticycles’
Is the color footage showing a 1923 demonstration of one-wheeled roller skates or cycle-skates real? Yes, that's true: The movie footage from 1923 is real, but it has been colorized. This design of the skates by a French inventor was prom
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Graphic ACCURATELY Depicts Net Worth Changes For Recent Presidents But Includes Formatting Errors
Does an online graphic accurately depict changes in the net worth of recent presidents from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden? Yes, that's true: Despite some formatting glitches, the figures in the AI-generated infographic were originally compile
Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely attribute political comments to Prince William
Despite posts on social media claiming the contrary, Prince William did not make comments about “welfare systems for non–citizens”.
PolitiFact→ Trump wants a gasoline tax suspension. But it’s never been done and could have serious drawbacks
What would happen if we suspend the gasoline tax?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Internal Memorandum’ From White House Butler’s Office About Missing Cutlery — No Such Office Exists
Is an "Internal Memorandum" reportedly from the White House Butler's Office about missing cutlery real? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence that the memo is authentic, especially since there is no White House Butler's Offic
PolitiFact→ Liz Krueger – Proposed data centers in New York would use significant energy, but not double households’ use
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Google Germany HAS Low Threshold For Removing ‘Defamatory’ Restaurant Reviews If Challenged But 3-Star Rating Is NOT Illegal
Is it illegal to leave a three-star Google restaurant review in Germany? No, that's not true: It is legal to leave a three-star review, but German law supports the restaurant's commercial reputation. If a business challenges reviews as de
PolitiFact→ Did Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg doom the JetBlue, Spirit Airlines merger in 2022?
Did Dems block Jet Blue, Spirit Airlines merger?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Iconic Raised-Fist Scene From Butler Assassination Attempt Is NOT Hidden Within An Abstract Digital Picture
Does an abstract digital image from 2021 contain a hidden image showing the famous raised fist photo from the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa.? No, that's not true: The digital image was presented i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clipped Video Shows Ilhan Omar Saying "World War Eleven" But Cuts Off Her Correction
Did Rep. Ilhan Omar incorrectly say "World War Eleven" instead of "World War II" without correcting herself? No, that's not true: Omar did misspeak saying "World War Eleven" in January 2025 but the part where she corrected herself was cut
PolitiFact→ Chris Wright – Solar and wind account for 3% of global energy, but are a growing power source for homes, businesses
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump With No Damage To His Ear Immediately After Butler Assassination Attempt — It’s AI
Is a photo that shows Donald Trump with no damage to his ear immediately after the Butler assassination attempt authentic? No, that's not true: An online AI detection tool rated the image as 100% likely AI-generated. The account that orig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Leo Did NOT Misquote Jesus As Saying, ‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers, But Woe To Those Who Manipulate Religion’ — Punctuated Transcript Shows Where Quote Ends
Did Pope Leo XIV misquote Jesus as saying, "Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion"? No, that's not true: The pope wasn't reading a Scripture passage at the time; he was delivering a homily on peace while in
PolitiFact→ You can’t get vaccinated from food. But here’s how plant science is helping vaccine research
The truth behind ‘edible vaccines’
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Thom Tillis is retiring, but he hasn’t left the Senate yet. Fact-checking Trump
“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Say ‘Trump Faked His Assassination Attempt In Butler’
Did conservative political commentator and podcaster Tucker Carlson say, "Trump faked his assassination attempt in Butler," Pa., in July 2024? No, that's not true: Carlson has asked questions about the Butler assassination plot. But there
FactCheck.org→ Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
Following an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cance
PolitiFact→ Bruce Blakeman – Nassau tops ‘safest county’ rankings, but Blakeman’s claim is misleading.
As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake "Mean Gene" Okerlund Interview With "Real" Guys Who Look Just Like Beavis And Butt-Head Is AI-Generated
Did "Mean Gene" Okerlund interview two "real" guys who bear an uncanny resemblance to the cartoon characters Beavis and Butt-Head? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. Gene Okerlund died in 2019. The AI-generated "real" Beavis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote About ‘Support For Peaceful Demonstrators Via National Defense Fund’ Attributed To Various Celebrities — Foreign Clickbait Story
Did Bad Bunny and other famous people including Blake Shelton, Cardi B, Tom Jones, Andrea Bocelli say that they were supporting peaceful demonstrators via the National Defense Fund? No, that's not true: The claim was an example of so-call
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ICE agents are at some airports, but this video of a man being detained is a skit
Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”
PolitiFact→ Mark Kelly – SAVE America Act wouldn't make everyone reregister to vote, but could still affect millions
The SAVE America Act “requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough.”
PolitiFact→ Why are ICE agents paid during the partial government shutdown but TSA agents aren't?
Partial government shutdown: Why does ICE get paid, not TSA?
PolitiFact→ Katie Britt – You can shovel snow without an ID in NYC, but to get paid for it, you’ll need ID
“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote About Trump Being ‘Abused And Lied About Since Taking Office’ Attributed To Various Celebrities — Story Is Viet Spam
Did Carol Burnett and other celebrities say Donald Trump "has been abused and lied about since taking office" and "stood like a lion against a pack of jackals"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Burnett and the others ever sa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Quote About Trump Being ‘Tough Man’ Who Has ‘Fought Harder For The Heart And Soul Of America’ Attributed To Various Celebrities — Foreign Clickbait Story
Did Sophie Cunningham and other famous people including Alice Cooper, Ice Cube and Myles Garrett say that President Donald Trump is a "tough man" and "no one has fought harder for the heart and soul of America"? No, that's not true: There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove Mark Zuckerberg Was Subpoenaed Over Payments From ‘Horizon Bridge’ to Epstein-Linked ‘Butterfly Foundation
Does a post about Mark Zuckerberg's supposed subpoena accurately reflect recent reporting on the Jeffrey Epstein front company, Butterfly Foundation, named in the Tehran files? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no news articles abou
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: How did U.S. actions contribute to economic and political upheaval in Iran?
How US actions spurred Iranian economic, political upheaval
PolitiFact→ Trump said 'We will always allow people to come in legally,' but his actions say otherwise
Trump said he’s pro legal immigration, his policies don’t
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.
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
Full Fact→ Viral quote misattributed to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum recirculates
We can find no evidence that President Sheinbaum warned US President Donald Trump that America will “beg us” to tear down a wall between the two countries.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Post "Close but no cigar Trump!!!" — It’s A Fake Screenshot
Did Chelsea Clinton tweet, "Close but no cigar Trump!!!" while claiming there was a conspiracy to disparage her father's name? No, that's not true: This is a fake screenshot. Chelsea Clinton never posted a tweet with this loaded satirical
The Dispatch→ Rubio’s Munich Speech: Serious, but Still Wrong
The secretary of state’s conciliatory language was welcome, but it hardly set things right.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Schneider, Seinfeld, Buttigieg, Emmylou Harris, Others Did NOT Each Launch A Fox News ‘Anti-Woke’ Morning Show — Fake News From Copy-Paste Spam Sites
Did a dozen celebrities including Rob Schneider, Jerry Seinfeld, Pete Buttigieg and Pete Hegseth each launch "the first anti-woke morning show" on Fox, as Facebook posts claim? No, that's not true: Fox made no such announcement, nor did t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz DID Say ‘Let’s Stop Attacking Pedophiles’, But His Representative Told Reporters The Senator Misspoke
Did U.S. Senator Ted Cruz say, "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" at a congressional hearing? Yes, he did, but his spokesperson described that as a gaffe, "a verbal slip", and clarified that the senator opposed such crimes. The overall con