Was a "New York Clean Car Act" signed into law that will ban washing and detailing cars in New York State starting in July 2028? No, that's not true: There are no credible news reports or official government announcements showing that suc
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It is An Edited Image Of Trump NOT Original AP News Photo Showing How He Really Looked
Does a photo of Trump speaking at a microphone show how he looked on May 8, 2026? No, that's not true: This image has been digitally edited. The real photo, taken by a staff photojournalist for The Associated Press, shows Trump speaking a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Bieber Did NOT Say Jim Carrey ‘Died Of Kuru’ After Years of Child Meat Parties in Hollywood — Story Came From Prolific Fake News Site
Did Justin Bieber say Jim Carrey "died of Kuru" (a rare disease linked to cannibalism), from eating child meat at Hollywood parties? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Bieber ever made the comments about Carrey. The viral arti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parody Post Said Mariah Carey Told Justin Bieber Off About Diddy Parties — Not Real News
Did Mariah Carey make a rude comment aimed at Justin Bieber, saying, "At least I never attended any Diddy parties"? No, that's not true: The account that posted the quote is a parody account. There are no news reports of Carey making the
PolitiFact→ Christine Quinn – No, New York City’s homeless children do not outnumber Yankee Stadium seats
“Today, there are more children sleeping in New York City’s homeless shelters than there are seats in Yankee Stadium.”
PolitiFact→ Liz Krueger – Proposed data centers in New York would use significant energy, but not double households’ use
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Post Parodies Trump Touting Crypto-Only Casino With Name Of His Defunct Atlantic City Casino — Gavin Newsom Parody Account
Did California Governor Gavin Newsom really criticize a real Truth Social post that depicts Donald Trump touting a crypto-only casino with the same name as Trump's closed Atlantic City casino, Trump Castle? No, that's not true: There are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBC News Did NOT Publish Poll Saying ‘89% Of Canadians Blame Donald Trump’ For Canada’s Economy — AI Image From Satire Site
Does a viral image show a real Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news report about a poll showing "89% of Canadians believe Donald Trump is to blame for Canada's struggling economy"? No, that's not true: The picture was first published by
PolitiFact→ Sam Sutton – Fact-checking a 152% increase in hate crimes in New York City
From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”
Full Fact→ Fake BBC News report about stolen Cézanne painting appearing in Zelenskyy video circulates online
A fake BBC News report claims a video posted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a stolen Cézanne painting in the background. But the real version includes a different painting by a Ukrainian artist.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence King Charles ‘Dying of Kuru’ After Decades of Child Meat Banquets — Story Came From Prolific Fake News Site
Is King Charles "dying of Kuru," (a rare disease linked to cannibalism), after decades of "child meat banquets"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the king has been diagnosed with Kuru as of the time of publication. He has an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Urge His Catholic Supporters To Start A ‘MAGA Reformation’ And Form A New ‘American Catholicism’
Did President Donald Trump urge his Catholic supporters to start a "MAGA Reformation" and form a new "American Catholicism"? No, that's not true: The account that started a rumor describes itself as satire. No news organizations reported
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: Trump Is NOT Closing All Forest Service Regional Offices, Reorganization Moves Agency West With New Geographic Districts
Is Donald Trump closing all regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service? No, that's not true: Official terminology will change, but there will still be offices in many regions of the U.S. under the plan announced March 31, 2026. Fifteen n
Full Fact→ Sky News corrects report about the US and the Geneva Conventions
The US did sign and ratify the original four Geneva Conventions but didn’t ratify some later protocols.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE CNN’s Description of Iran’s Ceasefire Statement Came From ‘A Fake News Site From Nigeria’
Did CNN rely on an unnamed "fake news site from Nigeria" to report on Iran's ceasefire statements on April 7, 2026, as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that CNN relied on a Nigerian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Post A Story That "Florida Man Refuses To Pay Taxes Because He Did Not Personally Approve Any Of The Spending"
Did Fox News post a story with the headline "FLORIDA MAN REFUSES TO PAY TAXES BECAUSE HE DID NOT PERSONALLY APPROVE ANY OF THE SPENDING"? No, that's not true: The Facebook account that originally posted the story is a satire page. It stat
PolitiFact→ New Earth photos appear dull because of cameras and lighting, not climate change
Climate change is not making Earth look dull
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post That C-130 Crash Meant Eight New Air Force Vacancies
Did viral posts share a real Trump Truth Social screenshot about a C-130 crash producing eight Air Force vacancies? No, that's not true: Trump did not post this message, according to Lead Stories' searches of his Truth Social account. No
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Times DID Publish Headline Saying ‘A North American Treaty Organization Without America?’ — Should Be Atlantic, Not American
Did The New York Times publish a headline saying "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?" Yes, that's true: The mistake appeared in the April 3, 2026, print edition of the paper. Instead of saying "North American Treaty Org
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Have A $100 Million Lawsuit Against ANYBODY Completely Collapse After Whistleblower Testimony — AI Spam From Vietnam
Did a $100 million lawsuit filed by Gavin Newsom against Nick Shirley, Willie Nelson and a dozen other celebrities collapse after whistleblower testimony? No, that's not true: The story that California's governor filed a defamation lawsui
PolitiFact→ Marc Molinaro – Does New York lead the US in population loss? It depends on the measure
New York leads the nation in population loss.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lock Him Up For Lying To Congress’ NOT Real Quote From Gavin Newsom, Others — Foreign Clickbait
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticize Nick Shirley, or did Sen. John Neely Kennedy criticize Adam Schiff, saying "Lock him up for lying to Congress, abusing power, and betraying the public trust!"? No, that's not true: Nearly identic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mark Twain Did NOT Say, ‘If You Don’t Read The Newspaper, You’re Uninformed. If You Do Read It, You’re Misinformed’
Did Mark Twain say, "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed"? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence that the American author and humorist ever made such a statement. It does n
PolitiFact→ What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’ or BA.3.2.
