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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Is NOT Closing All Forest Service Regional Offices, Reorganization Moves Agency West With New Geographic Districts
Is Donald Trump closing all regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service? No, that's not true: Official terminology will change, but there will still be offices in many regions of the U.S. under the plan announced March 31, 2026. Fifteen n
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: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Have A $100 Million Lawsuit Against ANYBODY Completely Collapse After Whistleblower Testimony — AI Spam From Vietnam
Did a $100 million lawsuit filed by Gavin Newsom against Nick Shirley, Willie Nelson and a dozen other celebrities collapse after whistleblower testimony? No, that's not true: The story that California's governor filed a defamation lawsui
FactCheck.org→ Trump Links Biden’s Ukraine Aid to Pentagon’s Iran War Funding Request
With the Pentagon potentially seeking a $200 billion supplemental package to fund the ongoing war with Iran, President Donald Trump defended that figure in part by saying U.S. ammunition “was taken down by giving so much to Ukraine.” He th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Woman Who Reportedly Called ICE on Men Fixing Her Roof
Does a video show the arrest of a woman who reportedly called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on men fixing her roof? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the woman's arrest at the beginning of the clip is connected to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove ‘No Kings’ Rallies Participants Were Paid To Join Protests on March 28, 2026
Does a viral post prove that participants of the "No Kings" rallies in March 2026 were paid hourly to protest? No, that's not true: The claim purporting to show the first-person statement of a real protester was first posted by an account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Transgender, LGBTQ+ People Blocked From Women’s Restrooms Is NOT Real Footage
Does a viral video show real-life confrontations involving transgender and LGBTQ+ people trying to access women's restrooms? No, that's not true: The clip was AI-generated. The account that posted it first had a corresponding label, and t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missiles Destroying U.S. Navy Warship In Strait Of Hormuz
Does a real video show Iranian missiles destroying a U.S. Navy warship in the Strait of Hormuz? No, that's not true: There are no credible news reports of such an attack, and the clip appears to be from a military simulation video game kn
Full Fact→ Government drops plans for new immigration returns unit promised in manifesto
A Full Fact FOI request has revealed ministers have decided not to establish a separate unit.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video SHOWS Plainclothes ICE Agents Arresting Woman At San Francisco Airport Gate — NOT Related To ICE Surge To Help TSA
Does a video show plainclothes ICE agents arresting a woman at a gate at San Francisco International Airport on March 22, 2026? Yes, that's true: A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Lead Stories that two women-- not one --
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say He Will Pay For Chuck Norris’ Funeral And ‘Fulfill Three Wishes On His Behalf’
Did movie star Sylvester Stallone say that he will cover all the expenses of Chuck Norris' funeral and "fulfill these three wishes on his behalf"? No, that's not true: The viral clip about this on social media used AI to alter Stallone's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence U.K. Police Investigated Man Over X Username ‘ChingChongChinaman’ Or Something Like It
Did U.K. police investigate a man over his X username "ChingChongChinaman" or something similar? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that police in the United Kingdom spoke to a man following a complaint about an "offensive" usernam
Full Fact→ Meningitis B: your questions answered
We answer questions from Full Fact readers, including why everyone doesn’t get the vaccine, and how long protection from the vaccine lasts.
