Do videos falsely attributed to the New York Times show actors Alyssa Milano, Sean Astin and Rachael Harris supporting the "All Democrats Are Criminals" movement? No, that's not true: The videos use clips from Cameo accounts and add compl
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Other Celebs, Falsely Claim They Support ‘All Democrats Are Criminals’
Do videos falsely attributed to the New York Times show actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Annie Potts and Patrick Fabian supporting the "All Democrats Are Criminals" movement? No, that's not true: Braeden's rep told Lead Stories the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Post Falsely Claims New Epstein Files Release Shows Trump Visited Epstein Island 345 Times
Does a new Epstein files release show Donald Trump visited Epstein Island 345 times? No, that's not true: The Department of Justice's Epstein Library -- the only publicly searchable database of Epstein files, last updated on Sept. 11, 202
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Washington Post Captions Added to Real Vanity Fair Video Falsely Claim Billie Eilish Got $120 Million From Democrats
Does a video falsely attributed to the Washington Post show Billie Eilish received $120 million from the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: The video uses clips from Eilish's real December 2024 Vanity Fair interview and adds completel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Captions Added to Real New York Times Video Falsely Claim Taylor Swift Agreed to $500 Million Deal With Democrats
Does a video falsely attributed to the New York Times really show Taylor Swift agreeing to support Democrats and gender reassignment surgeries for children in exchange for $500 million? No, that's not true: The video uses clips from Swift
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Falsely Claim To Show Sam Smith In 2016 And 2025
Do real photos show English singer-songwriter Sam Smith in 2016 and 2025? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined both images were 99.9% likely to be AI-generated. The images show Smith with noticeably different appearances,
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sports Journalist ‘Marc Jacobs’ Falsely Reported Russell Westbrook Was Signing With Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel
Did a real sports journalist named "Marc Jacobs" report that Russell Westbrook was signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel? No, that's not true: There was no evidence that Westbrook, a 37-year-old NBA free agent, had signed with the Israel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows Iranian Jets Being Shot Down Over Tel Aviv By Laser System
Does a real video show Iranian jets being shot down over Tel Aviv by an Israeli laser defense system? No, that's not true: There is no evidence from credible sources that such an incident ever took place. An AI detection tool concluded th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows A U.S. B-52 Being Shot Down By A Missile — Computer Generated
Does a video show an American B-52 bomber being shot down by a missile? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that a U.S. B-52 has been shot down, and no credible news organizations had reported such an incident as of July 18, 2026. A
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 videos that falsely depict scenes from Venezuela’s earthquakes
This isn’t footage from Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of ‘Laser Beams’ Falsely Linked To Venezuela Earthquakes Was Published On TikTok Months Before The Quake
Does a video show how multiple laser beams scanned the ground in the instant before the Venezuela earthquakes struck? No, that's not true: One clip in the video was published on TikTok on March 18, 2026, months before earthquakes struck V
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EDITED Photo Falsely Shows Michelle Obama Standing Taller Than Barack Obama, Bidens, Bushes, Clintons
Does a real photo show Michelle Obama standing taller than her husband, Barack Obama, as well as the Bidens, Bushes, and Clintons? No, that's not true: The image circulating on social media was edited. Lead Stories reviewed the original p
Full Fact→ Footage of 2025 Ballymena fire falsely linked to recent Belfast riots
A video of a property on fire is being falsely shared as footage of recent disorder in Belfast, but the clip actually shows a separate incident from County Antrim which occurred in June 2025.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Obama Voiceover Falsely Says He Barred Trump From His Presidential Center After Somali Referee Denied Entry To United States
Did former President Barack Obama bar President Trump from 'stepping foot inside the Obama Presidential Center' after a Somali World Cup referee was denied entry to the United States? No, that's not true: A video features Obama with an AI
Full Fact→ Video of Russian gas explosion falsely claimed to show Belfast unrest
A clip of a large fire is circulating on social media with false claims it depicts recent disorder in Belfast—but the footage actually shows a gas pipeline explosion in Russia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Falsely Reports Stephen Colbert Announced Plans With Scott Pelley For A ’60 Minutes’-style Program
Did Stephen Colbert announce plans to launch a "60 Minutes"-style program with Scott Pelley? No, that's not true: The TikTok creator labeled the video with this fake announcement as AI-generated. A Google News search finds no reporting of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Order Falsely Attributed To Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Allows Trump To Seek ‘Four Additional Years’
Does a real order from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts allow Donald Trump to seek "four additional years" as president? No, that's not true: A search of the Supreme Court of the United States' docket found no order bearing the nu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EDITED Image Falsely Shows ‘Claw’ Hand Of Police Officer Arresting Fatally Stabbed Student Henry Nowak
Does a real image show the "claw" hand of a police officer arresting fatally stabbed student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England, in December 2025? No, that's not true: The image circulating on social media is an edited screenshot from a
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→ Facebook posts falsely attribute political comments to Prince William
Despite posts on social media claiming the contrary, Prince William did not make comments about “welfare systems for non–citizens”.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TASS Report FALSELY Claims Zelensky Is Child Trafficker In Epstein Files
Did the Russian state-owned news agency TASS accurately report that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is listed as a child trafficker in the Epstein files? No, that's not true: Zelensky's name does appear in 39 documents in the Epste
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pete Hegseth Did NOT Falsely Present Quote From ‘Pulp Fiction’ As Real Bible Verse
Did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth falsely present lines from "Pulp Fiction" as a real biblical quote? No, that's not true: In April 2026, Hegseth described it as a prayer used by the "Sandy One" Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sky News Report Falsely Claims Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Is Withdrawing From Election
Did Sky News report that Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is withdrawing from the election in early April 2026? No, that's not true: The British news channel has not reported that Magyar has dropped out of the race for prime mini
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
Full Fact→ Footage of US fire falsely claimed to show Netanyahu home after Iranian missile strike
The video has been shared with unevidenced claims that Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother Iddo was killed in a recent attack by Iran.
Full Fact→ Posts falsely claim Rupert Lowe has demanded the PM surrenders ‘profits’ linked to ‘NHS reform legislation’
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Critics of Minnesota anti-ICE protests falsely call protesters paid
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”
PolitiFact→ Major Gross Profit – Scam emails falsely claims people ‘must act’ to claim a $2,000 ‘tariff dividend’
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
Full Fact→ Property investor’s video falsely shared as ‘migrant showing off new house’
A clip shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker filming their new accommodation was actually posted by a property investor marketing a house up for sale.
Full Fact→ Fake planning notice falsely claims application lodged for Stockport asylum seeker housing
Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers.
Full Fact→ Fake planning notice falsely claims application lodged for Stockport asylum seeker housing
Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Brown University shooting: Social media users falsely blamed student days before killer was found
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely claim David Lammy personally spent half a million pounds on food and drink expenses as foreign secretary
The claim, which has been circulating since the spring of this year, confuses entire departmental expenses with that of Mr Lammy’s personal expenses.
Full Fact→ Fake ‘BBC’ article falsely claims that Martin Lewis has been arrested
The page features a fake image probably generated with AI, and also falsely claims Martin Lewis is endorsing a new AI trading platform.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Falsely Claims Democrats Want $1.5 Trillion for ‘Illegal Aliens’
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
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.
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.”
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.