Is a video of Donald Trump with blindfolded children that claims to have come "out of the Epstein files" real? No, that's not true: There is no record of an image or video showing President Trump with blindfolded children with Jeffrey Eps
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Soldiers’ Coffins Arriving In The US Is NOT From Those Killed In Kuwait In March 2026 — From December 2025
Is a video of coffins arriving in the US showing soldiers that were killed in an attack in Kuwait in March 2026 during the U.S. attack on Iran? No, that's not true: The video is from December 2025. It shows the dignified transfer of two N
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show American Soldier Named ‘Bishop’ Crying After Attack ‘In The Gulf’
Does a video show an American soldier named Bishop in "the Gulf" crying because his shattered phone screen prevents him from seeing his daughter's face? No, that's not true: The clip is AI-generated and comes from a social media page know
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln On Fire After Iran Missile Attack — Old Game Video
Does a video show the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln burning in the Red Sea after being hit by Iranian missiles in 2026? No, that's not true: The video first appeared online on June 23, 2025, in a post making a similar false claim d
PolitiFact→ Will Trump account holders have $100,000 at age 18? It’s not guaranteed
At his Feb. 24 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump promoted his newly launched "Trump accounts." The acco
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Mention of Blackface, Trudeau, Perry Or Drake In USA Hockey Captain Auston Matthews Post Gold Medal Game Interview
Did Team USA hockey captain Auston Matthews go off the rails during a postgame interview, slamming Canada? No, that's not true: Video of Matthews' interview after the Feb. 22, 2026, Olympic gold medal game shows that he never called out C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Footage Of Heckler Shouting, "Andrew, You’re A Sick Old Man" Dates Back Several Years
Does a video of a heckler, who was assaulted after shouting at Prince Andrew, show a 2026 incident? No, that's not true: The video is authentic, but was more than three years old at the time of the former Duke of York's arrest on suspicio
Full Fact→ Old photos of Jeffrey Epstein edited to look like he was recently spotted in Israel
Images supposedly showing Epstein in Israel recently are actually old pictures that have been edited to add grey hair and a beard.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thitikul, De Niro, Hanks, Penrod Did NOT Say ‘Don’t Touch My Family Or My Country’ To Karoline Leavitt Or Whoopi Goldberg — It’s Vietspam
Did Thai golfer Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul say 'don't touch my family' at a news conference with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: No media outlets reported that about the golfer or any other celebrity, incl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Pam Bondi At 14 With Donald Trump At An Epstein Party — It’s Old AI
Does an image show Attorney General Pam Bondi at age 14 with President Donald Trump at a Jeffrey Epstein party? No, that's not true: An AI-generated content detector concluded that it was 99.9% certain to have been made by an artificial i
The Dispatch→ Is Donald Trump’s Golden Age Here?
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Full Fact→ Old video of Russian submarine test shared with false claim it shows Iran launching missiles
The clip being shared online dates back to 2018 and is not related to Iran.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Threaten A 250% Tariff On Norwegian Salmon Because ‘Norway Is About To Win The Most Golds’ At Winter Olympics
Did U.S. President Donald Trump threaten a 250% tariff on Norwegian salmon because "Norway is about to win the most golds" at the Winter Olympics? No, that's not true: The viral image of his supposed Truth Social post is not real. Lead St
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old detained by ICE, wasn’t in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz DID Say ‘Let’s Stop Attacking Pedophiles’, But His Representative Told Reporters The Senator Misspoke
Did U.S. Senator Ted Cruz say, "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" at a congressional hearing? Yes, he did, but his spokesperson described that as a gaffe, "a verbal slip", and clarified that the senator opposed such crimes. The overall con
The Dispatch→ Cold War Statecraft for Artificial Intelligence
The race to win will shape the world’s economies and geopolitics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say The Melania Trump Movie Sold More Tickets Than Star Wars
Did Karoline Leavitt say the Melania Trump movie sold more tickets than Star Wars? No, that's not true: The creator of the post stated that they made it up as satire. The White House press secretary did not say the movie about President D
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Image Showing Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, And Mira Nair Holding Baby Zohran Mamdani Originated From A Satire Account
Were Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein photographed with Mira Nair holding her baby son, Zohran Mamdani? No, that's not true: This image is fake and was posted on X by an account carrying a parody disclaimer. The fake image has a discreet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Email From Jeffrey Epstein About Satoshi ‘Pseudonym’ Or ‘Little Digital Gold Mine’ In Released Epstein Files
Is there an email from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell in the released "Epstein Files" that talks about project "Bitcoin" and "our little digital gold mine"? No, that's not true: A search of the released files does not bring up anyth
PolitiFact→ Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?
Fact-check: Do Minneapolis and MN cooperate with ICE?
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: The District of Cold
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Full Fact→ Fake Argos promotions claim Samsung Galaxy phones sold at 99% discount
Facebook posts and adverts say the offer can be claimed by completing a short survey.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Social media users spread AI-manipulated image of Alex Pretti holding gun
An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
Full Fact→ Fake video of Ukrainian soldier crying circulates online
A video of a young Ukrainian soldier crying and saying he doesn’t want to die was made using artificial intelligence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Or Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Say Your Favorite Artist Is ‘Just A Musician’ — It’s Viet Spam Clickbait
Did either Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists is "just a musician"? No, that's not true: The claim was made abo
The Dispatch→ Old Color for a Gray New World
Depression glass, a musical renaissance, and hotels. (And more hotels.)
Full Fact→ No, Amazon is not giving away unsold laptops
Amazon confirmed it is not giving away HP laptops that have been in storage for over a year.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About ICE Claim 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos’ ‘Criminal Illegal Alien’ Father Abandoned Him To Flee ICE Agents In Minnesota
Is a five-year-old Minnesota boy's father a "criminal illegal alien" who abandoned him in a running car at their home, running away when confronted by Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers? Here's what we know so far: School offi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A ‘Vicious Old Bastard Draining America’s Soul’
Did Travis Kelce, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Caitlin Clark and a 12 other celebrities say that President Trump was "a vicious old bastard draining America's soul after the Born-in-America Act"? No, that's not true: The claim that at l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Arm With ‘IV’ Was NOT Released By DHS As Evidence Of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Internal Bleeding — Old Joke Photo
Did the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release an image of Jonathan Ross's arm with an IV tube as evidence that the ICE agent suffered internal bleeding from Renee Good's car? No, that's not true: The photo was taken by a college st
The Dispatch→ Ethics Rooted in Physics | Interview: Rebecca Newberger-Goldstein
‘Moral unity and theological pluralism.’
Full Fact→ Old video of US military exercise shared with claims it shows soldiers landing in Venezuela
A video showing soldiers jumping onto a large building from a helicopter has been shared online with false claims it shows the recent US strikes on Venezuela. It was actually filmed in June 2025.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lucas Mamdani’ Did NOT Buy NYC Properties Through Holding Company Co-Owned With Bernie Sanders — Mayor Does Not Have A Brother Named ‘Lucas Mamdani’
Did a "Lucas Mamdani", brother to New York City's mayor, buy properties with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders to financially benefit from new city policies on affordable housing? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did not find evidence to suppo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Trump Being Told ‘Shame On You’ Live On Air By Depp, Eminem, Cher, McCartney, Others NOT Real – Vietnam Spam
Did Johnny Depp, Eminem, Cher, Paul McCartney or any other celebrity tell Donald Trump "You're tearing families apart ... Shame on you" at a live town hall meeting on immigration? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning t
Full Fact→ How many households have cancelled the BBC TV licence fee since 2020?
Claims that 2.4 million households have cancelled the licence fee since 2020 are circulating online. But we’ve found no evidence to support this figure, which the BBC says it doesn’t recognise.
The Dispatch→ The Stories He Told
Rob Reiner’s work will be remembered long beyond his—and others’—politics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Trump-Kennedy Sign At Kennedy Center Does NOT Have Gold Appliques And Onlays Like Trump Added To The Oval Office
Does the new Trump-Kennedy sign at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have gold appliques like President Donald Trump added to the walls of the Oval Office? No, that's not true: Though Trump's name was added, there were no news re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 90-Year-Old Man Is NOT Being Sued By The Families Of Two Home Invaders He Killed — Ragebait Fake Story
Did an elderly man kill two thieves inside his home and is he now being sued by their families for $1 million in damages? No, that's not true: This story is made up, designed to get social media engagement by causing outrage. There is no
Full Fact→ Video of soldier shouting at police officer is AI-generated
A video shared thousands of times on social media appears to show a British soldier confronting a police officer, but is AI-generated and not genuine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife — Video Is AI Fakery
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger offer to "cover all funeral expenses for Rob Reiner and his wife"? No, that's not true: The original TikTok video was labeled AI-generated by the content creator. There has not been any reporting that Schwarzeneg