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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé $200,000 For A Campaign Rally Appearance — Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait
Did a legitimate news report reveal the Kamala Harris presidential campaign was making an illegal $200,000 payment for travel expenses to music mogul Beyoncé for appearing at a campaign rally in 2024? No, that's not true: A satire site c
PolitiFact→ James Comey posted the number ‘86’ in reference to Donald Trump. What’s the history of the term?
Ask PolitiFact: What does '86’ mean? Parsing Comey’s seashells
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dollar General Did NOT Post Sign Saying Self-Checkout Is Closed ‘Due To N—–s’
Did a Dollar General Store post a sign saying a self-checkout station was closed "Due to Niggers"? No, that's not true: The actual sign shared on X by Jack Posobiec on May 15, 2025, read "Due to Dishonesty," but hours later another accoun
Full Fact→ Hoax posts circulating on Facebook about stabbed woman found in submerged vehicle
The posts claim the woman was found in different parts of the UK, but share photos showing unrelated incidents in the US.
Full Fact→ Posts about civil servant ‘responsible’ for increasing state pension age need context
Claims that the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions “is retiring” are out of date and don’t give the full picture.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Fact-check: Is new pope linked to anarchist zone as viral headline claims?
Headline said, “Pope Leo XIV was a founding member of the 2020 anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone known as CHAZ.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Is the new pope a ‘registered Republican’? No, but Robert Prevost has voted in GOP primaries
Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About Suspects ‘Kelvin Buckland’ And ‘Malena Renae Mason’ Being On The Run In May 2025 Are NOT Authentic Warnings
Do posts about suspects "Kelvin Buckland" and "Malena Renae Mason" being on the run offer a genuine warning for the members of various local communities? No, that's not true: Such posts were later flipped to promote rental deals. If peopl
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Manipulated audio sparks False narrative that Canadian PM announced ban on cars made before 2000
Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying effective June 1, “all vehicles manufactured before 2000 will be gradually phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emissions standards.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Child sex trafficking already a felony in CA. Bill addresses solicitation of 16- and 17-year-olds
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Lead Stories→ Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley’s Service History: What We Know
Was the service history of Colonel Ruby Bradley, an American nurse captured in the Philippines during World War II, removed from official military websites on orders of U.S. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or DOGE?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Post About Shell Company Tied To Three Democratic Senators Receiving Millions In Ukraine War Contracts Originated On Karoline Leavitt Satire Account
Did White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt make a request on X for opinions about whether the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should investigate "a mysterious shell company" tied to "three Democratic senators" that r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Posted AI Generated Image Of President Trump Wielding Lightsaber On May 4, 2025
Did the official X account of The White House post an AI generated picture of President Trump wielding a red lightsaber in front of a backdrop of American flags and eagles? Yes, that's true: The image was published on May 4, 2025, a day i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope
Did American President Donald Trump post a picture of himself in which he appeared to be dressed as Pope while holding up his right index finger? Yes, that's true: He posted the image to his Instagram account. According to at least one AI
PolitiFact→ X posts – Conservative influencers share edited Michelle Obama comment to push trans conspiracy theory
A video clip shows Michelle Obama describing herself as “a Black man.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post ‘I’m Running for President of the United States in 2028’
Did former Vice President Kamala Harris declare in April 2025 that she intended to run for president in 2028? No, that's not true: A supposed screenshot of an X post by Harris was fake. It came after Harris made her first major speech sin
Full Fact→ Missing child hoax posts use picture from supermarket shopping accident
Facebook posts claim the injured child was found an hour earlier, but the image dates back to 2017.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindsey Graham DID Post On X About Trump Being Open To The Possibility Of Becoming Pope — Included ‘Trump MMXXVIII’ Slogan
Did Senator Lindey Graham post on X about President Trump being open to the possibility of becoming Pope? Yes, that's true: Even though there was doubt screenshots showing such a post were real, Graham did post it. The message included th
Full Fact→ Facebook posts appear to overstate payments for parliamentarians
Generally MPs are paid salaries and members of the House of Lords are entitled to attendance allowances, but none of them receive both.
