Does an old photo show Vice President Kamala Harris practicing prostitution? No, that's not true: The professional photographer who took this shot in New York City told Lead Stories that the young Black woman in the picture was not Harris
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Starbucks Founder Schultz Did NOT Say Boycotts Had Sent Company Into ‘Critical’ Decline In July 2024
Did Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz say the "company has reached a critical point of decline amid global boycott," and did the BBC report his criticism, as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: A spokesperson f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Kamala Harris Saying ‘More Schools, Less Jails’ Does NOT Show Full Extent Of Her Position
Does a video in a social media post accurately convey Vice President Kamala Harris' full position by using a clip of her saying "more schools, less jails"? No, that's not true: A transcript of her 2013 speech shows the post snipped away t
AllSides→ No, JD Vance Did Not Say He Had Sex with Couch Cushions
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-couch-cushions/ JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir about havi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jimmy Carter Was NOT Dead As Of July 23, 2024 — Letter Saying So Is Fake
Did former President Jimmy Carter die on July 23, 2024? No, that's not true: The owner of the account that posted a fake letter about Carter passing away told Lead Stories he carried out the hoax to show how sensationalist news spreads. T
AllSides→ Unfounded Rumor Says Biden Had Undisclosed Medical Emergency in Vegas Mid-July 2024
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-medical-emergency-las-vegas/ In the months leading up to the No
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – FBI says assistant director Janeen DiGuiseppi wasn’t at fatal Butler rally
Images show FBI assistant director Janeen DiGuiseppi seated behind former President Donald Trump during his assassination attempt.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Fake Fox News chyron says Kamala Harris could be the oldest female president
Fox News aired a chyron that said, “Kamala could be the oldest elected female president.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fact-check: Post says there are 9 states where Biden’s name can’t be removed. That’s False
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson recently said he thought it would be “unlawful” for Democrats to replace President Joe Biden on the ticket. Legal experts say there’s little in case law to support that argument.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Kamala Harris Saying ‘Today Is Today’ — Audio Is Manipulated
Does an authentic video show Vice President Kamala Harris saying "Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. So live today so that future today will past today, as it is tomorrow"? No, that's not t
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Ear, ear: Donald Trump didn’t say he lost his ‘whole ear’ in assassination attempt
Says former President Donald Trump said, “It took my entire ear off. The whole ear.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Trump Shooter Crooks Wearing Yarmulke, Synagogue Representatives Say
Does a photo on social media show Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks wearing a yarmulke? No, that's not true: Representatives of the Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Butler, Pennsylvania, told Lead Stories they know the person in
PolitiFact→ Trump VP pick J.D. Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer
In his first interview after being selected as Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, J.D. Vance addressed his past comments about abortion, domestic violence and Trump. We looked at the facts and context behind his statements.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Authorities Did NOT Say Fire At Notre Dame Cathedral In Rouen ‘Could Be A Religious Attack’
Did French officials state that "a religious attack" caused the spire of France's nearly thousand-year-old Rouen cathedral to catch fire on July 11, 2024? No, that's not true: As of July 12, 2024, the cause of the fire was still under inv
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Did BBC News publish a graphic saying Joe Biden was ‘inaudible’? No, that’s altered
BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Say ‘It’s God’s Job To Forgive Terrorists, My Job Is To Send Them To Him.’
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly say, "It's God's job to forgive terrorists, my job is to send them to him"? No, that's not true: The attribution, which dates to 2015, was refuted shortly after it was made. Lead Stories could
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say He Had Sex With The NATO Secretary-General’s Wife
Did President Joe Biden say he had sex with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's wife at the NATO summit in Washington in July 2024, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The official White House transcript of the presi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Get behind me, misinformation about Oreos: Elon Musk didn’t say they’re satanic
Video shows Elon Musk saying Oreos are “satanic.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, a July 3 CNN report did not say Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race
CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say Humanity Needs To Be ‘Forced Into A Collaboration’ With ‘Globalist Entities’
Did World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab say that "humanity needs to be 'forced into a collaboration' with globalist entities"? No, that's not true: Even the recordings of Schwab's speech shared by accounts posting this claim on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Elon Musk Saying Oreos Are Satanic In Joe Rogan Interview Is NOT Authentic — Likely AI Creation
Is a video displaying Elon Musk saying Oreos are satanic authentic? No, that's not true: Multiple online AI detectors reported that the audio in this video post was most likely AI-generated. Lead Stories also located the authentic video r
The Dispatch→ No Labels Chief Strategist Says It’s Too Late for an Independent Presidential Alternative
Plus: Trump set to alter GOP’s platform on abortion and a look at how Turning Point Action vets candidates.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Err In Saying ‘End Of Quote’ In Remarks After Supreme Court Decision On Presidential Immunity — It’s Common
Did President Joe Biden err in saying "end of quote" in his remarks after the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity on July 1, 2024, as some social media posts implied? No, that's not true: There are many ways of signifying a qu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Gordon Ramsay didn’t kick transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of a restaurant. Claim is satire
“Gordon Ramsay kicks Lia Thomas out of his restaurant, 'Dine in some woke place.'"
