REVIEW In April 2025, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cease recommending water fluoridation. This followed another announcement by the U.S. Environmental Prot
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Austin Metcalf Instagram Post Shows Photo of Guns and Racist Message
Did Austin Metcalf, a Texas teenager stabbed to death in April 2025, earlier post on social media a photograph of guns along with a racist message? No, that's not true: Internet users copied a photo from a 2020 Reddit post, and used digit
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ilhan Omar wasn’t just removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee
“Breaking News: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, former first daughter Malia Obama didn’t get $2.2 million from USAID
“Malia Obama received $2.2 million in funds from USAID.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the Delta Air Lines plane that crashed in Toronto didn’t have an all-women crew
“Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Barron Trump didn’t say this about ‘uncovering a dark legacy’
Says Barron Trump posted on X, “We’re on the brink of uncovering a dark legacy in this country that’s been hidden for far too long.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The claim that Coca-Cola turned over ‘its own workers to ICE’ is unfounded
Coca-Cola “sells out its own workers to ICE.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Sinkhole in New York City? Don’t panic, this video is AI-generated.
Video shows a sinkhole opened in New York City in February 2025.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, FBI nominee Kash Patel didn’t say the FBI found 256 emails between Adam Schiff, Jeffrey Epstein
Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Warren didn't say citizens don’t have the right to know what the government spends money on
Says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our tax dollars on.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Unedited Kamala Harris interview on ‘60 Minutes’ doesn’t show host confronting Harris about lying
A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ring is not alerting customers about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities
Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, US Army Black Hawk helicopter not the same model as chopper in Kobe Bryant’s crash
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Unfounded claims that plane crashes were human sacrifices for the Super Bowl spread online
Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, USAID didn’t pay Hollywood actors millions of dollars to visit Ukraine
An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did Donald Trump say Mexicans call him ‘peachy, cool arrow’? No, this clip is altered
Video shows President Donald Trump saying Mexicans call him “peachy cool arrow.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this isn’t video of a missile crashing into a Philadelphia neighborhood
Video shows a missile crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Jan. 31, not a jet.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t say this about US President Donald Trump
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I’m confused. I keep hearing everyone from America saying that my country is sending felons and (rapists) into their country. We thought that was encouraged … considering that’s what they chose to b
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the Trump administration isn’t giving every American $18,000
“The Trump administration is giving each and every adult in America $18,000.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, CNN wasn't reporting on the Potomac River plane crash hours ‘before it happened’
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Story about 1,500 IRS resignations under Trump started as satire
“1,500 IRS agents have submitted letters of resignation after Trump announced he would put 90,000 superfluous IRS personnel on border patrol.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this photo does not show fallen Army pilot posing with Biden
Photo shows Black Hawk helicopter pilot in fatal crash worked for years with President Joe Biden at the White House.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – ¿ICE arrestó a un hombre con una camisa que dice ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’? Esta foto fue editada
Imagen muestra a oficiales de inmigración arrestando a un hombre vestido con una camisa de “Latinos for Trump 2024”.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Does this video show 2025 anti-Trump protests around the world? No, it’s from 2018
A video shows “people around the world” who are “protesting because Donald Trump is the president.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, a judge didn’t declare former President Joe Biden’s pardons unconstitutional
“Biden pardons are unconstitutional! 7th Circuit Court Judge Joseph Barron ruled that there is no provision to pardon someone who hasn’t been formally charged.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claims California Gov. Gavin Newsom thwarted Elon Musk’s help amid fires are unfounded
“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this isn’t an authentic X post from Eric Trump about the ‘American Golden Age’
Says Eric Trump post on X, “Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the line, or we WILL run you down!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Elon Musk hasn’t vowed to acquire MSNBC and fire Joy Reid
“Elon Musk confirms he will spend a massive amount to acquire MSNBC, vows to fire Joy Reid to ‘end toxicity.’”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis didn’t confess to colluding with the Jan. 6 committee
“Fani Willis has just confessed to collusion with J6 committee.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, US immigration officials are not paying $750 for turning in immigrants in the U.S. illegally
“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram, Meta Did NOT Force Users To Follow Vance, Trump
Did Instagram and its parent company, Meta, force users to follow Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The accounts in question are reserved for the sitting vice president and president, respectively. O
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 – Biden isn’t providing Los Angeles wildfire victims only $770. Other federal aid is available.
The Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the FBI didn’t arrest the owner of a company purportedly responsible for the Los Angeles fires
“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Clip doesn’t show ‘Israeli tourists celebrating’ Los Angeles fires. It shows a 2024 Switzerland fire
Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Videos on social media show LA firefighters using professional gear, not ‘women’s handbags’
“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Is Trump giving Staten Island to New Jersey? He didn’t say that, despite what social media posts say
Says President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 60 Oregon fire trucks aren’t ‘being held up in Sacramento for emissions testing’
“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
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→ Instagram posts – Video shows family, not looters, retrieving items from their wildfire-damaged California home
Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.