Full Fact→ Posts claiming to show someone injured in hit-and-run accident actually show man who died of Covid in 2021
The same picture has been posted in community groups for different locations across the UK and abroad.
Full Fact→ Posts claiming police need help to identify stabbing victim are false
The same picture has been posted in Facebook community groups for different locations across the UK.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post On Truth Social He’s Renaming New Mexico As New America
Did President Trump say in a Truth Social post on April 23, 2025 that he would sign an order to change the name of New Mexico to New America? No, that's not true: The post does not exist on Trump's Truth Social timeline and there is no ev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post "JD KILL POPE" Acrostic To His Truth Social Account — @TrumpDailyPosts X.com Screenshot Is Phony
Did President Donald Trump hide an acrostic message - spelling out "JD KILL POPE" - in an April 18, 2025 post to his Truth Social account three days before the death of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The paragraph, marked in red to sh
Full Fact→ Posts about ‘evil’ babysitter on the run in the UK are fake
The mugshot used is taken from a US case dating back to 2015.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chinese Embassy In US Did NOT Post Cartoon That Depicts Trump Having Tariff-Related Tantrum
Did the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. on X post a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as having a tariff-related tantrum? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the account's entries did not include that image. An
Full Fact→ Posts claiming to show dog found on roadside after hit-and-run are hoaxes
The same image has been posted in different Facebook groups, claiming the dog has been found in various locations across the UK and abroad.
Full Fact→ Viral post about Obama’s official White House portrait isn’t wholly accurate
A picture of the 44th US president has been shared with the misleading claim that it is his official White House portrait which President Trump “refuses to hang”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene DID Post ‘Evil is Being Defeated’ After Death of Pope Francis
Did Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene post that "evil is being defeated", shortly after the death of Pope Francis was announced on April 21, 2025? Yes, that's true: Screenshots of the X post were shared widely online, especially among those cri
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025
“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post an Easter Message to ‘Radical Left Lunatics’, Judges, Biden in 2025
Did President Donald Trump post a "Happy Easter" message to social media in which he attacked "Radical Left Lunatics," "WEAK and INEFFECTIVE judges", and former president Joe Biden? Yes, that's true: Widely shared screenshots of the post
Health Feedback→ Influencer Gary Brecka spreads misinformation about water fluoridation in Instagram post
REVIEW In April 2025, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cease recommending water fluoridation. This followed another announcement by the U.S. Environmental Prot
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, Arizona election officials aren’t removing ‘50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls’
Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Liz Cheney didn’t pen a viral open letter to Democrats. It started in a Facebook group.
Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration.
Full Fact→ Post falsely claims police asked ‘British Jews’ to stay at home due to ‘pro-Palestine marches’
Both the Metropolitan Police and the Community Security Trust have said this is completely untrue.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Arrest Of ’45-Year-Old British mother in the UK’ Who Was Then Sentenced To Prison For A Facebook Post
Did an image shared on social media capture the recent arrest of a "45-year-old British mother in the UK" later sentenced to nine months in prison for a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The image first appeared online in 2017. It docum
PolitiFact→ X posts – Photo of PA arson suspect Cody Balmer was falsely edited to show anti-Trump sentiment
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Rep. Jasmine Crockett is not cashing her grandmother’s Social Security checks. That came from satire
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month for 13 years.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Selfie Posted In 2020 By Man Charged With Starting Fire At PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Did NOT Include ‘Fuck Trump’ Message
Did Cody Balmer, who is suspected of arson at the residence of the governor of Pennsylvania, publish a selfie with a "Fuck Trump" inscription? No, that's not true: The picture that went viral after the release of the suspect's name was di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Rep. Jack Kimble’ Did NOT Post Apology About President Nayib Bukele’s Name — Kimble Does Not Exist
Did a U.S. Congressman named "Jack Kimble" post an apology on X for confusing Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, with the name of a sex act? No, that's not true: As of April 2025, there is no member of the U.S. Congress named Jack Ki