PolitiFact→ Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability’? Fact-checking President Donald Trump
Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability’?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Politico Video Falsely Claims Germany Will Take In 400,000 Palestinian Refugees
Is a video showing a Politico report claiming Germany is preparing to take in 400,000 Palestinian refugees real? No, that's not true: There are no reports from Politico or any other news organization that Germany plans to take in hundreds
FactCheck.org→ No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
The Food and Drug Administration on March 10 changed the approval for a version of the prescription drug leucovorin to include people with a very rare genetic condition. FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary had previously implied that the drug
Full Fact→ Real footage of Mandelson arrest edited to show him in dressing gown
A video in which Lord Peter Mandelson appears to be wearing a dressing gown during his arrest last month has been shared on social media. But the footage has been edited—he was really fully dressed.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump says Iran has Tomahawks, the weapon experts say destroyed an Iranian school. That’s unproven
Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Celebrities Did NOT Warn About Trump Seeking Third Term On Nicolle Wallace’s Podcast ‘The Best People’ — Just De Niro
Did a long list of celebrities all say "He will never leave, we have to make him leave, it's up to us to get rid of him" about President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Actor Robert De Niro was the only celeb who did this, appearing on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Fire On Board U.S. Destroyer Or Aircraft Carrier
Does a video show a real fire on board a U.S. destroyer or aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated. A separate analysis found it has several hallmarks of A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Destroyer ‘Attacked By Iranian Missiles’ Near Cyprus — It’s 2017 Damage From Ship Collision Near Japan
Does a video show an American destroyer that was damaged by Iranian missiles in Cypriot territory in the Mediterranean? No, that's not true: This footage is from 2017 and the damage pictured is not from a missile attack. The video clip sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Purported To Show Real-Life ‘Moment Iran Destroyed U.S. Navy Fleet In Bahrain’
Does a video actually show the moment "when Iran destroyed the US Navy fleet in Bahrain"? No, that's not true: The viral clip, which purported to show that, originated from an account that disclosed it was AI-generated. It also contained
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows A 1957 Nuclear Test In U.S. NOT In Iran — No Evidence Earthquake In Gerash Region Was Caused By Nuke
Does a video show a nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran? No, that's not true: The video clip shows a nuclear test in the Nevada desert in 1957. The mislabeled video clip bears the watermark of
Full Fact→ Type 45 destroyers such as HMS Dragon can shoot down incoming missiles
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at Prime Minister’s Questions that Type 45 destroyers “cannot take out incoming missiles”, but that isn’t correct.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Image Of Destroyed Early Warning AN/FPS-132 Radar In Qatar — The 360-Degree Radar Looks Nothing Like That
Does a viral photo show the damage from an airstrike against an early warning radar system in Qatar? No, that's not true: This picture is fake and does not show the radar system in question. There are many differences between the fake ima
FactCheck.org→ Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question
Many Democrats have claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t have the legal authority to unilaterally order the Feb. 28 joint military airstrikes with Israel that resulted in the death of the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Bono, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Donate $5 million To Help Iran Elementary School Destroyed In Airstrike
Did Neil Diamond, Eminem, Coco Gauff, or any of a long list of celebrities donate $5 million to provide emergency relief and medical aid following the tragic elementary school strike in southern Iran? No, that's not true: The false claim
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A NYC man did not build this hyper-realistic car out of snow to protest slow snow removal
An Instagram video shows a New York City man sculpting a car out of snow.
Full Fact→ Youth unemployment is not at its ‘highest ever’ levels
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that youth unemployment is ‘at its highest ever’, but that’s not what the statistics show.
Full Fact→ The prime minister hasn’t been arrested
Fake images and news reports have been shared on social media falsely claiming that Sir Keir Starmer has been arrested by police.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Waffle House Did NOT Announce Plans for Floating Restaurants On Lakes In Southeastern U.S. — It’s A Joke
Did Waffle House announce plans to put floating restaurants on lakes across the southeastern United States to serve boaters, anglers, and waterfront homes? No, that's not true: A Waffle House official told Lead Stories there were no such
PolitiFact→ Josh Riley – Are investors buying more than a quarter of U.S. single-family homes?
“Nearly 27% of all homes sold in the first quarter of 2025 were bought by investors.”
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.
Full Fact→ Fake Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor mugshot circulates following arrest
An image which appears to be a custody photo of the former prince has been shared on social media, but it’s not real, and very probably an AI creation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Did NOT Give Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights $100 Million Mainly To Pay Protesters
Did California pay the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) more than $100 million mainly to fund protests as a viral social media post said? No, that's not true: California's payments to CHIRLA were overwhelmingly tied to immig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The ‘Dark Side’ Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views — It’s Viet Spam
Did Jon Stewart broadcast a livestream about the Virginia Giuffre case and did the show get 3.2 billion views globally? No, that's not true: Giuffre was one of the women who accused Jeffrey Epstein and others of sexual abuse as a teenager
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor WAS Arrested 666 Days After Blood-Soaked Royal Horses Escaped In London
Was Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested 666 days after blood-soaked horses associated with the Royal Family escaped in London? Yes, that's true: The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February
Full Fact→ AI-generated pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest shared online
In the wake of the arrest of the former prince on Thursday morning, AI-generated pictures depicting him being led away by police officers have been circulating on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case — Foreign Clickbait
Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announce on a livestream that they are spending $250 million to find the truth in the Virginia Giuffre case? No, that's not true: Neither the celebrity couple nor news organizations said anything about it