Did police arrest Annie Guthrie and seize her vehicle after finding something "deeply disturbing" in the investigation of her mother Nancy Guthrie's disappearance? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, there was no evidence that An
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Police-Recovered Footage Of Street At ‘Exact moment’ Savannah Guthrie’s mother disappeared" — AI Clip Spread Via Viet Spam
Does a viral video show security camera footage recovered by police that shows the exact moment Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, disappeared? No, that's not true: The Pima County Sheriff, whose office is investigating the kidnapping, has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Police-Recovered Footage Of Street At ‘Exact moment’ Savannah Guthrie’s mother disappeared" — AI Clip Spread Via Viet Spam
Does a viral video show security camera footage recovered by police that shows the exact moment Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, disappeared? No, that's not true: The Pima County Sheriff, whose office is investigating the kidnapping, has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Harvard University Scientists Did NOT Construct A 3D Model Of "Mary Mother of Jesus" — This Likeness Of Madonna Is An AI-Generated Joke
Did scientists at Harvard University create a 3D model depicting what Mary, Mother of Jesus, might have looked like? No, that's not true: This is an AI-generated image based on the likeness of Madonna, the "Queen of Pop". The joke post fo
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, these aren’t real photos of Zohran Mamdani with his mother and Jeffrey Epstein
Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.
Full Fact→ Another AI-generated video of Donald Trump criticising Keir Starmer circulates online
The video appears to show Donald Trump telling Keir Starmer to concentrate on governing the UK. But it isn’t real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call ‘Mother Of All Deals’ Pact Between India And EU A ‘High School Science Project’ On Truth Social
Did U.S. President Donald Trump call the 'mother of all deals' trade agreement between India and the EU. a 'high school science project' on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A viral image with those words did not show an actual social me
Full Fact→ Unevidenced quote Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics circulates again
An image of President Trump and his mother is being shared on social media alongside an unsubstantiated quote in which she criticises him.
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: Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real – Vietnam Spam
Did Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell and dozens of other celebrities each buy the small diner where they ate for free while struggling and now feed free meals to 120 homeless people every day? No, that's not true: 54 virtually ident
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
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: Photo Circulating Does NOT Show Renee Nicole Good Who Was Shot By ICE In Minneapolis — It Shows Another Woman Who Attended The Same University
Does the photo circulating on social media show Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis Jan. 7, 2025? No, that's not true: This is not a picture of Good, but another woman who attended Old Dominion University at
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Stories Say Streisand, Farage, Speaker Johnson And Others Said ‘Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants’ — Vietnam-Launched Hoaxes Say Celebrities Targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar
Did Barbra Streisand, British politician Nigel Farage and Kevin Costner each say "Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants -- starting with Ilhan Omar!"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories featuring those and other
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Posts About ‘100% Free Community Health Center’ Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real — Foreign Clickbait
Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical storie
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
The Dispatch→ The Other ‘America First’
From isolationism to imperialism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical California ‘Rep. Jack Kimble’ Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real
Did Republican representative Jack Kimble make a post about other countries potentially invading the U.S. "if we ever had" a "highly corrupt leader" as President? No, that's not true: The post was satire from an account on X that pretends
The Dispatch→ What Betty Friedan Got Wrong About Motherhood
Parenting can foster an intellectual life no less inspiring than one outside the home.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Archived Page Of A 1996 Melania Trump Profile On A Mail-Order Bride Website Is NOT Real — Copied From Another Woman’s Page
Is an archived page of a Melania Trump profile on "A Foreign Affair" mail-order bride website from 1996 real? No, that's not true: The purported page was never archived on the Wayback Machine servers, Internet Archive director Mark Graham
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ Gala — Spam From Vietnam
Did Barbra Streisand just announce a massive donation while accepting a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at a Los Angeles gala in front of various tech titans, billionaires and powerful people? No, that's not true: The exact same story, often
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner’s Mansion — This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names
Did the FBI discover a secret tunnel under Rob Reiner's Brentwood mansion? No, that's not true: There is no credible information to support this claim. The day after Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered, clickbait videos began to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cher Did NOT Read Karoline Leavitt’s Bio Live On MSNBC — Neither Did Other Celebrities
