Did a widely-shared video show a submarine appearintg at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? No, that's not true: The local Coast Guard unit told Lead Stories that no such thing happened. The viral reel was consistent with previously documented
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT An Authentic Trump Post On Truth Social Telling Tesla Board To Approve Musk’s New Compensation ‘ASAP…FFS’
Did President Donald Trump post the board of Tesla should approve a new compensation package for Elon Musk, "ASAP" and to get him "P-A-I-D"? No, that's not true: A viral image that showed such a post was fake. The Truth Social post was no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Prove Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Resigned As Of June 23, 2025
Did Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly announce his resignation from office as of June 23, 2025? No, that's not true: As of this writing, no such dispatches appeared on websites of credible news outlets. The website of the Irani
News Facts Network→ Poll: 64% of Americans Disapprove of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults view Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” unfavorably, according...
News Facts Network→ Maine House Narrowly Approves Bill Limiting Local Immigration Enforcement
By a single vote, the Maine House passed a bill Tuesday to restrict local law...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Approve Army Birthday ‘Grand Parade’ Permit In 2024
Did the Biden administration approve the permit in June 2024 for a "grand parade" for the Army's 250th birthday? No, that's not true: The parade permit application was submitted in March 2025, more than a month after President Biden left
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove U.S. Military Tanks ‘Patrolled’ Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2025
Does a widely-shared video prove that U.S. military tanks patrolled the streets of Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2025? No, that's not true: The person who recorded it told Lead Stories that the 10-second clip showed an armored vehicle that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Does NOT Prove Tesla Owners Are Scrambling To Remove Anti-Elon Stickers During Feud With Trump
Does a cropped screenshot of a Google Trends chart of search term usage prove Tesla owners were "scrambling to remove their anti Elon stickers" on June 5, 2025, the day Musk began to publicly feud with Donald Trump? No, that's not true: T
The Dispatch→ ‘Weak’ and ‘Woke’: Dems Seek to Improve Standing With Working Class Voters
A new strategic initiative aims to be honest about voters’ perceptions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025
Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that's not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Confidential’ Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan
Does a viral image prove that a facility in Northern Pakistan experienced a radiation leak shortly after midnight on May 11, 2025? No, that's not true: What was described as an official government confirmation in posts on social media con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Princess Anne Publicly Said ‘I Will Never Bow To Camilla’
Does a video on social media show Britain's Princess Anne's authentic public statement that she rejects the idea of bowing to Queen Camila? No, that's not true: In that clip, the sound was added over a series of shots, but the video never
The Dispatch→ Claims That the FDA Has Approved Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19 Are False
The drug is approved only for treating parasitic diseases.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE FDA Approved Ivermectin as COVID-19 Treatment in April 2025
Did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in April 2025? No, that's not true: We found no mention of any such approval on the website of the FDA or Department of Health and Human Services, or
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Pierre Kory Did NOT Prove Texas Measles Death Announcement Was ‘100% False’ — Assertions Not Backed With Evidence
Did Children's Health Defense podcast guest Pierre Kory prove that Texas' confirmation of a 2nd measles death of an unvaccinated 8-year-old in Lubbock was "100 Percent False"? No, that's not true: Kory, who in 2024 was stripped of his int
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This video does not prove ‘weather modification’ caused northern Michigan ice storm
Video of gray skies in northern Michigan is proof of weather modification.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Laura Loomer’s X posts don’t prove that national security official added journalist to Signal chat
Conservative activist Laura Loomer’s reporting proves “Alex Wong is the individual who added (journalist) Jeffrey Goldberg” to the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE GPS data proves ‘84% Of Devices’ at Colorado Rally With Sanders And AOC ‘Attended 9 Or More Kamala Hamas Rallies, Antifa/BLM rallies, Pro-Hamas, Pro-Palestinian Protests’
Does a viral post prove that 84% of electronic devices spotted at the joint Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally in Colorado can be definitively linked to Kamala Harris campaign events and protests for other causes? No, that'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove March 2025 Discovery Of ‘600-Meter Deep’ Structures Under Giza Pyramids
Does a video confirm a March 2025 discovery of vertical structures that are just shy of 2,000 feet in depth and roughly 1.24 miles underneath Giza Pyramids? No, that's not true: The clip cited a paper that was three years old. It did not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Someone Yelled ‘Kill That Vice’ At J.D. Vance Attending Concert At Kennedy Center
Does a viral video prove that someone in the audience at a Kennedy Center concert yelled "Kill that Vice!" at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance as he entered the concert hall? No, that's not true: The sentence in question is not clearly audi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is it ‘official’ that Trump approved a $5,000 ‘DOGE dividend’ stimulus? No.
