Does a video show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying "fuck him" after a reporter asked him about Donald Trump as Zelenskyy entered a meeting with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer? No, that's not true: The video uses a tone to c
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FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread False Claim About DOGE Halting Supposed Obamacare ‘Royalties’
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have been tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing federal spending. But social media posts falsely claim t
Health Feedback→ Vaccine skeptics misconstrue studies to falsely claim that measles vaccine causes measles outbreaks
REVIEW In February 2025, social media posts appeared alleging that the current Texas measles outbreak, which began in January 2025, was caused by people who received the measles vaccine. One example is this article from The People’s Voice, publish
Full Fact→ Posts warning a killer is on the loose are false
The posts feature an image of a man who is allegedly on the run in connection with the incident, but this is not true.
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors
President Donald Trump told governors they should require citizenship proof to vote, voter ID, paper ballots and one-day voting. Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections; a majority of states require voter ID; and the vast majority of U.S. vote
Full Fact→ Viral post with false claims about Muslims in UK circulates again
These posts have been circulating since at least 2017, but contain claims that are either unevidenced or false.
The Dispatch→ The False Battle Between Justice and Mercy
Both are virtues, and both must be evident in virtuous societies.
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – No, Joe Biden did not have a 'voter importation' plan. Fact-checking Elon Musk's false CPAC claim.
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False and Misleading Ukraine Claims
After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements about the conflict and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump fals
The Dispatch→ List of Project 2025 Policies Concerning Women Is False
There are no recommendations to limit access to credit or transfer assets to ‘male guardians.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Senator Mitch McConnell Has NOT Died On February 17, 2025 — False Report Posted By Prank Account
Did Senator Mitch McConnell die on February 17, 2025 at the age of eighty-two? No, that's not true: A post announcing McConnell's death was published by a parody account spoofing the real account Breaking 911. The spoof account has a disc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt
Was TV host Joy Behar arrested at the airport trying to flee the country after a $50M lawsuit involving comments about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The story narrated in a viral video was written by A
The Dispatch→ Tempted by the False God of Convenience
What to watch for as AI speeds forward.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claim that Trump said he ‘didn’t have time’ to meet plane collision victims families false
President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”
The Dispatch→ Social Media Posts Falsely Attribute Comments to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
There is no evidence Sheinbaum called for a boycott of U.S. goods.
The Dispatch→ Claims That Politico Received USAID Funds Are False
The media company has sold subscriptions to various government agencies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post FALSELY Identifies Woman In Photo As Pilot Of Black Hawk Helicopter in DC Crash
Does an image in a social media post show one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the January 2025 Washington, D.C., aircraft collision as she worked on the White House staff for two years "instead of flying"? No, that's not tru
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump faults DEI hiring in plane crash and falsely describes FAA policies under Obama, Biden
“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
Health Feedback→ Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
REVIEW In January 2025, a claim that vaccines cause autism circulated online, using a study of children enrolled in Medicaid as supporting evidence for the claim. The claim was propagated through a Substack article by entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, whic
FactCheck.org→ Kennedy Repeats False and Misleading Claims in Confirmation Hearing
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccin
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s False claim that Jan. 6 committee deleted ‘all’ evidence
The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Posts falsely claim Elon Musk said MAGA will ‘succeed’ where Nazi Germany ‘failed’
Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden’s False claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is in the Constitution ignores the legal debate
“The Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Viral rumor falsely claims Donald Trump changed tax law to benefit parent paying child support
“Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s False claim that the US is the ‘only’ country with birthright citizenship
The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.
The Dispatch→ A Claim About 2024 Senate Elections in Swing States Is False
Democratic Senate nominees did not win in all of the swing states.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Conspiracy theory falsely links Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Los Angeles wildfires
Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts falsely claim California wildfires were planned to remake Los Angeles ahead of 2028 Olympics
The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.
PolitiFact→ More Perfect Union – Does a billionaire couple own almost all the water in California? Here’s why that’s False.
“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump about water management
President-elect Donald Trump blamed California’s devastating wildfires on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water policy, and social media users revived Trump’s past criticism of the state’s forest management. We took a closer look at the claims.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Los Angeles wildfires: Threads post falsely claims police are searching for suspect tied to MAGA
The Los Angeles Police Department is “looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts falsely claim mystery disease outbreak, state of emergency in China
China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Congress certified Trump’s 2024 win. The next day, he falsely said votes were still being counted.
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
PolitiFact→ How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect. He was a US citizen.
Fox News shared and then corrected a report about the truck that police say Shamsud-Din Jabbar used to kill 14 people celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans. But that didn’t stop some from spreading a false narrative about Jabbar’s immigration st
The Dispatch→ Claims About Kickbacks to U.S. Politicians From Ukraine Are False
Ukrainian officials have released no such information, and there is no evidence of such payments.
The Dispatch→ False Claims About Serial Killers on the Loose Flood Facebook
The posts are false and have been debunked by law enforcement officials.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Over 300 Confirmed Kills’ Quote Was Falsely Attributed To Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Did Rep. Dan Crenshaw share a post on X that included inflammatory language boasting of "over 300 confirmed kills," as an image on the platform suggested? No, that's not true: The quote is known colloquially as the "Navy Seal Copypasta,"
The Dispatch→ Rumors About Juan Soto’s Motives for Leaving the Yankees Are False
A viral quote attributed to Soto’s agent that criticized his former teammates is fabricated.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fatal airplane crash on Connecticut-New York border falsely identified as drone crash in New Jersey
Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo falsely tied to Wisconsin school shooting suspect Natalie Rupnow
Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow.