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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report About Trump, Nuclear Codes NOT Verified, According To Retired CIA Analyst Larry Johnson, Who Mentioned It In Viral Video
Does a verified report say President Donald Trump tried to "access the nuclear codes" but was blocked by Gen. Dan Caine, as claimed by retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson? No, that's not true: There are no credible or verified reports indic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dan Caine Did NOT Storm Out of Emergency Meeting After Trump Suggested Threatening Iran With Nuclear Weapons
Did Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, storm out of an emergency meeting after President Donald Trump said he wanted to threaten Iran with nuclear weapons? No, that's not true: There are no credible or verified reports
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Did NOT Say ‘Iran Can Have A Nuclear Weapon’ — He Has Argued Against Nuclear Weapons
Did Pope Leo XIV say, "Iran can have a nuclear weapon," as President Donald Trump suggested on the White House lawn in April 2026? No, that's not true: The pope has repeatedly argued against war and denounced nuclear weapons. In March 202
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, Pope Leo XIV does not support nuclear weapons in Iran, or anywhere, despite Trump’s statement
Pope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claim About the Obama Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Nuclear Development
President Donald Trump has claimed that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was “a road to a nuclear weapon” and the country “would be sitting with a massive nuclear weapon three years ago” if he hadn’t withdrawn the U.S. from the
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump wrong that a 2015 Obama-era deal gave Iran the right to nuclear weapons
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows A 1957 Nuclear Test In U.S. NOT In Iran — No Evidence Earthquake In Gerash Region Was Caused By Nuke
Does a video show a nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran? No, that's not true: The video clip shows a nuclear test in the Nevada desert in 1957. The mislabeled video clip bears the watermark of
FactCheck.org→ Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, “An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American.” But arms control experts have
The Dispatch→ Letting the Nuclear Arms Deal With Russia Expire Makes the World Safer
Why the doomsayers are wrong to suggest we’d face an arms race.
The Dispatch→ Nuclear Power’s Unlikely American Comeback
Growing electricity demand and geopolitical competition are driving renewed interest in nuclear energy.
The Dispatch→ Nuclear, Big and Small
The U.S. begins to build a next-generation nuclear future.
PolitiFact→ Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE
Fact-checking Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview
The Dispatch→ Saber-Rattling Raises Fears of a New Nuclear Era
What ‘A House of Dynamite’ gets right and wrong about the threat of nuclear warfare.
The Dispatch→ Does the Iranian Nuclear Program Still Exist?
Despite the June strikes, Iran still has other enrichment facilities—and 902 pounds of possibly missing uranium.
News Facts Network→ Trump Positions U.S. Nuclear Submarines Near Russia After Medvedev Threats
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has repositioned two nuclear submarines to “appropriate... The post Trump Positions U.S. Nuclear Submarines Near Russia After Medvedev Threats appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Pentagon: Iran’s Nuclear Program Set Back Up to Two Years After U.S. Strikes
The Department of Defense estimates that Iran’s nuclear program has been delayed by one to... The post Pentagon: Iran’s Nuclear Program Set Back Up to Two Years After U.S. Strikes appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Khamenei Claims U.S. Strikes Failed, Dismisses Trump’s Nuclear Attack Claims
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei surfaced Thursday with a video dismissing the impact of recent...
FactCheck.org→ Iranian Nuclear Program Damaged, Not ‘Obliterated’ by U.S. Attack
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21 by American B-2 aircraft damaged the sites and set back Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, but didn’t complete
News Facts Network→ Trump’s Claim of ‘Obliterated’ Iran Nuclear Sites Disputed by U.S. Intel
A U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the recent strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear...
PolitiFact→ Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say
Are Iran nuclear sites ‘totally obliterated,’ as Trump said?
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?
Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon?
News Facts Network→ Trump Escalates Nuclear Rhetoric in Wake of Medvedev’s Threat
Donald Trump on Monday criticized former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for suggesting that Iran’s allies...
News Facts Network→ Trump Hints at Regime Change in Iran After Nuclear Site Strikes
President Donald Trump floated the idea of “regime change” in Iran Sunday, days after ordering...
PolitiFact→ Did Trump violate War Powers Act by bombing Iran nuclear sites?
Did Trump violate War Powers Act with Iran strikes?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lightning Bolt During Nuclear Explosion As US Bombed Iran Nuclear Plant
Does a video authentically show a lightning strike during a nuclear blast at an Iranian nuclear facility during a U.S. bombing attack on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: While Lead Stories cannot confirm whether the video is real or AI
News Facts Network→ U.S. Says Iran Strikes Targeted Nuclear Program, Not Regime Change
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. strikes on Iran are not “open-ended” nor aimed...
News Facts Network→ Trump Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites, Hails Strike and Warns of Greater War
President Donald Trump addressed the nation Saturday night, calling U.S. airstrikes that bombed Iran’s nuclear...
News Facts Network→ Trump Says Gabbard ‘Wrong’ on Iran Nuclear Threat
Donald Trump on Friday publicly rejected the assessment by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard...
The Dispatch→ No, Tulsi Gabbard Did Not Say Iran Was Close to Having Nuclear Weapons
The DNI claimed she and Trump were on the same page after he disregarded congressional testimony she delivered in March.
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Gabbard Comments on Iran Nuclear Capability
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, appeared to be at odds over whether Iran was close to having a nuclear weapon, but Gabbard said the
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What was the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump drop out?
What was the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump drop out?
News Facts Network→ Graham Says Marjorie Taylor Greene “Doesn’t Understand” Iran’s Nuclear Threat
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a Fox News interview...
News Facts Network→ Trump: ‘I don’t care’ that Tulsi Gabbard said Iran wasn’t close to having nuclear weapon
Donald Trump dismissed intelligence findings presented by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, claiming Iran...
News Facts Network→ Trump Ousts Nuclear Safety Official, Drawing Fire for Undermining Independent Agencies
Donald Trump has fired Christopher Hanson, a Democratic commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission... The post Trump Ousts Nuclear Safety Official, Drawing Fire for Undermining Independent Agencies appeared first on News Facts Network.
The Dispatch→ Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Sites
‘When enemies build weapons of mass death, stop them.’
News Facts Network→ Israel Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites; Iran Retaliates with Drone Barrage
Israel launched a series of preemptive airstrikes on Iran early Friday, targeting nuclear research facilities... The post Israel Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites; Iran Retaliates with Drone Barrage appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Iran Poised to Reject New U.S. Nuclear Proposal Amid Sanctions Dispute
The Trump administration has presented a new nuclear deal proposal to Iran through Omani mediation,... The post Iran Poised to Reject New U.S. Nuclear Proposal Amid Sanctions Dispute appeared first on News Facts Network.
The Dispatch→ How Trump Can Avoid Another Bad Iran Nuclear Deal
Shoring up American credibility would go a long way.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show Nuclear Explosion During 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict — Shows 2015 Explosion In China
Does a viral video show an explosion that is possibly a tactical nuclear weapon being used in the 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan? No, that's not true: The footage showing a huge explosion almost engulfing two tall buildings and