President Donald Trump is set to address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, two days after key allies reco
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Governor Gavin Newsom Did NOT Suspend Kid Rock From Performing In California
Did California Governor Newsom suspend Kid Rock from performing in the Golden State? No, that's not true: A message posted on X.com by the California governor on his official press office account is satirical. It's one in a series Newsom'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: English Police Did NOT Go After Child’s Phone For ‘Looking At A Social Media Post’ — Police Say They’re Investigating Sending Of ‘Malicious Communications’
Did UK police attempt to seize a child's phone for viewing a social media post? No, that's not true: In the recording shared as "proof" of the claim, police were heard saying the reason for their visit was different. In a statement releas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Say of Jimmy Kimmel ‘It’s Best He Leave America’ — Famous Names Used In Cookie-Cutter Clickbait Formula
Did Travis Kelce or other celebrities make a public statement that Jimmy Kimmel should leave America? No, that's not true: This is a made-up story which has been repeated using the same formula with many different famous names. At least n
Full Fact→ False claim London Mayor is building 40,000 new homes ‘for Muslims only’ circulates online
Sir Sadiq Khan has pledged to build 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade, but these are not earmarked for a specific demographic.
Full Fact→ IKEA is not giving away boxes of free products
A spokesperson for the retailer confirmed posts being shared on Facebook are not real offers.
Full Fact→ Chickenpox vaccine claims: fact checked
After it was announced that young children will be offered the vaccine by the NHS in 2026, we’ve seen false and misleading claims circulating on social media.
The Dispatch→ A Short Route to Chaos
Led by the love child of Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump called the NFL's kickoff rule ‘sissy football.’ 3 data points shed light on the change
3 numbers that help contextualize the NFL’s new kickoff rule
Full Fact→ Tesco is not giving away free food boxes to people who like a Facebook post
The supermarket confirmed the offer being shared on social media is not genuine.
The Dispatch→ The FCC’s New Playbook
Brendan Carr’s move against Jimmy Kimmel is testing broadcast regulation boundaries.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Equal Pay Quote Misattributed To Charlie Kirk By Parody Account On X — Originally Attributed To Mike Honda
Did Charlie Kirk say "Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."? No, there's no evidence for that: The quote is widely attributed to former U.S. Representativ
The Dispatch→ The Psychology of Mass Violence | Interview: Adam Lankford
You have your Booths and you have your Hinckleys.
The Dispatch→ The Cracks Emerging in America’s Vaccine Protocols
The chaos and confusion at a meeting where a CDC panel narrowed vaccine recommendations.
The Dispatch→ How to Fix Our Online World
The internet makes us dumb, crazy, and antisocial. Can it really be used for good?
The Dispatch→ When Political Violence Threatened Gerald Ford’s Life
The former president escaped two attempted assassinations in just over two weeks.
The Dispatch→ Implausible Deniability at the FCC
Brendan Carr is speaking loudly and wielding the government’s big stick—and he knows it.
The Dispatch→ Tearing Down China’s ‘Great Firewall’
Leaked documents expose the global spread of China’s cyber repression.
The Dispatch→ Our Real Enemy in the Culture Wars Is Nihilism
We fight each other instead of keeping in view a vision of the good.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharon Osbourne Did NOT Storm Off Jimmy Kimmel Or Jimmy Fallon Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks — Didn’t Appear On Either
Did Ozzy Osbourne's widow Sharon storm off "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" or "Jimmy Fallon's show" over remarks about Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: Osbourne did not appear on either show since the death of Charlie Kirk. The story originated on
The Dispatch→ We Weren’t Made to Eat Alone
The joy of church potlucks, meal trains, and other shared meals.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Speaks at American Cornerstone Institute Founder’s Dinner : CSPAN : September 20, 2025 8:33pm-9:16pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump attends the American Cornerstone Institute's Founder's Dinner at the Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Clo
The Dispatch→ A Bad Week for the First Amendment
The Trump administration cracks down on free speech.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Pink Quote Defending Jimmy Kimmel "Freedom of Speech Cannot Be Bought With Money" Did NOT Appear On Her Socials
Did singer Pink publish a defense of Jimmy Kimmel on social media that read "Freedom of speech cannot be bought with money; it is the voice of the people."? No, that's not true: No such post appeared on any of the social media channels of
The Dispatch→ Contempt for Congress (Re-Air) | Interview: Yuval Levin
The past comes back with a vengeance.
The Dispatch→ The New ‘Cool Mom’
Lindsay Lohan proves midlife can be a glow-up.
The Dispatch→ A Saint for All Times
A new movie shows that dignity can persist despite darkness.
The Dispatch→ What J.K. Rowling Gets Right About Humanity
Both of her book series share an honest, hopeful thread.
The Dispatch→ ‘Unnatural’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Wicked’
The much-anticipated ‘Against the Machine’ is just a bit too simplistic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Superman Poster Does NOT Prove Photo Of Tyler Robinson In Dairy Queen Was Not Taken Hours After Charlie Kirk Shooting
Does a Superman poster in a Dairy Queen prove Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson was not photographed hours after the September 10, 2025, shooting? No, that's not true: Podcaster Candace Owens shared a security camera image that s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robert Redford’s Daughter Did NOT Make A Video Saying Trump Is Not Welcome At Her Father’s Funeral — It’s A Cloned Voice
Did Amy Redford make a video where she detailed the reasons why she will not allow Donald Trump to appear at the funeral for her father, Robert Redford? No, that's not true: This video's narration is an AI-generated cloned voice. There ha
The Dispatch→ The Jawboning Is the Point
Was bullying ABC and Jimmy Kimmel a strategic mistake?
Internet Archive→ President Trump Signs Executive Orders : CSPAN : September 19, 2025 4:47pm-5:51pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump signs executive orders and speaks to reporters in the Oval Office. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON,
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Tyler Robinson’s Motive
Partisans on both sides have tried to assign Robinson to the other camp.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eminem Did NOT Release ‘Emotional Tribute Song’ For Charlie Kirk
Did Eminem release a tribute song for Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: As of September 19, 2025, no Eminem's official pages mentioned the purported song. An account that posted the 2-minute 22-second music video included a disclaimer th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maddow, Colbert And Kimmel Did NOT Launch ‘The Independent Desk’ Newsroom Together — Story Contains False Details
Did Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel just team up and launch a newsroom named "The Independent Desk"? No, that's not true: The story appeared on a recently launched website that does not list owners or publishers and it jus
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show ‘Matthew J. Ruth’, Suspected Shooter Of Three Police Officers Killed in Pennsylvania
Does the viral image show "Matthew J. Ruth", the deceased suspect in the shooting that left three law enforcement officers dead in Pennsylvania on the night of September 17, 2025? No, that's not true: The images show a different person, w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Charlie Kirk Did NOT Record A Video Before His Death, "Knowing This Day Might Come."
Did Charlie Kirk make this final video sometime before he died, "Knowing this day might come"? No, that's not true: A video posted on TikTok contains a mashup of real scenes, but the audio is fake. A specialized detection tool analyzed th
Full Fact→ Amazon is not ‘giving away’ laptops to the over-40s
A spokesperson for Amazon has confirmed these offers being shared on social media are not legitimate.
Full Fact→ Is the government on track to introduce supervised toothbrushing schemes for children?
Full Fact looks at Labour’s manifesto pledge to introduce supervised toothbrushing schemes into schools and nurseries.