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PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump's address: What he said about China and 2020 election, what documents show
President Trump hurled a slew of allegations about China's 2020 election activities in his primetime address. What do the documents show?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims Florida Officer ‘Lena Hale’ Impregnated 13 Inmates — Facility Does Not Exist
Was a real Florida corrections officer named "Lena Hale" arrested for impregnating inmates? No, that's not true: No credible news organizations reported the story. Viral posts making the claim shared images showing a person supposedly hav
PolitiFact→ Some ingredients in nonalcoholic 'social tonics' can interact with medications or health conditions
Common herbs in “social tonics” can interact with meds
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Data centers need a lot of energy, but President Donald Trump's estimate is far too high
The AI industry needs "more energy than the entire country produces right now ... In fact some people say almost double."
FactCheck.org→ Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes
Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors money for work done on his presidential library in Chicago? A: Some subcontractors have said they were not paid for their work. The Obama Foundation told us that the construction project
PolitiFact→ X posts – Social media users spread conspiracy theories about Mitch McConnell after photo release
A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Garbled Newspaper Text Does NOT Appear In Mitch McConnell’s Proof Of Life Photo
Does zooming in on the newspaper pictured in a July 12, 2026, press release from Sen. Mitch McConnell's office show that the photo was AI-generated? No, that's not true: The fake close-up image of the newspaper text is the result of an AI
Lead Stories→ Warning: Google Gemini SynthID AI Watermark Detector Appears To Mix Up Results In Same Chat — Consistently Shows False Positives And Negatives Under Certain Conditions
While investigating a video for a recent fact-check, Lead Stories encountered a bizarre issue with the SynthID AI detector in Google's Gemini chatbot. Over several chats it appeared to contradict an earlier detection result for the same v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UNSOURCED Wikipedia Page Does NOT Prove Egypt-Argentina Match Referee Francois Letexier Grew Up In ‘Orthodox Jewish Family’
Do viral screenshots of a Wikipedia article about French soccer referee François Letexier confirm that he is Jewish? No, that's not true: The edits made after the 2026 Egypt-Argentina FIFA World Cup game didn't link to credible sources s
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
PolitiFact→ Paul Renner – FL governor’s race: Did Jay Collins sponsor a bill giving permanent tax breaks to AI data centers?
Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Looking Anxious After Messi Missed Penalty Against Egypt — Predates The Match
Did a caption below a viral image correctly describe it as showing FIFA President Gianni Infantino looking anxious after Argentine forward Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick during a World Cup match against Egypt? No, that's not true: The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux, France, Was NOT Set On Fire By Immigrants in July 2026 — Basilica Remained Intact
Did people born outside France or French territories set the Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux on fire in July 2026? No, that's not true: The City of Bordeaux denied that when contacted by Lead Stories. The fire occurred near the church a
PolitiFact→ What is cyclosporiasis and how can you avoid catching this, uh, ‘explosive’ GI illness?
Cyclosporiasis symptoms and common causes amid 2026 outbreak
Full Fact→ The data on Mexico’s World Cup home advantage – and why England might be just the team to win at the Azteca
We’ve crunched the numbers ahead of the match in Mexico City, and while England may not be the best team in world football, the stats show they might just be the best away team.
Full Fact→ Defence spending not set to increase by an ‘extra’ £270 billion
This figure refers to the Ministry of Defence’s total budget for the period of the Spending Review, and does not refer to year-on-year increases to this budget.