Did Cher tell Karoline Leavitt to "sit down, baby girl" after reading out her bio on MSNBC? No, that's not true: The viral story about the singer reacting to a supposed rant from Leavitt about "out-of-touch celebrities who think they can
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake ‘You Need To Shut Up’ Tweet Story About Karoline Leavitt, Other Celebrities — Spam From Vietnam
Did Karoline Leavitt or someone else tweet "You Need To Shut Up" at various celebrities and did they all react during a "live show" with millions of viewers? No, that's not true: Dozens of variations of the same story but mentioning diffe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Long Road Ahead, But I Believe In Recovery …’ Is NOT A Real Post By Maddow, Gauff, Sunak And Other Celebrities — Plucky Sick-Bed Notes Are Another Fake News Scam
Did Rachel Maddow, tennis champion Coco Gauff and former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, plus dozens of other prominent Americans, post identical brave notes from a hospital bed, saying "I still have a long road ahead. But I believe i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Academy Award For Compassion Was NOT Awarded to Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Coco Gauff, Danica Patrick, Or Any Other Celebrities — It’s Viet Spam
Was a special Academy Award given to an entertainer or celebrity "for the extraordinary impact of her compassion and sustained service to American communities"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories claim that Ann Wilson, Nancy Wi
PolitiFact→ Year of the Lies: ‘Worst of the worst’? ICE deports brothers after years of check-ins, good conduct
‘Worst of the worst’? Data, personal accounts say otherwise
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Story About ‘Live 3 A.M. Emergency Monologue’ By Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. Kennedy, Others Is NOT Real– It’s Fake News Clickbait From Vietnam
Did Zohran Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. John Kennedy or other prominent Americans go live with a 3 a.m. emergency monologue claiming they were under threat for secrets they were about to expose about President Donald Trump or former presi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barron And Melania Trump And Other Celebrities Did NOT Quietly Spend $10 Million To Build Churches Without Ceremony — Heart-String-Tugging Fictions Are Traffic Bait
Did Barron and Melania Trump, Prince Harry Mountbatten-Windsor, Eminem and Vince Gill each "quietly spend $10 million" to build churches without seeking publicity? No, that's not true: The fake images and nearly-verbatim fake stories appe
The Dispatch→ The Brother I Lost
What a deathbed confession and a long-disappeared sibling taught me about a woman’s right to choose.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phil Collins Did NOT Announce A 2026 World Tour With 32 Dates, Nor Have Trace Adkins, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana And Many Other Artists In Clickbait AI-Generated Tour Posters
Did Phil Collins "send the internet into orbit" when he announced the 32 dates of his 2026 World Tour? No, that's not true: Phil Collins has not announced a 2026 world tour. His name, and those of many other artists such as Trace Adkins,
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Is Congress Heading Toward Another Government Shutdown?
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Story About A Man Helping A Mother Wolf Shot With An Arrow — AI Generated
Does a video show the real story of a man who helped a mother wolf get veterinary help after she was shot with an arrow, and who cared for her wolf puppies while she recovered? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It originate
Full Fact→ Another fake Argos PlayStation 5 offer circulates online
An Argos spokesperson told us a new Facebook post claiming the retailer is “practically giving away” PlayStation 5 consoles to people who fill out a form isn’t genuine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt — It’s Web Traffic-Baiting ‘Viet Spam’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say That ‘Trump’ Named In Epstein Files Is ‘Another Person With The Same Name’
Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempt to explain the presence of Donald Trump's last name in the newly released Epstein files by saying that it was "another person with the same name", not a reference to Donald Trump, t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Mother Of Christopher Todd Erick Did NOT Find Her Deceased Son In An Exhibit Of Plastinated Real Bodies In Las Vegas — That Exhibit Predates His Death
Did the mother of Christopher Todd Erick discover the body of her deceased son, plastinated and on display in a Real Bodies exhibit in Las Vegas? No, that's not true: The bodies on display in the exhibit originated in China. According to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Bubba’ Reference In Mark Epstein Email To Brother Jeffrey Epstein Was Not About Trump And A Horse — Spokesperson Confirmed
Was Mark Epstein referring to a horse named "Bubba" in an email to his brother Jeffrey Epstein when he wrote "Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Mark Epstein told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Epstein’s Brother DID Mention Trump and ‘Bubba’ In A Real Email — He Says It Was NOT A Reference To Bill Clinton
Did Jeffrey Epstein's brother raise a question in a real email about if Russian President Vladimir Putin had photos of Donald Trump "blowing Bubba"? Yes, that's true: The 2018 email thread, one of the 23,000 emails released by the House G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Andrea Bocelli, Other Artists Did NOT Cancel Tour Dates In New York City After Mamdani Election, Saying ‘He Won’t’ Sing For Communists’
Did Andrea Bocelli cancel his New York City concert after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, saying "I don't sing for communists"? No, that's not true: There are multiple social media posts showing Bocelli and other artists including Jason