Did a real Grindr outage take place in Dallas during the 2026 Republican National Convention, which began on Sept. 9, 2026? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Grindr told Lead Stories it had no outages connected to the convention, an
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Full Fact→ Reform corrects claim that ‘rising’ share of Universal Credit went to foreign nationals
Reform’s Making Welfare Work report said government data shows the share of Universal Credit paid to foreign nationals ‘rose to’ 15.5% in January 2026.
Full Fact→ Is the national roll-out of gigabit broadband on track?
PolitiFact→ Trump’s Freedom 250 concert on the National Mall: What happened? What’s next?
Freedom 250 concert: What happened? What’s next?
FactCheck.org→ Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The series, which was published over se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Passport Image For ‘Priyanka Rao’ Mentions ‘Cole Thomas Allen’ As Her Nationality — Misspells ‘Tomas’ Too
Does a viral social media post show a real passport for someone from India named "Priyanka Rao" who is supposedly the wife of Cole Tomas Allen? No, that's not true: There have been no news reports mentioning that name in connection with t
PolitiFact→ Democratic National Committee – Would Trump’s proposed military budget be the largest increase since WWII?
President Donald Trump's proposed 2027 military budget would be "the largest spending increase since World War II.”
PolitiFact→ Restoration of America – SAVE America Act ad cites voter ID poll from before bill and misleads on international policies
“83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”
FactCheck.org→ Happy International Fact-Checking Day
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, purposefully set the day after April Fools’ Day (when mistruths are encouraged). The day was launched in 2016 by the International Fact-Checking Network, which calls it “a global celebration of t
Full Fact→ No, Keir Starmer didn’t threaten to embarrass Rupert Lowe on national TV
Posts being shared on Facebook detail a fabricated exchange between the Prime Minister and Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe in parliament.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote About ‘Support For Peaceful Demonstrators Via National Defense Fund’ Attributed To Various Celebrities — Foreign Clickbait Story
Did Bad Bunny and other famous people including Blake Shelton, Cardi B, Tom Jones, Andrea Bocelli say that they were supporting peaceful demonstrators via the National Defense Fund? No, that's not true: The claim was an example of so-call
PolitiFact→ X posts – Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir isn’t dead, the claim is a social media hoax
"BREAKING: So the Israeli media reports Itamar Ben‑Gvir died in a 'car crash,' while in fact he’s been obliterated by an Iranian missile strike on his home."
Full Fact→ No, Toby Carvery is not giving away a free carvery to celebrate ‘National Potato Day’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tampa International Airport Did NOT Ban Pajamas — The Tweet Is A Joke
Did Tampa International Airport ban travelers from wearing pajamas when passing through the Florida airport? No, that's not true: The pajama ban announcement shared by the airport's X account was a "playful nod to day-of-travel fashion de
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Decarlos Brown Jr., The Accused Killer Of Iryna Zarutska, Was NOT A Foreign National Who ‘Came In Through Open Borders’
Was Decarlos Brown Jr., accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, a foreign national who "came in through open borders," as Donald Trump said during the State of the Union address? No, that is not true: Brown was born in Charlo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colbert, Stewart, Hanks Did NOT Reveal A Number Of New Names From Epstein Files — It’s International Clickbait
Did comedians Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart or actor Tom Hanks broadcast a television program to disclose the names of numerous people not previously known to be implicated by the files of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's
Full Fact→ Archiving the content we check: How we are working with others to support the infrastructure for international fact checking.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The White House Did NOT Post Alert That All Flights Are Grounded And National Guard Alerted — Hoax Is Repeated Near-Daily
Did the White House post an alert that all flights were grounded, airspace was restricted and the National Guard had been activated on Feb. 6, 2026? No, that's not true: Nothing on the White House website, the FAA alert history or in real
The Dispatch→ The Nationalists’ Dead End
A movement that depended on an American-led international order shows its fatal flaws.