It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Elon Musk Left Son When Exiting MAGA Victory Rally Stage — Video Cut Short
Did Elon Musk leave his son behind while exiting the stage at a January 2025 rally? No, that's not true: A video clip circulating on social media to support this assertion was edited and shortened to suggest Musk left his son behind. Uncu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this old news footage doesn’t prove former President Barack Obama wasn’t U.S.-born
“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Does a ‘US Debt Clock’ prove DOGE has saved $64 billion? Why the clock and that claim lack evidence
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits
The Social Security Administration isn’t issuing payments to millions of centenarians. Here are the facts and context behind a chart Elon Musk shared.
Full Fact→ Picture doesn’t prove baseless conspiracy theory Brigitte Macron is a man
A picture is being shared online with false claims it shows the French First Lady as a boy.
Health Feedback→ Altered video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes unproven use of apple cider vinegar as diabetes cure
REVIEW A Facebook video that circulated in February 2025 featuring U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that daily apple cider vinegar consumption could cure diabetes. It also asserted that diabetes had not
The Dispatch→ Hiding in the Proverbial Attic
Hate speech. Government speech. Twitter speech.
Health Feedback→ Viral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies
REVIEW In late January 2025, “copypasta” posts containing multiple claims about cancer went viral on Facebook. The term copypasta is Internet slang for a block of text that is directly copied and pasted many times across social media platforms.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight Path Map Does NOT Prove Flight 5342 Suddenly Reversed Direction Before Fatal Crash
Does flight path data on a map prove that Flight 5342 suddenly reversed direction before fatally crashing into the Potomac River? No, that's not true: The reversal shown in a clip streamed by global flight tracking service Flightradar24 w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Airline Pilot Referred To ‘Gulf Of America’
Does a video clip posted on social media prove that an airline pilot made an in-flight announcement referring to the "Gulf of America"? No, that's not true: The video provides no proof that what appears to be an airplane cabin is in an ai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Does NOT Prove WEF ‘Demanded’ That General Public Get ‘Mass-Vaccinated’ Twice A Year With mRNA
Does an article prove that the World Economic Forum "demanded" that the general public be "mass-vaccinated" twice a year with "long-acting mRNA injections"? No, that's not true: The organization told Lead Stories this was "entirely false.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the U.S. government hasn’t approved $1,000 stimulus checks upon Trump’s return to office
After President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. government approved a 2025 $1,000 stimulus program for all Americans.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Biden’s Farewell Address Was Prerecorded
Does a clip showing open computer files prove President Joe Biden's farewell address was prerecorded? No, that's not true: The recording only showed Biden's photo, not the purportedly prerecorded video file with his speech. Plus, a White
Full Fact→ Bovaer has not been found to reduce cattle fertility at the approved dose
A claim that the manufacturer of Bovaer has invested in a synthetic meat company is true, but there’s no evidence the feed additive reduces the fertility of cows at approved doses.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – If wildfires leave blue items unburned, does it prove directed-energy weapons were involved? No
“Blue items that survive” California wildfires are “indicative of DEW's (Directed Energy Weapons)”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CoQ10 Is NOT A Proven Treatment For Preventing Alzheimer’s Or Parkinson’s Disease
Is CoQ10 a proven treatment for preventing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease? No, that's not true: A neurologist told Lead Stories that it is "false" to say that CoQ10 can prevent either disease. While some studies have explored the ant
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Infection Risk In Young Children
Did a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study find that children who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to get infected than those who are unvaccinated? No, that's not true: The study of children aged six months
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Existence Of Program That ‘Literally’ Deposits $20,000 Into Bank Accounts To Pay Off Credit Card Debt
Does a video on social media offer any evidence of a program that gives people $20,000 so they can use the money to pay off their credit card debt? No, that's not true: The clip only showed two images of some bank account transactions of
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a new $1,000 stimulus check hasn’t been approved as Donald Trump takes office
A “no-strings-attached $1,000 stimulus” check has been approved for “every U.S. resident” ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.”