A fake image which appears to show shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen with the British political activist Tommy Robinson has been shared online.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Visit Secret Service Officer Shot At White House Correspondents’ Dinner In Hospital
Did President Donald Trump visit the Secret Service officer in the hospital after the officer was shot on April 25, 2026, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? No, that's not true: The video is AI-generated, and online detection tool
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cole Tomas Allen’s Brother Or Family Did NOT Warn Police 48 Hours In Advance Of Shooting At White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Did Cole Tomas Allen's brother or family give the police a warning 48 hours in advance of his shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? No, that's not true: Court documents filed in the case against Allen state that members of h
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This isn’t ‘unedited raw security footage’ of the White House correspondents’ dinner shooter
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Post Does NOT Prove Woman Taking Bottles From 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Was Ukrainian Ambassador To U.S.
Did a viral post prove that the woman collecting wine bottles at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner was Ukraine's Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna? No, that's not true: The post did not include any evidence to support the identificat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Senior Coordinating Producer For The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner’ Claims Journalists Stole 147 Bottles Of Wine
Did a real "senior coordinating producer for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner" (WHCD) say journalists stole 147 bottles of wine? No, that's not true: The person who posted the claim is a social media content creator who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Worked Security For Sports Teams Are Not Real — AI Spam From Vietnam
Are viral posts real that claim Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, worked as a security staff member for sports teams? No, that's not true: The false claim is part of an AI-generated series of arti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was A Driver For Dozens Of Celebrities Are Not Real — AI Spam From Vietnam
Are viral posts real that claim Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, worked as a driver for dozens of celebrities? No, that's not true: The false claim is part of an AI-generated series of articles a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Press Did NOT Swipe Wine After Shooting At White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
Did members of the press swipe bottles of wine from the tables right after the shooting during the White House Correspondents' dinner? No, that's not true: Everything at the dinner was paid for, a source close to the event told Lead Stori
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was NOT A Former Production Crew Member On Films Or Tours — AI Spam From Vietnam
Did Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, work as a production crew member on films and tours for a dozen actors and musicians? No, that's not true: The false claim is part of an AI-generated series o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post About The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting 2 Hours Before It Took Place
Did President Donald Trump post about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting two hours before it took place? No, that's not true: Truth Social shows timestamps based on your device's time zone and updates them automatically to ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Usha Vance Did NOT Attend 2017 Event With White House Correspondents’ Dinner Suspect Cole Tomas Allen
Did Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, attend the same 2017 conference as White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect Cole Tomas Allen? No, that's not true: The communications office of the Office of the Second Lady at the Wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Is NOT Real Raw Security Footage Of White House Correspondents’ Dinner Suspected Shooter
Does a viral video show high-resolution "unedited raw security footage" of the suspected shooter running through a checkpoint at the 2026 White House Correspondents' dinner? No, that's not true: The video was enhanced with AI, and, in the
PolitiFact→ Column: Why a correspondents’ dinner at a White House ballroom could endanger press freedom
Column: White House ballroom not suited for journalist gala
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended
Fact-checking misinfo from correspondents’ dinner shooting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE MSNBC Report Identifies White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect As ‘Kohl Jackson’ With Photo
Does a real MSNBC report identify the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting as "Kohl Jackson" with a picture? No, that's not true: The post is not authentic. MSNBC no longer exists; it was officially rebranded as MS N
Snopes→ Trevor Noah to Headline White House Correspondents’ Dinner
It will be the first time the event, usually held annually, will take place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ TV Correspondents Face Danger They Told Others to Avoid
Journalists were the shock troops allowing the nation to experience Hurricane Irma from the comfort of their living rooms.
Snopes→ President Trump to Skip 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The last time a sitting president didn't attend the annual dinner was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was recuperating from an assassination attempt.
FactCheck.org→ Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?
Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Saying Your Favorite Celeb Publicly Claimed ‘Pro-Israel American Billionaires’ Are Working To Undermine Their Career Are NOT Real — Spam From Vietnam
Are social media posts claiming that a long list of celebrities have each said "powerful pro-Israel American billionaires" are working to undermine their careers real? No, that's not true: None of the celebrities named in the posts made a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHCD Shooting Suspect Cole Tomas Allen Was NOT On The Payroll Of Top California Democratic Politicians Or The DNC
FactCheck.org→ Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and ot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make Social Media Post About ‘Nora O’Dumble,’ Epstein, Ballroom
Did President Donald Trump make a social media post calling a "60 Minutes" correspondent "Nora O'dumble," "dirty" and "nasty" while mentioning Jeffrey Epstein and his ballroom? No, that's not true: No such post exists on his social media
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Image Of Man At Western Wall Shows Cole Tomas Allen
Does a viral image of a man at the Western Wall actually show Cole Tomas Allen, the man charged with the attempted assassination of the sitting U.S. president? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible sources linking the image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kimmel Did NOT Offer A "Sincere Apology To Everyone Regarding That Widow Joke" On Monday’s Episode Of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Did Jimmy Kimmel offer a "sincere apology to everyone regarding that widow joke" on Monday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"? No, that's not true: Kimmel did not make the apology featured in a reel posted on Facebook. The Hiya Deepfake Vo
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: Jimmy Kimmel Did NOT Make ‘Expectant Widow’ Joke About Melania Trump After WHCD Attempted Shooting
Did Jimmy Kimmel make an "expectant widow" joke about Melania Trump after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD)? No, that's not true: Kimmel made the joke on his late night show on April 23, 2026. He was making a m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Passport Image For ‘Priyanka Rao’ Mentions ‘Cole Thomas Allen’ As Her Nationality — Misspells ‘Tomas’ Too
Does a viral social media post show a real passport for someone from India named "Priyanka Rao" who is supposedly the wife of Cole Tomas Allen? No, that's not true: There have been no news reports mentioning that name in connection with t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Lorenz REPORTED On ‘Somebody Needs To Do It’ Phrase Being Used To Talk About Killing Trump — Did NOT Endorse It
Did journalist Taylor Lorenz, who was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD), say somebody should "do it" while referring to "killing Trump"? No, that's not true: Lorenz reported on people using that phrase with that meaning in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The White House Did NOT Suddenly Suspend President Trump’s Schedule On August 27-29, 2025 — Fake News Report
Did the White House suddenly suspend President Trump's official schedule on August 27, 28, and 29, sparking speculation that "something extremely serious may have happened" to Trump? No, that's not true: Speculation about Trump's health w
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump, Woodrow Wilson, and the Problems of a Free Press
The media’s rebuff of Wilson offers lessons for today’s correspondents.
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican politi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Tank Destroyed In Lebanon In 2024 — It’s Russia’s T-90 Blown Up In Ukraine
Does a viral video show an Israeli tank destroyed "by the resistance's fire" in Lebanon in October 2024? No, that's not true: The claim recycled footage of a Russian tank in Ukraine that emerged on social media nearly a year before the st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Put Bounty On Tucker Carlson’s Head
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy post a monetary reward for capturing the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson? No, that's not true: As of February 9, 2024, there were no credible reports about that. The claim shared on social m
The Dispatch→ How Sanctions Can Help Bring Home American Hostages
President Joe Biden gestures as an image of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich appears onscreen during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The Levinson Act all
The Dispatch→ Is Joe Biden Too Senior of a Statesman?
President Joe Biden laughs during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Some Democrats worry while others brush the question off.Continue reading Is Joe Biden Too Senior of a State
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US $20 Bill Does NOT Have Slave Hanging On It — It’s A Lantern
Does the U.S. $20 bill show a slave hanging from the White House? No, that's not true: The image on the bill in a social media video is of a lantern that hangs in the North Portico of the White House. The claim appeared in a video (archiv
FactCheck.org→ ‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts
Quick Take “Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation. A Biden administration adviser used the term to explain why gasoline prices are tied to the war in Ukraine. But social media posts use t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Prove Kyiv Sends Armed Children To The Front Lines
Does Ukraine engage teenagers in its military forces by providing them with shoulder-mount anti-tank weapons and grenade launchers and sending them to the front lines as an Instagram post claims? No, this is not true: there is no photo, v