Full Fact→ Former National Cyber Leader and data expert to become Full Fact Chair
Full Fact is delighted to announce the appointment of Sally Walker as the charity’s new Chair.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Timberwolves National Anthem Ceremony For Renee Good, Minneapolis Mother Killed By ICE
Does this viral video show a ceremony during the Minnesota Timberwolves game Jan. 8, 2026 to commemorate the death of Renee Good? No, that's not true: The video was posted on a satire account. The video shows the wrong jerseys for the Tim
FactCheck.org→ Trump, FDA Make Misleading International Vaccine Schedule Comparisons
Echoing a longstanding anti-vaccine trope, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the American vaccine schedule “long required” babies to get “far more” vaccines than are given in “any other” country, and he di
The Dispatch→ Heritage Americanism: DEI for Nationalists
The folly of a hierarchy for Americanness.
Full Fact→ The government won’t be taking £90 from people’s payslips to tackle the national debt
Videos widely shared online claim that workers will see a £90 “debt recovery contribution” on their payslips from January 2026. But this isn’t true.
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Vetting of Accused National Guard Shooter
In the aftermath of the deadly ambush shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump and others in his administration immediately blamed Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, for failing to vet the Afghan national a
Full Fact→ No, savings above £5,000 aren’t being taken to pay off the national debt
Claims circulating online that savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026 are not true.
Full Fact→ Do new migration figures show an ‘exodus’ of British nationals in response to Labour?
The ONS has published revised estimates of net migration based on new methods, leading to claims of an “exodus”—here’s what the data shows.
The Dispatch→ Keep the National Guard Out of Local Crime-Fighting
Why throwing the Guardsmen at crime is a bad idea (and what actually works).
The Dispatch→ Videos Claiming to Show National Guard in Portland Are From 2020 Riots
Current ongoing protests in the city have been largely peaceful.
AllSides→ Q&A on Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago
Q&A on Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago jbhicks Mon, 10/20/2025 - 05:30 Donald Trump made crime a centerpiece of his 2024 presidential campaign. But he has surprised even himself, he said at an Oct. 1
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago
Donald Trump made crime a centerpiece of his 2024 presidential campaign. But he has surprised even himself, he said at an Oct. 15 press conference, with the intensity of federal efforts he has directed at cities, in what he says is an effort to fight
The Dispatch→ We Need a National Spirit of Sacrifice
Do the ideals that motivated America’s soldiers throughout our history still exist?
The Dispatch→ The Fight Over National Guard Deployments Continues
Court battles have slowed down deployments, but the Trump administration may have more legal leverage.
Full Fact→ Is the UK’s national debt set to match the size of the economy?
Conservative shadow chancellor Mel Stride claimed the UK’s debt is set to increase every year under Labour until it’s “the size of the entire economy”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bad Bunny Was NOT Caught Sitting Down During National Anthem At Yankees Game — It Was God Bless America
Was Bad Bunny caught sitting down during the National Anthem at a New York Yankees game on October 8, 2025? No, that's not true: Videos circulating on social media show Bad Bunny seated during the last verse of "God Bless America," not th
PolitiFact→ Live fact-checking Trump Cabinet meeting during shutdown, National Guard deployments
Live fact-checking Trump’s October Cabinet meeting
Full Fact→ Is the government on course to create three new National Forests in England?
Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s pledge to create three new national forests in England, and to plant millions of trees.
Full Fact→ No, people who have more than £500 in the bank will not be placed on a national monitoring register
HMRC told us this is “completely false”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: As National Intelligence Director, Tulsi Gabbard Did NOT Officially Designate John Brennan And Adam Schiff ‘Domestic Enemies’
Did Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, officially designate California Sen. Adam Schiff and former CIA Director John Brennan "domestic enemies"? No, that's not true: An authentic video posted by Gabbard in Jan. 202
Full Fact→ KFC is not giving away free buckets to celebrate ‘National Chicken Wing Day’
Despite claims to the contrary being shared on Facebook, KFC confirmed this offer is not genuine.