Does real video show a court case involving a teen who illegally worked night shifts in order to care for his sister after their parents died? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. The story does not include any specifics about
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People — Fake Story Is Vietspam
Did the family of Epstein's late survivor Virginia Giuffre, Stephen Colbert or Elon Musk spend millions of dollars to file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other people? No, that's not true: A federal court database s
PolitiFact→ How much has Donald Trump reshaped the government’s portrayal of Black history?
How much has Trump reshaped the portrayal of Black history?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO TMZ Story About Zelensky Buying Diddy’s Mansion For $61 Million — Nothing On Their Site
Did tabloid news outlet TMZ publish a report saying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought a Los Angeles mansion belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs for $61 Million? No, that's not true: Using TMZ's search box, Lead Stories found no s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make The Melania Movie Mandatory In History Courses, Did NOT Spell Her Name ‘Melanie’
Did U.S. President Donald Trump write on Truth Social that the documentary about his wife, Melania, will become mandatory in history classes, while calling her "Melanie"? No, that's not true: No such post could be found on his account. Le
PolitiFact→ Did the US give Greenland back to Denmark? Trump omits history, invokes Iceland in Davos speech
Did US own Greenland? Fact-checking Trump’s Davos speech
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story about Ronald Reagan Driving Himself To Visit Virginia Nursing Home On Christmas Day 1983 Is NOT Real — Spam From Pakistan
Did President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan quietly drive themselves to a Virginia nursing home to serve breakfast to elderly residents on Christmas Day 1983? No, that's not true: This is a completely made-up story that is con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: David Muir Did NOT Launch Into An Anti-Trump Tirade Predicting Martial Law And No Midterms — Clickbait Story
Did ABC News anchor David Muir "snap" in an on-air tirade against Trump, predicting martial law and no midterm elections? No, that's not true: This story is clickbait. David Muir never said this on-air. The story originated on a clickbait
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: AI Image In Keanu Reeves ‘Arch Animal Sanctuary’ Story With No Verifiable Details — No Actual News Reports
Did Keanu Reeves open an "Arch Animal Sanctuary" as claimed by several viral posts? No, that's not true: The image used in the story was generated using artificial intelligence according to the SynthID watermark in it. There were no actua
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Federal Judge Did NOT Instruct Treasury Department To Claw Back $15 Million From A USAID Scam By Adam Schiff — Fake Story From Satire Site
Did a federal Judge say the Treasury Department can take back $15 million of USAID money granted to companies owned by Sen. Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: This post originated from a website that produces satire content designed to foo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About Connecticut Woman Ada Morrison Committed To Asylum For ‘Excessive Reading’ In 1893 Do NOT Tell Real-Life Story
Do viral posts tell a real-life story about a Connecticut woman named "Ada Morrison" who was committed to a psychiatric hospital for "excessive reading and intellectual pretensions unsuitable for woman"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories
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
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: 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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story About Retired Charleston Detective Solving A 21-Year-Old Cold Case After Spotting a Wax Figure At A Gala Is Formulaic Clickbait
Did retired Charleston detective Vincent Hayes solve a cold case by recognizing missing woman Aaliyah Porter's face in a wax figure at a gala? No, that's not true: This story is just another fabricated tale from a YouTube channel that has
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: ‘Josephine Boudreaux’ Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 – Fabricated Clickbait
Did a "Josephine Boudreaux, the Black Widow of Louisiana", seduce and kill 11 Klan members in 1872? No, that's not true: This story is made up and only recently surfaced on social media. There is no historical record of this woman, and th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Missing Boy Scout ‘Eric Langford’ Story Contains Contradictions — Originated On Unreliable YouTube Channel
Did a boy scout named Eric Langford disappear in the Airondirac forests of New York State in 1989 and did he mysteriously return in 2001? No, that's not true: The fictional tale about a kidnapping appeared on a YouTube channel that publis
PolitiFact→ A history of PolitiFact's Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025
Lie of the Year lookback, from 2009 to 2025
The Dispatch→ Can the Trump Administration Stop History?
