Did President Donald Trump say "I made a mistake" about nominating Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair? No, that's not true: Trump was referring to Jerome Powell, whom he previously nominated as chair and has sought to remove. His refere
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Full Fact→ Six in ten young people fear false claims and AI content could mislead voters, as Government moves to lower the voting age
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Threaten A 250% Tariff On Norwegian Salmon Because ‘Norway Is About To Win The Most Golds’ At Winter Olympics
Did U.S. President Donald Trump threaten a 250% tariff on Norwegian salmon because "Norway is about to win the most golds" at the Winter Olympics? No, that's not true: The viral image of his supposed Truth Social post is not real. Lead St
The Dispatch→ Is This the Politics We Want?
Donald Trump continues to make a mockery of the National Prayer Breakfast.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week With a Little Less ICE
The Trump administration says it’s scaling back enforcement operations in Minnesota.
PolitiFact→ Gretchen Whitmer – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said fewer families are living in poverty. Is that true?
Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Image Of Melania Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Posing With Young Women With Faces Redacted Originated As A YouTube Thumbnail With No Sourcing
Does a real photo show Melania Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell posing with three young women whose faces have been redacted? No, that's not true: This fake photo was made to look like a Polaroid photo from 1998. The high resolution fake image
The Dispatch→ India’s Growing Global Power
Plus: Homan withdraws 700 agents from Minnesota, Iran nuke talks wobble, and camels now have passports.
PolitiFact→ Will Florida’s new English-only policy for drivers license exams make roads safer? What we found.
Fact-check: Florida’s English-only drivers license exams
The Dispatch→ Why Can’t We Find an Antidepressant That Really Works?
Four decades after Prozac, chemical treatment for mood disorders is still largely hit or miss.
The Dispatch→ Scapegoating Investors Won’t Lower Home Prices
President Trump buys into a persistent myth about home ownership.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That Encrypted Messages Were Found On Alex Pretti’s Phone Showing He Was A ‘Key Player’ In Planning Chaos Is Fake Viet Spam
Did police find encrypted messages on Alex Pretti's phone that showed the ICU nurse was a "key player" in coordinating a plan to create the chaos that led to him being shot to death by federal agents in Minneapolis? No, that's not true: A
The Dispatch→ What We Got Wrong in January
A list of corrections issued by The Dispatch last month.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Prove ICE Agent Stole The Bracelet He Was Wearing, As Social Media Post Suggests
Does a photo of an ICE agent show evidence he is wearing a gold bracelet he stole from a man in Minnesota? No, that's not true: While this photo of an ICE agent appears to be real. It does not provide any evidence that the agent is wearin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Defend Donald Trump, Saying Chaos In Streets Isn’t Spontaneous, It’s Weaponized to Scare Americans — Viet Spam
Did Stevie Nicks, Tom Brady, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Elon Musk, or dozens of other entertainers, sports stars, or media figures defend Donald Trump from accusations he's authoritarian and trying to cancel elections? No, that's not true:
The Dispatch→ Paying for Power in the Age of AI
Will consumers foot the bill for booming energy demand?
The Dispatch→ Thom Tillis and the Power of a Single Senator
As his Senate career winds down, can the North Carolina Republican throw a wrench in the chamber’s gears?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Cartoon Of Greg Bovino Spilling Blood Was NOT Projected On Trump Tower In Midtown Manhattan — Cartoonist Used AI To Generate The Video
Did a projector cast onto Trump Tower a cartoon of Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino spilling blood? No, that's not true: The video was created by an artist who told Lead Stories the drawing was theirs, but the montage superimposing it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call ‘Mother Of All Deals’ Pact Between India And EU A ‘High School Science Project’ On Truth Social
Did U.S. President Donald Trump call the 'mother of all deals' trade agreement between India and the EU. a 'high school science project' on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A viral image with those words did not show an actual social me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alex Pretti’s Parents Did NOT Say Son Quit Hospital Job Months Ago, Showed ‘Unusual Behavior’ — Spam From Vietnam
Did the parents of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse shot to death by ICE agents in Minneapolis, say their son quit his hospital job months earlier and showed "unusual behavior"? No, that's not true: A statement released by Pretti's parents refe
The Dispatch→ America’s Missing Soft Power
How the Trump administration has surrendered foreign policy tools for facilitating democracy.