Full Fact→ No evidence old audio clip supposedly of Keir Starmer saying he hates Liverpool is genuine
The clip may have been generated by artificial intelligence, though we don’t know that for sure.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say In June 2024 He Might Resign For Medical Reasons — Quote Dates Back To 2020
Did Joe Biden say in June 2024 that he might resign the presidency for medical reasons? No, that's not true: There are no credible reports or official statements indicating that President Biden recently made such a remark. A video in whic
Climate Feedback→ Sea-level rise: to mitigate or adapt? Experts say we need to do both.
As sea levels rise, coastal regions will face a number of negative impacts, including flooding, submerged land, and loss or changes in marine ecosystems[1]. Roughly 900 million people – or 11% of the world’s population – lived in low-lying coasta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marine Le Pen Did NOT Say She ‘Will Save France From The New World Order’; Did NOT Promise ‘Macron Will Be Arrested’
Did the leader of France's National Rally party Marine Le Pen announce that she will save France from "the New World Order" and that "Macron will be arrested"? No, that's not true: The story came from a website known for producing false s
PolitiFact→ Pennsylvania Values PAC – Liberal group’s ad says Trump is ‘against mail in voting.’ That omits his recent comments
Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neil Armstrong Did NOT Say He Saw UFOs And Aliens On The Moon
Did astronaut Neil Armstrong once say he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon? No, that's not true: The claim is completely fabricated. There is zero evidence that Armstrong ever told anyone that he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon, and no evid
AllSides→ Fact Check: Did Trump Say He Would Look at Restricting Contraception?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-trump-say-he-would-look-restricting-contraception-1917226 Repub
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas didn’t say she’s leaving the U.S.
“Lia Thomas declares: ‘In our country, only people like (Harrison) Butker have a place — I’m leaving the USA.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claims that linguist Noam Chomsky is dead are not true, family says
Says linguist Noam Chomsky died, as of June 18, 2024.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Presidential debate host CNN says it’s false that Joe Biden’s campaign demanded no standing
“The Biden campaign has demanded that Joe Biden not have to stand during the presidential debate.”
Full Fact→ We can’t say what proportion of Scots are on NHS waiting lists
Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have claimed about a seventh of all Scots are waiting for treatment or tests.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Italian PM Meloni Did NOT Say ‘If Russia Does Not Agree To The Terms Of The Peace Summit, We Will Force It To Surrender’
Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say, "If Russia does not agree to the terms of the peace summit, we will force it to surrender"? No, that's not true: The comments attributed to her come from a falsified Russian translation of wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scarlett Johansson Did NOT Say ‘I Am A Jew, And No Amount Of Money In The World Will Tempt Me To Go Against Israel’
Did actress Scarlett Johansson once say, "I am a Jew, and no amount of money in the world will tempt me to go against Israel?" No, that's not true: There is no record of Johansson ever having made this remark. A search on Google News show
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Law Does NOT Specifically Say People Can Be Fined For Flying Flag Of England On Their Vehicles — It Potentially Applies To All Flags
Under U.K. law, can people be fined £1,000 specifically for flying the flag of England, also known as St. George's Cross, on a vehicle? No, that's not true: The law only imposes fines for flags that violate specific regulations regarding
PolitiFact→ X posts – Some Trump backers say the Hunter Biden trial was orchestrated as a distraction. Pants on Fire!
Hunter Biden’s trial and conviction were contrived to divert attention from Biden family crimes.