‘There could be … no greater use for that money than to make Ukraine and all of Europe a safer place to live.’
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Article Says Kid Rock Refuses To Do ‘Collaborative Tour’ With Taylor Swift
Did rock musician Kid Rock refuse to do a collaborative tour with pop star Taylor Swift? No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. There is otherwise n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Press Secretary Did NOT Answer Question On ‘Ukrainian Manifestations Of Nazism’ — Altered Video
Did White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre field a question on the topic of alleged Ukrainian manifestations of Nazism from a reporter during a press briefing? No, that's not true on both counts: The reporter did not ask this ques
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – AI-generated images of Katy Perry at 2024 Met Gala fool social media users, Perry’s mother
Images show Katy Perry at the 2024 Met Gala.
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t contain cells or tissues of aborted fetuses
REVIEW The claim that some vaccines contain animal cells or tissues from aborted human fetuses is a recurring theme of vaccine misinformation. Science Feedback explained on several occasions that this is misleading. Vaccine manufacturing processes s
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is this woman encouraging her son to use a litter box? No, it’s satire.
Video shows a mother encouraging her son “who identifies as a cat to use the litter box at school.”
Full Fact→ No evidence that lab-grown meat causes ‘turbo-cancer’
There’s no evidence that eating meat made from immortalised cells causes cancer in humans.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – HIV doesn’t spread through pools but some online users wrongly claim people are getting infected
Four people “tested positive” after a Texas pool was “infected with AIDS.”
Full Fact→ No evidence PM was verbally abused while out jogging
The run was widely covered in the press without mention of the alleged incident.
The Dispatch→ Biden Condemns Violence on University Campuses
‘We are a civil society, and order must prevail.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Parasites, Metals And Viruses’ Do NOT Cause All Diseases, Illnesses, As Post Claims
Do "parasites, metals and viruses" cause all "diseases and illnesses," as a post on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: An infectious disease expert told Lead Stories that the "causes of human diseases are extraordinarily varied." Beside
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t an authentic TV clip featuring a cure for diabetes (because there is none)
Video shows a “Piers Morgan Uncensored” segment about a remedy that “cures diabetes in two to three weeks.”
Full Fact→ Expelled or jailed Conservative MPs are not the fourth largest ‘party’ in the House of Commons
Nine current MPs have lost the Conservative whip. None are in prison.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Using Communal Swimming Pool CANNOT Cause HIV Infection
Can using a communal swimming pool cause HIV infection? No, that's not true: The chief medical officer of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation told Lead Stores that there are "no cases of HIV transmission" in a swimming pool. HIV is typically s
The Dispatch→ A House (Narrowly) Divided
Why it is likely to stay that way, regardless of which party wins a majority in November.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Warning Of Catalytic Converter Thieves Are NOT Authentic — Part Of A Spamming Ruse
Do photos circulating on social media show a catalytic-converter thief caught in the act in Saint Joseph, Missouri? No, that's not true: These photos were taken in Oldham, on the outskirts of Manchester, England. A Facebook account that t
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Dr. Mehmet Oz did not say singer Adele used a ‘coffee trick’ to lose weight
Dr. Mehmet Oz said singer Adele used a “coffee trick” to lose weight.
AllSides→ Biden, 81, is blasted by CNN for repeating lie that he used to drive an 18-wheeler…after spending one night as passenger in cargo truck in 1973
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13348007/Biden-81-blasted-CNN-repeating-lie-drive-18-wheeler.html
PolitiFact→ Kelly Daughtry – Kelly Daughtry falsely accuses Brad Knott of working as 'Biden's lawyer'
“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Compilation Of Storm Videos Does NOT Exclusively Show April 2024 Storm That Caused Dubai Flooding
Does a video circulating on social media show clips of the rainstorms that caused widespread flooding in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; Bahrain, and Oman in mid-April 2024? No, that's not true: The compilation video contains clips of bo
FactCheck.org→ House Majority PAC
Political leanings: Democratic 2022 total spending: $181.6 million The House Majority PAC was founded in April 2011 by Alixandria Lapp, a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee official. In 2023, Lapp stepped down as the political
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Are 75% of guns used in school shootings found unsecured in homes? Experts say more data is needed
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
The Dispatch→ House Passes Trio of Foreign Aid Bills
What do the bipartisan pieces of legislation actually do?
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week the House Passed Ukraine Aid
Plus, Israel responds to Iran’s attack, and Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial is underway.
The Dispatch→ House Democrats Help Mike Johnson Tee Up Ukraine Aid for a Vote
Plus: What to watch for as arguments in Trump’s Manhattan trial begin.
The Dispatch→ House Releases Foreign Aid Bills
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s gambit to fund Israel and Ukraine could put his speakership on the line.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World’s ‘First Permanent Electrified Road’ Is NOT Open As Of April 2024 — Project In Sweden Is Paused
Is the world's first permanent electrified road open in Sweden as of April 2024? No, that's not true: Several short sections of prototype electrified roadway in Sweden have been used to test various charging methods for electric cars and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laptop Use By Preteen, Teen Girls Does NOT Cause Miscarriages Later In Life
If preteen and teenage girls use laptop computers on their laps, will it increase their risk of miscarriages later in life? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Lead Stories, "The claims in the video ar
AllSides→ No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding
https://www.wired.com/story/dubai-flooding-uae-cloud-seeding-climate-change/ Dubai is underwater. Heavy
The Dispatch→ Burning Down the House
The end of Mike Johnson?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Erroneous forecast of 85-foot waves was caused by weather system data glitch
The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Roseanne Barr And Michael Richards Are NOT Developing ‘New Non-Woke Sitcom Focused On Traditional Values’ — It’s Satirical Article
Are actors Roseanne Barr and Michael Richards developing a "new non-woke sitcom focused on traditional values"? No, that's not true: The site that produced this claim describes itself as satirical. Lead Stories could find no evidence that
Full Fact→ Video shows Islamic prayer call in Lancaster House, not Buckingham Palace
The footage has been shared widely on social media in recent weeks, but was filmed in March 2023.
Health Feedback→ Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”
REVIEW On 31 March 2024, journalist James Howard Kunstler published a podcast interview with virologist Geert Vanden Bossche. In the interview, Vanden Bossche referred to COVID-19 vaccines as “a large-scale experiment of gain-of-function” and pr
The Dispatch→ House Speaker Mike Johnson Gets Political Cover From Donald Trump
Plus: Don’t expect the former president to face backlash from pro-life leaders for his turn on abortion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine — Scene Was Staged In 2015
Does a photo of a toddler walking past the debris of burned village homes portray the damage caused by foreign mercenaries in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot of a 2015 staged music video. In 2024, the picture was r
The Dispatch→ House Divided Over Surveillance Authority
Republican lawmakers (at least temporarily) tank an effort to reauthorize a key national security tool.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates Venezuelan crime drop and misleads on root causes
"Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bought Highgrove House From Britain’s King Charles III
Did Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy buy the Highgrove mansion from the United Kingdom's King Charles III? No, that's not true: A representative of Grant Harrold, a former royal butler who was cited as the main source in an online
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, Alina Habba didn’t accuse New York judge of taking a $10 million bribe to ‘convict’ Donald Trump
Alina Habba said New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron took a “$10 million bribe from Joe Biden’s shell companies to convict Donald Trump.”