PolitiFact→ Ohio’s GOP governor said it’s ‘absurd’ to call Haiti safe, experts agree
Trump administration’s unsupported claims about Haiti safety
PolitiFact→ Mike Collins – Was Jon Ossoff the ‘deciding vote’ in 2022 Inflation Reduction Act passage? We examine.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff “cast the deciding vote for the inflation disaster,” referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Full Fact→ SEA LIFE London Aquarium is not offering ‘young explorer kits’ as survey reward
PolitiFact→ Looking into the Reflecting Pool: We examined Trump’s vandalism claims
Examining Trump’s claims of Reflecting Pool vandalism
PolitiFact→ Looking into the Reflecting Pool: We examined Trump’s vandalism claims
Examining Trump’s claims of Reflecting Pool vandalism
PolitiFact→ Colombia's fast voting results aren't proof of cheating in California elections
Why Colombia, California elections don’t compare
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates 401(k) gains during his second term
In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”
PolitiFact→ Why dermatologists are excited about bemotrizinol, the newest sunscreen ingredient to enter the US
US sunscreens enter a new age with bemotrizinol
Full Fact→ Grimsby housing development homes aren’t ‘exclusively for immigrants’
Social media posts claiming that Lincolnshire Housing Partnership has bought £23 million worth of new houses on the Ferriby Fields estate in Grimsby exclusively for immigrants are completely false.
Full Fact→ Video shows explosions in China not Russian attack on Ukraine
An old video from China in 2015 has been circulating with claims it depicts an attack on Ukraine which killed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But this is false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Orthodox Priests Blessing Gas Station Pump — It Is AI-Generated
Is this a real video of Orthodox priests blessing a gas station pump? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined that the video was 100% "likely to be AI-generated" and does not appear to depict a genuine event. In addition, a v
PolitiFact→ Susan Collins – Susan Collins says the SCOTUS abortion ruling didn't impact Maine. What do the facts show?
The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling on abortion “has not had an impact on the state of Maine in that Maine actually expanded its law.”
Full Fact→ The Brexit vote 10 years on: your questions answered
A decade on from the referendum, we look at what’s happened to the economy, immigration and that £350 million pledge.
Full Fact→ No, Keir Starmer won’t get a £115,000 ‘pension’ as an ex-PM
Claims that Sir Keir Starmer will be entitled to a £115,000-a-year “pension” for the rest of his life as a former PM are misleading.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Review Does NOT Show Statistically Valid ‘Vaxxed vs. Unvaxxed’ Chronic Disease Analysis In Children
Is a review of an unpublished draft study a statistically valid analysis comparing chronic disease outcomes in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children? No, that's not true: The analysis is based on a 2020 draft study that was never publis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Britain Is NOT Banning VPNs Next Month — It Proposed Ban On Social Media For Children Under 16
Is Britain banning VPNs next month? No, that's not true: The prime minister of the United Kingdom announced a proposed ban on major social media platforms for children under 16. Keir Starmer made the announcement at a public press confere
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Social Security tax rules mean Elon Musk could pay the same or less than someone making $184,500
"Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented — Rhetorical Extrapolation
Is the number of girls raped in the United Kingdom by grooming gangs definitively documented to be 250,000? No, that's not true: That figure is an extrapolation using an unclear methodology based on data from smaller communities with head
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Fox Sports Graphic During Mexico-South Africa World Cup Match Includes Long Explanation That Team Is ‘Down To 9 Players’
Does a real Fox Sports graphic from the Mexico-South Africa game during the 2026 FIFA World Cup include a long explanation of what it means to be "down to 9 players"? No, that's not true: Video from the match does not include such a graph
Full Fact→ Daily Mail corrects claim about welfare and income tax
It is not true that welfare payments have just exceeded income tax receipts “for the first time”. They’ve been higher for at least 16 years.
Full Fact→ Video of Russian gas explosion falsely claimed to show Belfast unrest
A clip of a large fire is circulating on social media with false claims it depicts recent disorder in Belfast—but the footage actually shows a gas pipeline explosion in Russia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Burning Fuel Tank Rolling Away After Explosion Is NOT From Iran — It Shows A 2024 Gas Station Explosion In Chechnya
Does a video featuring a burning fuel tank rolling away after an explosion show an event in Iran in June 2026? No, that's not true: The footage shows an explosion at a gas station in Chechnya, a republic within the Russian Federation, in
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool began filling with water on June 4 following maintenance work that President Donald Trump called a “big project.” In late May, Trump claimed that “the Biden administration and the Obama administra