Did U.S. President Donald Trump threaten a 250% tariff on Norwegian salmon because "Norway is about to win the most golds" at the Winter Olympics? No, that's not true: The viral image of his supposed Truth Social post is not real. Lead St
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Full Fact→ Vaccines do not cause autism, despite reported rises
A social media post seems to imply that increasing vaccine doses have caused increases in autism cases, but that’s not true.
The Dispatch→ Will DHS Funding Cause a Shutdown?
Plus: FBI raids Fulton County election hub, the Fed holds interest rates stable, and Nicki Minaj is a Trump stan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because ‘Complex Social Policy’ Is ‘Out Of Their League’ Are Spam From Vietnam
Did Karoline Leavitt dismiss various celebrities, saying "complex social policy" was "out of their league" and dismissing them as just a singer, musician, actor or comedian? No, that's not true: The claim about a televised confrontation i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say Trump ‘Mistook Greenland For Iceland’ Because ‘They Share The Same Border’
Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt say that "Trump mistook Greenland for Iceland" because "they share the same border"? No, that's not true: The internet rumor attributing those words to her originated from a satire account.
Full Fact→ HAARP did not cause recent Northern Lights seen in UK
The Northern Lights seen across much of the UK this week were caused by a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun, not, as some claimed online, by the HAARP research facility in Alaska.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Renee Good Lost Custody Of Her Children Because Her Wife Rebecca Put Cigarettes Out On Them
Did Renee Good, the woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota, lose custody of her two older children because her partner Rebecca Good abused them by putting cigarettes out on them? No, that's not true: No credible evidence
The Dispatch→ A Reason to Celebrate, and Causes for Concern
What comes next for Venezuela?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Say Rob Reiner And His Wife Were Murdered Because Of His Anger, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ (TDS) — Truth Social Post
Did President Trump really post a message on Truth Social saying Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered "reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Videos Show Women Told To Leave Courtrooms Because Of How They Dress
Are videos of women being kicked out of court for outfits described as "inappropriate" real? No, that's not true: Multiple low-quality viral videos following the same script and posted by the same creators show signs of AI. Evidence of AI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Waitress Megan Hollis Was NOT Arrested In Cleveland, Ohio After Flipping a Table Because She Got A $5 Tip — Post Originated From A Satire Account
Was Megan Hollis, a waitress in Cleveland, Ohio, arrested for flipping a table after customers left a $5 tip on a $304 bill? No, that's not true: This is not a real story or a real mugshot. The post circulating on social media originated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘MRI Disaster’ Video Does NOT Show Real Accident Caused By MRI Magnetic Fields — It Is One Of Dozens Of AI Hoaxes Gaining Social Media Clout
Does a viral clip really show an oxygen tank and a patient on a gurney being sucked from a hallway straight into the bore of an MRI machine? No, that's not true: It's clearly labelled as having been created by Sora, the OpenAI-owned text-
PolitiFact→ Antidepressants are widely used in the U.S., and data hasn’t proved they cause mass violence
What data tells us about antidepressants and mass violence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Senator Jon Ossoff Saying He Voted To Keep Government Shutdown Because He Could Never Say No To Chuck Schumer Is NOT Real — It’s AI
Is a video of U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, saying he voted to keep the government shut down because he could never say no to Chuck Schumer, real? No, that's not true: A small disclaimer at the bottom of the video acknowled
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mamdani And Sliwa Appear On NYC Election Ballots Twice Because They Are Each The Nominees Of Two Political Parties
Is the repeated appearance of a candidate's name on election ballots in the 2025 New York City mayoral election against the rules? No, that's not true: New York City Board of Elections staff told Lead Stories that those candidates are the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Black Woman ‘Robbing a White Woman Because Trump Cut Food Stamps on EBT’ — Video Shows 2022 Incident
Does a viral video show a black woman "robbing a white woman because Trump cut food stamps"? No, that's not true: The video was posted online three years before the 2025 government shutdown that threatened to delay or cut food subsidies.
