Does a real video show rows of U.S. soldiers kneeling in prayer on a runway as they prepare to deploy? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It was uploaded to TikTok on April 5, 2026, with a disclaimer, "Creator labeled as AI-
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FactCheck.org→ The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’
Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U.S. Treasury just declared the U.S government is insolvent. A: No. That’s the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the government’s liabilities outweigh its as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows ‘Captured’ American In Iran Wearing Authentic U.S. Military Uniform
Does a photo show a "captured" American in Iran wearing an authentic U.S. military uniform? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generated, and online detection tools indicate it is fake, including a SynthID watermark indicating it was cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Video Shows Crewmembers Parachuting After Ejecting From U.S. F-15 Fighter Jet Over Iran — It’s AI Generated
Does a real video show two crewmembers parachuting to the ground after ejecting from a damaged U.S. F-15 fighter jet over Iran? No, that's not true: A content detection tool determined with 99.9 percent confidence that the video was AI ge
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former U.S. Army Chief Of Staff Gen. Randy George Has NOT Been Detained On Suspicion Of Treason — It’s A Joke
Was former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George detained on suspicion of treason? No, that's not true: The claim was posted by a self-described parody website and it offered no supporting evidence of truth. The Pentagon did confirm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Video Does NOT Show Actual Images of Iran Shooting Down U.S. F-15 Fighter Jet
Is this real footage of an American F-15 fighter jet being shot down by Iran? No, that's not true: The clip appears to come from a military simulation video game, and the same video was posted online about a month before the reported shoo
Lead Stories→ Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S.
We agree with some very prominent people. Here's our proposal... Fact Checking Day on April 2, 2026 marks almost a year since Lead Stories published our last fact check as part of Meta's Third-Party Fact Checking Partnership. Since that d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Quote About Attacks From ’17 Different Angles’ Involving Carrier Was About U.S. Attacking Venezuela — NOT Iran
Was a President Donald Trump quote from a video really about Iran hitting the "world's biggest aircraft carrier" from "17 angles" while planes were taking off every 32 seconds at one in the morning? No, that's not true: The quote was pull
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Skit Of ICE Agent Removing a U.S. Citizen From A Plane Is NOT Real
Does a video of an ICE agent taking a U.S. citizen off a plane in Texas show a real incident? No, that's not true: The video was a scripted skit performed by actors, showing a person wearing a face covering and flashing a badge before rem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missiles Destroying U.S. Navy Warship In Strait Of Hormuz
Does a real video show Iranian missiles destroying a U.S. Navy warship in the Strait of Hormuz? No, that's not true: There are no credible news reports of such an attack, and the clip appears to be from a military simulation video game kn
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Publicly Said She No Longer Wants To Go To U.S. After Trump’s Pearl Harbor Comment
Does a viral video on social media prove that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly said she no longer wants to "set foot in the United States again" after Trump's Pearl Harbor comment, made in her presence? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO
Did U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer threaten to close U.S. bases at Lakenheath, Mildenhall and elsewhere, and demand rent if President Donald Trump withdraws from NATO? No, that's not true: Contrary to a viral screenshot claiming Starmer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Airstrike on U.S. Base in Qatar
Is this a real video of an airstrike on a U.S. base in Qatar? No, that's not true: An online AI video detection tool determined that the clip is 83.3 percent "likely to be AI-generated." A separate tool identified typical AI "hallucinatio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence U.S. Soldiers Are Refusing Orders To Deploy To Iran ‘En Masse’
Are U.S. soldiers "openly refusing orders" to deploy "en masse" to Iran as a viral Facebook post claimed? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that large numbers of American service members are refusing deployment orders. Claims circ
FactCheck.org→ How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.