What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’
Full Fact→ Government drops plans for new immigration returns unit promised in manifesto
A Full Fact FOI request has revealed ministers have decided not to establish a separate unit.
PolitiFact→ Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns
Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Epstein Files Do NOT Reveal Ellen DeGeneres Ate Stanley Kubrick at a Satanic Ritual — Story Came From Prolific Fake News Site
Do the Epstein files reveal that Ellen DeGeneres and hundreds of Hollywood VIPs ate Stanley Kubrick at a satanic ritual? No, that's not true: There are no reports in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice that claim DeGen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Disneyland NOT Coming to Cincinnati, Ohio — Mouse Trap News Is Satire
Is a new Disneyland theme park valued at "$100 billion" coming to Ohio as some social media posts claim? No, that's not true: The news originated on Mouse Trap News, a satirical publication specializing in Disney-related stories. The site
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Offer Erdoğan To Kill New Iran’s Ruler Mojtaba Khamenei In Post On Truth Social — Image Of It Was Digitally Manufactured
Did U.S. President Donald Trump publicly offer his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to join U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to "finish off this Khamenei Jr."? No, that's not true: The screenshot of such a post that circulated on s
PolitiFact→ Is a new military draft coming after Karoline Leavitt's comments? Why it's unlikely
Is a military draft coming? Unlikely, despite online claims
PolitiFact→ US attacks in Iran prompt renewed push in Congress over war powers
Iran attacks prompt renewed push in Congress over war powers
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This isn’t ‘newly leaked’ audio from an Epstein victim about the Clintons. It’s AI
An audio clip reveals a Jeffrey Epstein victim’s account of abuse by the Clintons.
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
PolitiFact→ Bruce Blakeman – Comparing tax burdens, New York at (or near) the top of the list
New York ranks No. 1 in the nation for individual tax burden.
The Dispatch→ Why New Atheism Crumbled
And will the same thing happen to today’s ‘religious revival’?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Schneider, Seinfeld, Buttigieg, Emmylou Harris, Others Did NOT Each Launch A Fox News ‘Anti-Woke’ Morning Show — Fake News From Copy-Paste Spam Sites
Did a dozen celebrities including Rob Schneider, Jerry Seinfeld, Pete Buttigieg and Pete Hegseth each launch "the first anti-woke morning show" on Fox, as Facebook posts claim? No, that's not true: Fox made no such announcement, nor did t
PolitiFact→ Tom O'Mara – How much more do New Yorkers pay for electricity than the average US consumer?
“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Streisand, Bon Jovi, Stevie Nicks, ‘Mr. Bean’ Did NOT All Say ‘You Are Not Creating Change, You Are Creating Noise’ To Elites — Copy-Paste Posts From Vietnam Fake News Factory
Did Rowan Atkinson, Barbra Streisand, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks, and other celebrities all give the same speech to Mark Zuckerberg and a roomful of the rich and powerful on Dec. 20, 2025, saying "you are not creating change -- you are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Orleans Flight Restrictions NOT Associated With "Special Security Reasons" That Closed El Paso Airspace
Was the airspace around New Orleans also shut down in early February, 2026, along with El Paso's closure due to alleged national security concerns? No, that's not true: The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over New Orleans during Mardi