Full Fact→ No, Hurricane Melissa wasn’t caused by the HAARP research facility
Social media posts claiming that Hurricane Melissa was created as a result of the HAARP scientific programme are completely false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of TSA Agents Waving Passengers Through Unchecked Because Of Government Shutdown Is NOT Real
Does a viral video document that TSA employees stopped screening passengers at U.S. airports as a result of the October 2025 government shutdown? No, that's not true: The clip was generated by AI, and the video's early versions included a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nobel Chair Did NOT say Donald Trump Didn’t Win Peace Prize Because He Lacked ‘Courage And Integrity’
Did the chair of the Nobel committee that chose the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize say that Donald Trump was not chosen because they only "give the award to people of courage and integrity?" No, that's not true: A reporter asked Nobel Committee c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Pregnant Woman Saying Her Doctor Told Her To Leave Texas Because Of A Possible Late Term Abortion Is NOT Authentic — Creator Calls It ‘Engage Bait’
Is a video of a pregnant woman saying her doctor told her to leave Texas to deliver her baby because of the state's abortion laws authentic? No, that's not true: The woman posted another video explaining that she is not pregnant and not f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Music Lessons Have NOT Been Banned In Hamburg Because Muslims Consider Them Haram — The German News Report Is About A Joint Statement Against Intolerance and Exclusion
Did the public school system in Hamburg, Germany ban music lessons to avoid offending Muslims who view them to be forbidden or 'haram'? No, that's not true: The Hamburg public schools did no such thing. A German language news report has b
PolitiFact→ Research doesn’t show using Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Here’s what else you should know
5 things to know about autism and Tylenol during pregnancy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Near Stage Was NOT Cheering Because Charlie Kirk Was Shot — He Was Chanting "USA"
Does a video filmed at Utah Valley University in the aftermath of the shooting of Charlie Kirk show a young man cheering his death? No, that's not true: While it's not possible to say what a person in a video was thinking, the audio of th
Full Fact→ The claim that sunglasses cause cancer isn’t backed by evidence
A man in a video saying sunglasses are bad for you makes claims that have no scientific basis.
Full Fact→ Video does not show man raging because ‘store that gives illegal migrants free PS5s ran out’
The footage, in which a man destroys the inside of a video game store, has been shared with misleading claims on social media.
Full Fact→ Covid vaccines did not cause a 300% rise in cancer and miscarriage rates
Claims of sudden disease spikes in US military personnel in 2021 were based on an error in a government database.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Weird Tentacles’ Or ‘Horns’ On Rabbit Heads Caused By Common Virus
Are rabbits spotted in the wild with "weird tentacles" or "horns" infected with a rare virus, as claimed by social media users? No, this is misleading. The rabbits have a common viral infection, papillomavirus, that causes extensive skin
Full Fact→ Vaccines have not caused a rise in autism in Vietnam
Claims that there was no autism in Vietnam before this century seem to have no basis—and vaccines are proven not to cause autism.
News Facts Network→ Judge Halts Trump-Era Immigration Raids Targeting Latinos Without Probable Cause
A federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order Friday barring the Trump administration... The post Judge Halts Trump-Era Immigration Raids Targeting Latinos Without Probable Cause appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Homan claims ICE officers ‘don’t need probable cause’ to ‘briefly detain’ people
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump‘s border czar, stated Friday on Fox & Friends that federal... The post Homan claims ICE officers ‘don’t need probable cause’ to ‘briefly detain’ people appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Los Angeles Traffic Is NOT ‘Just Gone’ Because Of Mass Deportations — LA Freeways Are Still Jammed
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
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Naturally occurring rainfall caused deadly Texas flooding, not a corporation’s cloud seeding
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
Full Fact→ No, there’s no evidence sunglasses cause cancer
By filtering out the harmful UV rays from sunlight, verified sunglasses protect your eyes and the skin around them, and their use is widely recommended, including by the NHS.
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
Full Fact→ No evidence Myanmar earthquake caused by HAARP research facility
The Alaska-based programme has frequently been the subject of unsubstantiated online claims linking it to various natural disasters.
PolitiFact→ Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion
Gaza starvation risk dire, but UN official’s number was off
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
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Misleads on Autism Prevalence, Causes
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In announcing new autism prevalence data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. distorted scie