The Dispatch→ Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
Rising health costs have deep roots and can’t be fixed with superficial changes.
Full Fact→ Nigel Farage said Trump’s comments about NATO troops in Afghanistan were ‘wrong’
There’s absolutely no evidence for claims on social media that the Reform UK leader said Donald Trump’s comments about NATO troops were “correct”. He’s on the record as saying he disagreed with them.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About Claim Alex Pretti, Was Disarmed Seconds Before He Was Shot and Killed by Immigration Agent
Does video show a federal immigration agent taking a gun away from Alex Pretti two seconds before another agent began shooting Pretti? A frame-by-frame look at the first viral video of the incident shared on social media does show a feder
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week We Didn’t Seize Greenland
President Trump returns from Davos empty-handed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Vehicles Are NOT Being Towed And Impounded In Atlanta, ICE NOT Banned On State Roads By 10th Amendment — It’s A Joke
Are tow trucks impounding ICE vehicles in Atlanta because the U.S. Constitution's 10th amendment does not allow ICE to drive on state roads? No, that's not true: The claim is a satirical post from a known satire account. The 10th amendmen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helen Keller’s Life Achievements Were NOT Faked — Social Media Conspiracies Offer No Hard Evidence
Are the stories of Helen Keller's life achievements just a made up scam? No, that's not true: A vague conspiracy aims to erase the well-documented life achievements of Helen Keller. The American author and social activist was both deaf an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article, Video Do NOT Prove Crowds Chanted ‘Mass Murderer’ At Bill Gates During WEF Visit
Is there credible evidence that crowds chanted "mass murderer" at Bill Gates when he attended the 2026 annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland? No, that's not true: The article that first made the claim didn't contain an
The Dispatch→ Trump’s New Refugee Interviews Will Reopen Wounds We Promised to Help Heal
The decision to make already vetted refugees reinterview to stay here won’t make us safer.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About ICE Claim 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos’ ‘Criminal Illegal Alien’ Father Abandoned Him To Flee ICE Agents In Minnesota
Is a five-year-old Minnesota boy's father a "criminal illegal alien" who abandoned him in a running car at their home, running away when confronted by Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers? Here's what we know so far: School offi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Your Favorite Sports Star Did NOT Refuse To Wear An LGBT Armband — It’s Spam From Vietnam
Did your favorite sports star "shock fans" or "shake" the league by "publicly" or "flatly" refusing to wear an LGBT Rainbow Armband because it would turn the game "into a political circus"? No, that's not true: The claim was made about at
The Dispatch→ Lessons From Nixon on the Use of American Power
Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. showed force to advance interests, not take over land.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Video Of Erika Kirk Jumping On Stage Using A Power Boosted Lift At ‘Rolling Loud Orlando 2026 Is AI
Is a video of Erika Kirk jumping on stage at the Rolling Loud Orlando 2026 event using a power boosted lift real? No, that's not true: The video is an AI-generated compilation using footage from South Korean rapper Psy's publicly availabl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Slop Stories About $500.000 Donations To ‘Remembering Renee Nicole Good Fund’ Originated On Foreign Websites
Did Dolly Parton, Kid Rock or various other celebrities all donate $500.000 to a "Remembering Renee Nicole Good" fund? No, that's not true: Several quasi identical stories were posted on social media with the name of the donating celebrit
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Jerome Powell Took a Stand
The Federal Reserve chair responds to an investigation by the Justice Department.
Full Fact→ Fake AI doctors endorse weight loss patches on social media
Posts claiming to show clinicians from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust using and endorsing weight loss patches are fake and were made with AI.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Powell’s Preemptive Strike
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joke 3D Rendering Shows Kanye West NOT 14th-Century ruler Mali Ruler Mansa Musa Reconstructed By Harvard Researchers
Did researchers associated with Harvard University create a 3D model of Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire? No, that's not true: This image does not show a forensic and digital reconstruction of Mansa Musa. It is a rend
The Dispatch→ How Jerome Powell Thwarted MAGA Lawfare
The chairman of the Federal Reserve played a savvy game publicly and privately.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 20% of Oregon Voters Were NOT Shown To Be Fake When 800,000 Inactive Registrations Were Removed
Were 20 percent of Oregon voters revealed to be "fake" after the secretary of state announced they were going to clean 800,000 names from voter rolls? No, that's not true: The removal of 800,000 inactive registered voters is part of routi