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FactCheck.org→ Trump Claims Credit for Drug Price Decline. Experts Say It’s More Complicated.
President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts ar
Full Fact→ Claims people are posing as ‘Home Affairs Officers’ to rob houses are a hoax
Posts warning about people going door-to-door posing as “Home Affairs Officers” have been circulating in countries all over the world for years. There’s no evidence it’s actually happening in the UK.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Crime Drop Claims
In announcing the latest FBI annual report on nationwide crime, President Donald Trump wrongly cast the decline in crime in 2025 as a dramatic turnaround and made misleading claims about the impact of his administration’s policies. Speaking
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR Vaccine
Following an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a “recent” study “just came out” that “very strongly su
FactCheck.org→ Collins Did Not ‘Support’ OBBBA’s Medicaid Cuts, as Democratic Ad Claims
Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group
FactCheck.org→ Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims
During the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. The executive order e
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False MMR Vaccine Claims
In signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism
FactCheck.org→ Oz’s Medicaid Fraud Claims About California and Minnesota Lack Context
Announcing a pause on more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to Minnesota and California last month, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz accused state officials of being too lax about fraud, citing among other th
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
President Donald Trump continues to insist damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of vandalism, despite a Department of Justice motion filed on July 31 that placed the blame squarely on a contractor’s “botched”
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE BBC Report Claims Olena Zelenska Was Spotted Wearing Stolen Lalique Pendant
Did the BBC report that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska was spotted wearing a pendant stolen from France's Lalique Museum? No, that's not true: The BBC denied ever publishing such a report. The video was doctored to digitally add the
Full Fact→ False claims about Covid-19 ‘crisis actor’ recirculate on Facebook
Claims that a Covid-19 patient interviewed by BBC News during the pandemic was actually a “crisis actor” have been shared on social media for years—but this isn’t true.
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 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
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→ What Trump’s communism claims miss about Democrats and democratic socialists
Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims Men Said AOC Was High-Priced Escort in Boston — It Is ALLOD Satire
Did a story claiming that men said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a high-priced escort in Boston come from an actual news source? No, that's not true: The story originated on a Facebook page known for posting satirical content that car
Lead Stories→ Claims About Halal Meat At Aldi UK: What We Know
Is it true that Aldi UK does not sell Halal meat, as viral posts claim on social media? The chain did say so for many years on its accounts on social media. However, in Feb. 2026, Aldi UK implied that it was selling halal items at some st
PolitiFact→ Looking into the Reflecting Pool: We examined Trump’s vandalism claims
Examining Trump’s claims of Reflecting Pool vandalism
PolitiFact→ Looking into the Reflecting Pool: We examined Trump’s vandalism claims
Examining Trump’s claims of Reflecting Pool vandalism
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflection Pool Vandalism
President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the pre
FactCheck.org→ Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his administration has “cut” by 97% “the flow” of illegal drugs entering the U.S. “by water, by ocean and sea.” But available federal data do not support that claim. There is no comprehens
New York Times→ Fact-Check: Trump’s Claims About His Arch, Reflecting Pool Repairs and Other Renovation Projects
President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims that Florida’s property tax amendment will ‘defund’ essential public services
FL property tax plan: Will it ‘defund’ essential services?
Full Fact→ Katie Lam wrongly claims welfare has exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’
Welfare has exceeded income tax for more than a decade, as we said in our last fact check about this.
PolitiFact→ Ken Paxton – In Texas Senate race, Ken Paxton falsely claims James Talarico is a vegan
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”
Full Fact→ False claims about sunglasses shared on Facebook again
A man in a video wrongly says that wearing sunglasses stops people tanning and causes cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Euronews Video Falsely Claims Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan’s Press Secretary Accused Him Of Sexual Assault
Did a real Euronews video report claim that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's press secretary accused him of sexual assault in late May 2026? No, that's not true: The European news channel did not report that Pashinyan's press sec
New York Times→ Fact-Checking the Trump Administration’s Inaccurate Claims About the $1.8 Billion Fund
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval Speed
The Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Numeric Claims About Massie’s Previous Primary Vote Counts And Gallrein’s Mail-In Ballot Numbers Are TRUE — No Evidence Supports Implied Conspiracy
Did Rep. Thomas Massie lose by 10,280 votes in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Republican primary in May 2026, while candidate Ed Gallrein received 10,854 mail-in votes? And did Massie receive 50,301 votes out of 66,874 total votes
Full Fact→ Viral post includes several false claims about UK taxes
A post shared thousands of times on social media makes a number of inaccurate claims about the UK’s public finances.
Full Fact→ Campaign video shared with false claims it shows Green Party celebrating election win in Bengali
A campaign video posted by the Green Party candidate for the Mayor of Newham has been widely shared online with false claims it shows the Greens celebrating an election win in a foreign language.
New York Times→ A Fact Check of Trump’s Claims on Inflation and Gas Prices in Iran War
He has minimized soaring gas prices, rising inflation and the American economy’s need for the Strait of Hormuz.
Full Fact→ We asked readers to send us election claims to fact check – so what did they spot?
We received dozens of tips over the course of the campaign, with many about bar charts in leaflets or councils’ delivery on local issues.
Full Fact→ Old military exercise video shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships
A clip of a 2016 military exercise, which saw the US, Canada, Australia and South Korea sink the decommissioned USS Thach, has been shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn’t find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessl
Full Fact→ False claims Laura Kuenssberg clashed with Rupert Lowe on air shared online
A false post claiming to describe a clash between the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg and Rupert Lowe MP has been circulating online. There are several clues that show the post is false and that the attached image has been made or edited using AI.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons?
Fact-checking claims about missing and dead scientists