President Donald Trump claimed that Iran essentially shutting down the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t really affect” the United States the way it does “other countries.” It’s true that a small share of U.S. oil imports c
FactCheck.org→ Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree
Is the U.S. at “war” with Iran? Americans are getting conflicting messages from the Trump administration and congressional leaders. “We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Purporting To Show Strike On U.S. Military Base ‘In Jordan And The Gulf’ Is NOT Real Footage
Does a viral video claiming to show a strike on a U.S. military base in Jordan or the Gulf actually show such an attack? No, that's not true: Lead Stories' analysis found multiple inconsistencies pointing to AI, including a fake U.S. flag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Troops Captured In Iran — Soldier Part Of Video Is AI-Generated
Does a video show U.S. troops captured in Iran? No, that's not true: An online AI video detection tool found that the clips of the U.S. soldiers are fake but are intermixed with a real clip of President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show U.S. Military Saying ‘God Bless America And God Bless All Of You’
Do videos actually show real U.S. military members saying 'God Bless America and God bless all of you"? No, that's not true: An online AI video detection tool flagged the video as 99.5% likely to be AI-generated. A separate analysis ident
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Purporting To Show Iddo Netanyahu’s House Fire PREDATES The 2026 U.S.-Israel Attack On Iran
Does a viral clip show the house fire that killed Iddo Netanyahu, brother of the Israeli prime minister? No, that's not true: That footage was uploaded online weeks before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, 2026. The clip revie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Peyton Manning, Dolly Parton, Denzel Washington Or Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Donate Millions To Support Funeral For Four U.S. Servicemen Killed In Kuwait — Foreign Clickbait
Did Kevin Costner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jared Goff or any celebrities donate millions of dollars to support the funeral arrangements for four of the six U.S. servicemembers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait? No, that's not true: The false
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Iran did not release a list of U.S. targets, despite social media claims
Iran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Fire On Board U.S. Destroyer Or Aircraft Carrier
Does a video show a real fire on board a U.S. destroyer or aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated. A separate analysis found it has several hallmarks of A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Destroyer ‘Attacked By Iranian Missiles’ Near Cyprus — It’s 2017 Damage From Ship Collision Near Japan
Does a video show an American destroyer that was damaged by Iranian missiles in Cypriot territory in the Mediterranean? No, that's not true: This footage is from 2017 and the damage pictured is not from a missile attack. The video clip sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Purported To Show Real-Life ‘Moment Iran Destroyed U.S. Navy Fleet In Bahrain’
Does a video actually show the moment "when Iran destroyed the US Navy fleet in Bahrain"? No, that's not true: The viral clip, which purported to show that, originated from an account that disclosed it was AI-generated. It also contained
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows A 1957 Nuclear Test In U.S. NOT In Iran — No Evidence Earthquake In Gerash Region Was Caused By Nuke
Does a video show a nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran? No, that's not true: The video clip shows a nuclear test in the Nevada desert in 1957. The mislabeled video clip bears the watermark of
PolitiFact→ X posts – Viral video shows strikes on Yemen, not attack on U.S. airbase
Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows U.S. Embassy In Saudi Arabia On Fire After Drone Attack — It’s AI-Generated
Is this picture showing the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia on fire after a drone attack real? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image 99.7% likely to be AI-generated and it contained a watermark from an AI image genera
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missile Striking Or Sinking U.S.S. ‘Abraham Lincoln’ — U.S. Military Denies Attack
Does a viral clip prove that Iran sank the American aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" involved in the military operation in the region? No, that's not true: The U.S. military denied the rumors twice. No credible media organizations repor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Women In Iran Removing Burqas, Burning Pictures Of Khamenei After He Died In U.S.-Israeli Strikes In 2026
Does a video show women in Iran removing burqas and then burning pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he died in U.S.-Israeli strikes in February 2026? No, that's not true: The clip being shared does not show people in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln On Fire After Iran Missile Attack — Old Game Video
Does a video show the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln burning in the Red Sea after being hit by Iranian missiles in 2026? No, that's not true: The video first appeared online on June 23, 2025, in a post making a similar false claim d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Fighter Jets Involved In Real Dogfight Over Iran — It’s Game Video
Does a video show U.S. fighter jets in a real dogfight over Iran in the Feb. 28, 2026, conflict? No, that's not true: The clip from a video game was posted on a U.S. Army spoof account two days ahead of the conflict and has been circulati
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: How did U.S. actions contribute to economic and political upheaval in Iran?
How US actions spurred Iranian economic, political upheaval
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – TikTok shared by White House of U.S. Olympian Brady Tkachuk is AI-generated
U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Waffle House Did NOT Announce Plans for Floating Restaurants On Lakes In Southeastern U.S. — It’s A Joke
Did Waffle House announce plans to put floating restaurants on lakes across the southeastern United States to serve boaters, anglers, and waterfront homes? No, that's not true: A Waffle House official told Lead Stories there were no such
PolitiFact→ Josh Riley – Are investors buying more than a quarter of U.S. single-family homes?
“Nearly 27% of all homes sold in the first quarter of 2025 were bought by investors.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Is Donald Trump right that the U.S. crime rate is at its lowest in 125 years?
"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."
FactCheck.org→ Trump Oversells Recent U.S. Economic Growth
In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not “numbers unheard of,” or figures the U.S. “never had” before, as President Donald Trump has claimed.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Image of Bad Bunny in a dress and burning the U.S. flag is AI-generated
An image shows Bad Bunny wearing a dress and burning the U.S. flag.
The Dispatch→ Xi Jinping’s Purges May Bring U.S. Opportunities
The meaning—and motives—behind Xi’s actions are still unclear.