Over the course of the six-week shutdown — which may be ending soon — President Donald Trump has repeatedly made the false claim that Democrats “want $1.5 trillion for health care for illegal aliens.” The $1.5 trillion is the total
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Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Beware Of Fake Fan Pages Spreading False Stories About Your Favorite Celebrities — How To Spot ‘Viet Spam’
This is what fact checkers call a "prebunk." A prebunk is like a debunk (another word for fact check), only it's an advance notice of an anticipated false claim. This article is intended to inoculate you from future outbreaks of a specif
Full Fact→ Video falsely claims pensions will have to be withdrawn within two days to avoid fines
A video circulating online wrongly claims pensioners could lose 20% of their money if they don’t withdraw their pensions within two days.
AllSides→ Trump’s False Claims About Military Pay Raises and Recruitment
Trump’s False Claims About Military Pay Raises and Recruitment jbhicks Fri, 10/24/2025 - 05:13 In a Sept. 30 address to military leaders and an Oct. 9 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump made false claims about military pay raises a
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claims About Military Pay Raises and Recruitment
In a Sept. 30 address to military leaders and an Oct. 9 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump made false claims about military pay raises and recruitment. Trump promoted a military pay raise of 3.8% for next year, claiming that this was “s
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Ted Cruz said MSNBC footage was from 2017, not a ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston. That’s False
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
Full Fact→ False claims about cash withdrawal limits for pensioners circulate online
Social media posts claiming UK banks have introduced restrictions on daily cash withdrawals for people over 65 are not true.
The Dispatch→ Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Gig Prompts a Slew of False Claims
The Puerto Rican rapper has not withdrawn from performing, nor has the NFL canceled his scheduled appearance.
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – Republicans falsely tie shutdown to Democrats wanting health care for immigrants illegally in the US
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
Full Fact→ False claim that free cash withdrawals are ending from October shared widely online
Videos claiming that people will have to pay £1.50 to withdraw cash from ATMs from October 1 have been shared online.
The Dispatch→ Viral Posts Touting Acts of Charity by Pro Athletes Are Often False
How to spot a new trend in misinformation.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s False and Misleading Claims About Crime in D.C.
The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.
FactCheck.org→ Repeated Falsehoods at Autism Press Conference
An hourlong press conference about autism was filled with false and misleading claims about the condition and vaccines from President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., many of which we have written about befor
Full Fact→ False claim London Mayor is building 40,000 new homes ‘for Muslims only’ circulates online
Sir Sadiq Khan has pledged to build 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade, but these are not earmarked for a specific demographic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maddow, Colbert And Kimmel Did NOT Launch ‘The Independent Desk’ Newsroom Together — Story Contains False Details
Did Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel just team up and launch a newsroom named "The Independent Desk"? No, that's not true: The story appeared on a recently launched website that does not list owners or publishers and it jus
PolitiFact→ Michael Whatley – Whatley falsely accuses Cooper of bearing ‘direct responsibility’ for Charlotte stabbing
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.
AllSides→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/after-kirks-death-a-false-social-media-post-on-partisan-reaction-to-violence/
AllSides→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence jbhicks Fri, 09/12/2025 - 05:03 After the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, social media claims offering political views of the assassina
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting
Fact-checking claims about Charlie Kirk’s shooter
FactCheck.org→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
After the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, social media claims offering political views of the assassination and the reaction to it quickly spread. One message falsely claimed that “not a single Republican condemned” t
The Dispatch→ The False Promises of Protein-Packing
A protein bar can still be junk food. Do Americans care?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Building Hope Haven, A Sanctuary For Homeless Families — Details of this Clickbait Story Are False
Did Elon Musk buy a crumbling shelter in Los Angeles where he had volunteered as a teenager in order to rebuild it as Hope Haven, a sanctuary for homeless families? No, that's not true: Elon Musk never volunteered at a shelter in Californ
The Dispatch→ The False Pretenses Behind the Naval Operation Off the Coast of Venezuela
The nation is not a major source of drugs to the U.S., for starters.
PolitiFact→ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims
No hoax this time with news of Taylor and Travis engagement
Full Fact→ Thousands share video making false claims about Labour MPs resigning over ‘scandal’
It appears to show GB News presenter Patrick Christys reporting that 43 MPs have “just resigned”, but the clip isn’t real and is almost certainly AI-generated.
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance said “every major conflict in human history” ended with negotiation. That’s False
"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
AllSides→ Trump Repeats False Ukraine Aid Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/trump-repeats-false-ukraine-aid-claim/ Europe has allocated more mone
FactCheck.org→ Trump Repeats False Ukraine Aid Claim
Europe has allocated more money in direct, bilateral aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has during the war with Russia. But in President Donald Trump’s remarks surrounding recent meetings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, he falsely claimed that the
The Dispatch→ American Christianity’s False Loyalty Test
When politics becomes a more important indicator of one’s faith than theology.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Justifies Cuts to mRNA Vaccine Projects With Falsehoods
In justifying the government’s termination of $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively” against COVID-19 a
Full Fact→ Woman falsely linked to viral video involving the PM: How fact checking could have helped
When 31-year-old Abby Raworth first realised her photo and name were being shared online—falsely linked to a viral video involving the Prime Minister—she’d thought it was quite funny...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 29, 2025 Tsunami Waves Hitting California — Clickbait Video Falsely Labelled Clips Of Other Events
Does a viral video show tsunami waves caused by a July 29, 2025 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast hitting California's coast? No, that's not true: The Los Angeles Times described the tsunami waves as "modest". California emergency man
PolitiFact→ Markwayne Mullin – Sen. Markwayne Mullin falsely said Epstein’s plea deal was made under Obama
The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
News Facts Network→ Powell Corrects Trump’s False Renovation Claim in Public Rebuttal
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell publicly pushed back Thursday against President Donald Trump‘s assertion that... The post Powell Corrects Trump’s False Renovation Claim in Public Rebuttal appeared first on News Facts Network.
Full Fact→ Online claims Morrisons is giving away £10 food boxes to “seniors” are false
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen false offers claiming to be from supermarket chains shared on Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely twists Obama-era assessment of Russian election interference as a ‘coup’
In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Full Fact→ False claims Scottish travel vlogger was killed in West Bank spread online
Posts on social media have made misleading claims about the death of Emma Witters.
Full Fact→ Footage of 2023 car accident in US falsely shared as Diogo Jota crash
A Facebook post shares footage of a white vehicle crashing, but this is not related to the fatal accident killing the Liverpool forward and his brother, contrary to a claim online.
PolitiFact→ Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents.
Grok's falsehoods and offensive incidents, recapped
The Dispatch→ Clear But False
The impossibility of perfect policy.