Is a video that shows Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese collapsing and falling face first into the ground real? No, that's not true: Video published by an international news outlet did not show Albanese falling when he arrived in
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Full Fact→ Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party conference speech as PM: fact checked
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show F-16 Causing Nepal Floods — First Clip Has Been Online Since May 2026 With AI Watermark
Does a real video show an F-16 drop a bomb on a dam, causing the floods in Nepal? No, that's not true: The video has been circulating on social media since May 2026, predating the Aug. 26, 2026, flash flood in Nepal. Early copies of the v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester
Do studies show an 81% or 82% miscarriage rate in pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first trimester? No, that's not true: The numbers are a long-running misrepresentation of early safety data on how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest
Fact-checking Markey, Moulton in Massachusetts Senate debate
PolitiFact→ What was the United States’ first capital? The cases for New York City or Philadelphia
What was the United States’ first capital?
Full Fact→ What progress has Keir Starmer made on Labour’s ‘first steps for change’? Our Government Tracker’s verdict
Our tracker’s monitoring Labour’s delivery of its pledges. In the week the PM announced his resignation, here’s what it tells us about some of Labour’s most prominent promises.
Full Fact→ Katie Lam wrongly claims welfare has exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’
Welfare has exceeded income tax for more than a decade, as we said in our last fact check about this.
PolitiFact→ Do you need that vitamin? Review this checklist first
Do you need to take vitamin (fill in the blank)? One walk down a grocery store’s supplement aisle may have you believing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Flying Egg-Shaped Object Does NOT Come From First Pentagon Release Of UFO Files
Was a viral video of a flying egg-shaped object part of the Pentagon UFO files release? No, that's not true: Lead Stories reviewed the first -- and the only available, as of this writing -- batch of the released materials and did not find
Full Fact→ Welfare payments have not exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’
Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax for at least 13 years, contrary to a claim in the Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of President Trump With Droopy Eyes Was NOT ‘Just Released’ By The White House — It’s From His First Term
Is a photo of President Donald Trump with one eye closed and the other half open with the U.S. Marine Corps flag behind him new as of April 24, 2026? No, that's not true: The image appeared in social media posts in as early as November 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Embarrass CNN’s ‘Caitlyn Collins’ Over Question About The First Lady — It’s Satirical
Did CNN's "Caityn Collins" leave the White House press room after Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt embarrassed her by saying she had not "reported a fact since you left the Daily Caller nine years ago"? No, that's not true: The clai
The Dispatch→ Trump’s First Year
Has Trump followed through on his campaign promises?
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: A Big First Week
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
The Dispatch→ The Other ‘America First’
From isolationism to imperialism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Did NOT Open ‘America’s First 100% Free Homeless Hospital’
Did former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg open "America's first 100% free homeless hospital"? No, that's not true: The picture purporting to show the opening ceremony was AI generated. No credible news organizations publi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Muslims Protesting A Christmas Fair In Germany — Clip From Pro-Palestinian Anti-Israel March First Appeared October, 2024
Does a viral video show Muslims protesting against a Christmas fair in Germany? No, that's not true: The video has circulated since October, 12, 2024, showing a demonstration in Hamburg, Germany, against Israel and in solidarity with Pale
Full Fact→ First SNP correction made following Full Fact request
The Dispatch→ America’s First Globalist
Alfred Thayer Mahan and the rise of an outward-looking United States.
The Dispatch→ Euphemisms, Political Speech, and the First Amendment
Holy forking shirtballs!
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – President Donald Trump said he’s the first US president to solve a war. Pants on Fire!
“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alisa Kasmer, Whose Facebook Post Says She’s ‘Grieving’ What Trump Aide Stephen Miller ‘Has Become,’ IS His First Cousin
Is Alisa Kasmer, the woman who posted a long message on Facebook attacking Stephen Miller, really Miller's cousin? Yes, that's true: Kasmer's post claimed that she babysat Miller and he is her first cousin. Lead Stories researched the Whi
The Dispatch→ The First Post-Assad Election in Syria
Al-Sharaa’s government held limited parliamentary elections, but sectarian violence and centralized power threaten national unity.
The Dispatch→ Argentina First? Why Trump Is Betting $20 Billion on Javier Milei.
History indicates an economic bailout plan for the South American country is unlikely to succeed.
Full Fact→ Broken promises? What Full Fact’s Government Tracker does (and doesn’t) tell us about Labour’s first year
Labour’s lagging in the polls and many claim it’s failed to deliver what it promised. Our analysis of manifesto pledges paints a less clear-cut picture, but the government needs to do more to give us the information to judge.
The Dispatch→ This Isn’t the First Time the FCC Has Weaponized Its Regulatory Power
How progressives devised the public interest and news distortion standards to chill free speech.
The Dispatch→ The Problem With Arguing ‘They Did It to Us First’
When you fight fire with fire, everyone gets burned.
The Dispatch→ A Bad Week for the First Amendment
The Trump administration cracks down on free speech.
The Dispatch→ The First Drone War
The Ukraine-Russia war has been a testing ground for new drone technology.
AllSides→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/d-c-homicide-free-streak-not-first-in-years/ While signing executive
AllSides→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’ jbhicks Thu, 08/28/2025 - 06:40 While signing executive orders at the White House on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump wrongly said that an 11-day span of no homicides in Washington, D.C.,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Finland Did NOT Test ‘World’s First Engine-less Superconducting Maglev Cargo Pipeline’, As Of August 28, 2025
Did Finland test "the world's first engine-less superconducting maglev cargo pipeline, capable of moving cargo at over 500 km/h using no engines, wheels or tracks", as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: As of August 28, 202
FactCheck.org→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
While signing executive orders at the White House on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump wrongly said that an 11-day span of no homicides in Washington, D.C., was the “first time that’s taken place in years,” a claim reiterated by other
News Facts Network→ Trump, Putin to Meet in Alaska for First Talks of Second Term
President Donald Trump announced Friday he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on The post Trump, Putin to Meet in Alaska for First Talks of Second Term appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Simpsons Did NOT Predict Trump Would Have A Heart Attack In The First Week Of August 2025
Did The Simpsons predict that U.S. President Donald Trump would suffer a heart attack in the first week of August, 2025? No, that's not true: The Simpsons never aired an episode with this storyline. Several videos on social media show fak
News Facts Network→ U.S. Expands Third-Country Deportation Talks with African Nations, South Sudan Accepts First Group
The Trump administration is expanding efforts to deport migrants to third countries, with South Sudan... The post U.S. Expands Third-Country Deportation Talks with African Nations, South Sudan Accepts First Group appeared first on News Facts Network.
Full Fact→ Our verdict on Labour’s first year: nowhere near enough action to restore trust
See Full Fact's take on what the government has and hasn't done in its first year to heal the public's "lack of trust" in politics.
Internet Archive→ Pres. Trump & First Lady Arrive at Kennedy Center for Les Miserables Opening Night : CSPAN2 : June 11, 2025 7:39pm-7:53pm EDT
President Trump and first lady Melaina Trump attended the Kennedy Center's opening night of Les Misérables. The president took questions from reporters and addressed several issues including the protests in Los Angeles following immigration raids by I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show ‘California’s First Lady’ Jennifer Siebel Newsom Shopping During June 2025 Protests
Did a photograph shared widely in June 2025 show California's first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom shopping in Beverly Hills during anti-ICE protests and unrest in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: The photograph was actually taken in Jan