The story of humanity—and progress—is largely a story of immigration.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Real Domino’s Employee Did NOT Climb Japan’s Mount Fuji To Deliver A Pepperoni Pizza — Story Spun From A Japanese Hiker’s Cosplay Joke
Did a real Domino's delivery rider in Japan carry a pepperoni pizza in an insulated backpack to the top of Mount Fuji? No, that's not true: An AI-generated photo and story circulating on social media are not real, but they are based on so
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Marcus Holloway Did NOT Serve Twenty Years For Murdering A Wife Who Had Been Held Captive By A Neighbor — Fake Story To Bait Web Traffic
Did a Marcus Holloway serve twenty years in prison for a murder he didn't commit when his wife Sarah was finally discovered alive after being held captive by a Chicago neighbor all those years? No, that's not true: There is no record of a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Missing Blue Ridge Toddler Jacob Riley Was NOT Seen Alive With A Pack Of Wolves On Trail Camera Footage — Fake News Story
Did a trail camera capture footage of a still-missing three-year-old Jacob Riley walking with a pack of wolves just outside Blue Ridge? No, that's not true: This video was published by Blue Ridge Breaking News, which produces satire and p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Veteran Was NOT Charged With Murder For Killing Three Kids Who Broke Into His House — Ragebait Fake Story
Does a video show a true story about a veteran who shot three teens who were attempting to rob him and was then charged with murder? No, that's not true: The details of this story do not match a real case. The video uses clips from severa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Contradictions In ‘Pine Bluff Historical Museum Wax Figure’ Story — No Real Man Mummified
Did a wax figure at the "Pine Bluff Historical Museum" turn out to be a mummified real man who had been missing for years as a viral story claimed? No, that's not true: The story was written by "Muhammad Haseeb Ahmer" who first said it ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Says Trump Isn’t Paying Construction Company For East Wing Demolition
Did the construction firm in charge of the White House East Wing demolition call out President Trump over unpaid balances for their services in demolishing the historic building? No, that's not true: The website that made the claim is ful
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Of ‘Judge Harrison’ Presiding Over Adoption Of 14-Year-Old ‘David’ Is Clickbait — It Is AI-Generated
Did "Judge Harrison" surprise a 14-year-old named David by telling him that the court proceeding was not just another foster care placement, but that he was going to be adopted by a "Mr. and Mrs. Gable"? No, that's not true: This is a mad
The Dispatch→ Inventing the American Ghost Story
As America settles, so do its apparitions.
The Dispatch→ Ghost Story
Reagan returns to haunt the White House on trade.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chimps Are NOT Wearing Masks When Raiding Fruit Stands In the Congo — Fictional Story
Did researchers discover a shocking display of primate intelligence when a band of chimps in the Congo began wearing masks to hide their faces when they were raiding local markets? No, that's not true: This story appeared spontaneously o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Clip Of Ivanka Trump Calling Jasmine Crockett ‘Ghetto Trash’ — Same Story Recycled With Different Athletes By Foreign Spam Pages
Is there a viral video clip in which Ivanka Trump calls Jasmine Crockett "ghetto trash" and did CeeDee Lamb or another athlete then calm things down with a quote about "tearing other people down"? No, that's not true: The story contained
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral ‘Judge Keisha Williams’ Story Contains Fake Details — Accompanied By AI-Generated Video
Is the story of "Judge Keisha Williams" exposing an "officer Martinez" for violently assaulting her and making racist remarks in the courthouse before she turns the tables on him real? No, that's not true: The story promoted by a Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Phillies Karen’ Did NOT File A Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit Against MLB — Story Originated On Satire Site
Did the woman known as "Phillies Karen" file a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Major League Baseball? No, that's not true: The page that originally posted the claim is a self described satire account. The woman who became infamous as
Full Fact→ Is Reform UK on course for the ‘biggest landslide’ in history?
Various newspapers have claimed a poll found Reform UK is set for a ‘record’ election win. But this could do with some context.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Brandon Lake Super Bowl Halftime Show Charlie Kirk Tribute Story Made Up By Foreign Spam Network
Did the NFL announce the Super Bowl half time show will have a Charlie Kirk tribute including a performance by Brandon Lake? No, that's not true: A viral story making that claim was published by a foreign-run spam network with elements in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Finland Is NOT Annexing Russian Territories After Nearly Unanimous Regional Elections In Russia– It’s A Fabricated Story
Did the Russian cities of Vyborg, Petrozavodsk, and Murmansk decide with an overwhelming majority vote to leave Russia and join Finland? No, that's not true: This fictional multipart story is illustrated with an AI-generated image of "uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Horror Story Of Twins Lily And Rose Parker Disappearing At Disneyland Is Fiction — No News Reports
Is there any truth to the viral story about the disappearance of twins Lily and Rose Parker in 1985 in Disneyland and their skeletons being found in 2013? No, that's not true: The story originated on a Facebook page that says it publishes
The Dispatch→ Do You Belong to a Story?
Wendell Berry’s latest novel wrestles with what rootlessness does to our souls.