Does a viral image show a real post on Craigslist that offered $200 for attending Kid Rock's performance at Turning Point USA's alternative to the NFL Super Bowl halftime show? No, that's not true: The authenticity of the alleged screensh
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Craigslist Ad Offering $200 To ‘Fill Seats’ At TPUSA Alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring Kid Rock Is NOT Verified
Does a viral image show a real post on Craigslist that offered $200 for attending Kid Rock's performance at Turning Point USA's alternative to the NFL Super Bowl halftime show? No, that's not true: There was no proof the screenshot showed
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old detained by ICE, wasn’t in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
The Dispatch→ Takaichi’s Historic Supermajority
At least 31 killed in Islamabad bombing, updates on the U.S.-Iran talks, and please don’t juggle fire while on a unicycle in public.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Boy Who Bad Bunny Gave A Grammy During The Super Bowl Halftime Show Was NOT Liam Ramos — It’s Actor Lincoln Fox
Was the little boy who Bad Bunny handed his Grammy trophy during the Super Bowl Halftime show Liam Ramos, the five-year-old Columbia Heights, Minnesota, boy detained by ICE in January 2026? No, that's not true: The boy is actor Lincoln Fo
PolitiFact→ A Super Bowl ad says every American child will get a free Trump Account. Is that true?
Trump Accounts: What to know about Super Bowl ad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real — From Satire Account
Is a viral image showing Bad Bunny burning a flag while preparing for the Super Bowl halftime show real? No, that's not true: The image, featuring the singer wearing a white, blue and pink striped dress and lighting an American flag on fi
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Government Open for Now
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
PolitiFact→ What’s driving down US overdose deaths? Experts cite drug supply changes, increased naloxone
What's driving down US overdose deaths?
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: The District of Cold
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
The Dispatch→ Europe Stood Up to Donald Trump. What Next?
The damage done to the transatlantic relationship will not be easy to fix.
Full Fact→ Fake Donald Trump quote calling Republicans the ‘dumbest’ group of voters recirculates
We’ve fact checked posts sharing this fake quote several times before.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anti-ICE Protesters Did NOT Beat Up Staff At Minneapolis Hotel, NOT TRUE That ‘Police Never Came’
Did a social media post correctly report that anti-ICE protesters at a hotel in Minneapolis started "beating up the staff because two ICE officers were staying there" and that local police were absent from the scene? No, that's not true:
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Voters Sour on Trump’s Immigration Enforcement
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Full Fact→ Supposed Argos deal for £3 TV is fake
Posts and adverts on Facebook have falsely claimed anyone can get a new television from Argos for completing a survey or review.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Finding The Light’ Program By Tom Hanks About Jeffrey Epstein’s Sexual Abuse And Trafficking Of Virginia Giuffre — Viet Spam Posts Made It Up
Did Tom Hanks broadcast a program in 2026 about Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and trafficking of Virginia Giuffre titled "Finding The Light?" No, that's not true: There has been no broadcast schedule and no real news report that such a s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colbert, Kimmel And Fallon Are NOT Officially Teaming Up For A New ‘Freedom Show’ — It’s Viet Spam
Are late-night TV hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon joining together to create a new "Freedom Show"? No, that's not true: This is an unsourced clickbait claim, made up and distributed by a spam network based in Vietnam
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Powell’s Preemptive Strike
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Full Fact→ Video of woman burning portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader was filmed in Canada
A video of a woman in Canada lighting a cigarette from a burning portrait of Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with false claims it was filmed in Iran amid widespread protests across the country.
Full Fact→ Video of woman burning portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader was filmed in Canada
A video of a woman in Canada lighting a cigarette from a burning portrait of Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with false claims it was filmed in Iran amid widespread protests across the country.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump said ending fraud could balance the federal budget. But the math doesn’t add up
"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."
The Dispatch→ Supremacy Clause Immunity, Explained
Can states prosecute federal law enforcement officers?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims Casting Doubt On Renee Good’s Place Of Residence At Time Of Death Are NOT Supported By Facts
Did U.S. citizen Renee Good, shot and killed in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on January 7, 2026, actually live elsewhere outside Minnesota? No, that's not true: Multiple credible media outlets described her
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: A Big First Week
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Baseless Video About Mark Delcourt’s Escape From An Organ Harvesting Hospital Is Mashup Of Unrelated Clips
Did a 42-year-old mechanic named Mark Delcourt escape from a hospital in the northern U.S. when he realised they were preparing to harvest his organs? No, that's not true: There is no corroborating evidence matching key details of this st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical California ‘Rep. Jack Kimble’ Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real
Did Republican representative Jack Kimble make a post about other countries potentially invading the U.S. "if we ever had" a "highly corrupt leader" as President? No, that's not true: The post was satire from an account on X that pretends
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real — Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
Are images showing Tupac Shakur in a hospital room in the last days of his life real? No, that's not true: Shakur's lawyer, who was present at the Las Vegas hospital where the hip-hop icon was treated for fatal gunshot wounds, examined th
The Dispatch→ The Right-Wing Shake-Up
The mass exodus of legal scholars from the Heritage Foundation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Wake up, Jeff’ Messages NOT Sent To Bezos By Cher, Mahomes, Bono To Break Amazon Deals — No Such Backlash Against Bezos’ ‘Quiet alignment with Trump’
Did Cher, Patrick Mahomes, Bono and other celebrities pull business deals with Amazon over founder Jeff Bezos' "quiet alignment with Trump," sending messages to Bezos that all began "Wake up, Jeff"? No, that's not true: The posts tell nea
Full Fact→ New wave of fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes rack up millions of views on social media
In the three months since we first covered the problem, we’ve fact checked a further 45 false and misleading claims, about everything from nighttime curfews to a “Christmas decorations tax”.
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
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: The Health Care Kerfuffle
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 Supported By Chuck Schumer Does NOT Make It Legal To ‘Blow Drug Boats Out Of The Water’
Does the 1986 Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, "authored" by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, make it legal to "blow drug boats out of the water"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories reviewed the text of the law, and it says nothing about an u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Image Does NOT Show Actual Crisis Actor At Bondi Beach Laughing As Fake Blood Makeup Is Applied — Signs Of AI Use
Does a real photo show a crisis actor laughing while a makeup artist puts fake blood on his face before he pretended to be a victim of the Bondi Beach terror attack? No, that's not true: This is an AI-generated image made to support a fal
The Dispatch→ The Making of a Moral Superpower
The Spanish-American War solidified the U.S.’s role as a force for global good.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Is Congress Heading Toward Another Government Shutdown?
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Did NOT Call Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday, Juneteenth ‘Made Up Holidays’ — Satire Account
Did the White House call Martin Luther King Jr's birthday and Juneteenth "made up holidays?" No, that's not true: A parody account posted the meme that mimicked the format and design of White House message. The administration did remove M
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Melania Did NOT Glare At Donald Trump When He Chatted With Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum At FIFA World Cup Draw — Real Video Was Altered
Did Melania Trump glare at Donald Trump when he chatted with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the FIFA World Cup Final Draw? No, that's not true: The footage showing Melania looking annoyed is not real and has been edited. Donald T
Full Fact→ Revealed: how academics are being deepfaked on TikTok and Instagram to promote supplements
Strange videos of a professor offering cures for “thermometer leg” led Full Fact to uncover an army of social media accounts promoting wellness products with fake AI ‘endorsements’.
The Dispatch→ Corrupting Influences | Roundtable
Who cares about the law?