A clip being shared online falsely claims to show desperate families stuck trying to escape the storm in Florida.
The Dispatch→ At Pennsylvania Rally, Team Trump Pushes Early Voting
After casting doubts about mail-in ballots in 2020, the former president’s campaign has changed its tune.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, cloud seeding wasn’t used to create Hurricane Milton
“They create hurricanes via cloud seeding” and “direct them where they want the Hurricane to go!”
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Did Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate brag about “being in the 1%”? His campaign doesn’t deny it
Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%."
Full Fact→ Footage of ‘fighting in southern Lebanon’ is from Syria in 2016
The video originally appeared in an Al Jazeera article in 2016 and is unrelated to the recent conflict in Lebanon.
Full Fact→ NHS England corrects waiting list data error
The health service acted quickly after Full Fact brought its attention to a mistake in the calculation of the number of people on the waiting list.
Full Fact→ No, hurricane force winds aren’t forecast across the UK—it’s a BBC weather app glitch
The BBC weather app is suffering from a “technical glitch” and is wrongly predicting hurricane strength winds.
The Dispatch→ Unpacking Iran’s Efforts to Meddle in the U.S. Election
‘The Iranians have gotten more brazen of late.’
The Dispatch→ Israel’s Legal Responsibilities in War (Live at Duke University)
Do lawyers play a key role in military decision making?
The Dispatch→ Media Cringe
Media Mogul Supper Club
The Dispatch→ The Muslim Thinker Who Inspired Reagan
How Ibn Khaldun influenced the 40th president and a generation of conservative tax policy wonks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Haitian Man In Springfield, Ohio, Cutting Up Animal Or Pet With Machete; He Was Cutting Ham, Police Say
Does a video show a Haitian man in Springfield, Ohio, cutting up an animal or a pet with a machete in public? No, that's not true: Police said the person who shot the video told them the man was cutting up "a big ass ham." The Springfield
The Dispatch→ Facts Don’t Care About Trump’s Feelings
Let’s cut the BS: If you still believe in ‘Stop the Steal,’ be ready to explain why.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Records Do NOT Mention ‘Mobile Device’ That Supposedly ‘Visited’ House Of Suspect In ISIS Election Day Plot, Office Of US Senator
Do public documents about an alleged plot to carry out a terror attack on behalf of ISIS on U.S. Election Day reveal that a mobile device "visited" the home of one of the suspects and "also visited Senator Lankford's office on 3 occasions
PolitiFact→ 'Call Her Daddy,' 'The Howard Stern Show,' '60 Minutes': How accurate was Kamala Harris' media tour?
Fact-checking Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz, from 'Call Her Daddy' to '60 Minutes' and more.
The Dispatch→ Hostage to Fortune
Why won’t Kamala Harris break with Joe Biden?
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Americans in Lebanon and Israel had to pay for their own emergency flights out of each country
The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Michigan Senate debate between Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin
Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers squared off Oct. 8 in their first debate in their race for a soon-to-open Michigan U.S. Senate seat. We fact-checked their claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Storm Video Compilation Does NOT Show Hurricane Milton — Clips Were Posted Before Storm’s Arrival
Does a compilation of storm video clips on social media show Hurricane Milton? No, that's not true: A collection of video clips using the hashtag #HurricanMilton shows storm footage from around the world that dates back months and even ye
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real Republican representative prematurely responding to the VP debate
A Republican representative posted a response to the vice presidential debate before it happened.
The Dispatch→ Claims About FEMA and Equity Considerations Are False
Federal law requires disaster assistance provided by the federal government to be impartial and nondiscriminatory.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Hurricane Milton wasn’t planned to turn Tampa into a ‘15-minute city’
Hurricane Milton is part of Tampa’s plan to become a “15-minute city.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘NC State Police’ Did NOT Say They ‘Will Start Arresting Any Federal Employees Trying To Stop Or Hinder Rescue Operations’ — State Official Says ‘Made-Up’
Did "NC State police" issue a statement saying that they will start arresting any federal employees trying to "stop or hinder rescue operations"? No, that's not true: A public information officer for the North Carolina State Highway Patro
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, FEMA didn’t close roads and bridges to create traffic jams during Hurricane Milton evacuations
“FEMA is closing roads and bridges and causing gridlock traffic during evacuations from Hurricane Milton.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Taylor Swift didn’t confess to ‘immoral things with Diddy’
Taylor Swift “admits to having done immoral things with Diddy in the past to gain fame.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Taylor Swift manager didn’t say ticket sales are ‘dead’ because of Kamala Harris endorsement
“Taylor Swift’s manager confirms: ‘Ticket sales are dead after Harris endorsement backlash.”
PolitiFact→ How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to change your taxes
On tax policy, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are offering voters diverging options. Generally, Harris’ plan would benefit a broader share of the income spectrum than Trump’s would.
Full Fact→ Photo of ‘tents on fire in Gaza’ is unrelated artwork
The photo is a still from an artist’s video.
Full Fact→ Image of distressed child holding puppy amid flooding appears AI-generated
Several south-eastern US states have been hit by severe flooding in the wake of Hurricane Helene, but this isn’t a real picture from the disaster.
The Dispatch→ Pennsylvania Democrats Hope to Press Their Ground Game Advantage
In Erie, the Republican presence appeared to lag behind the Harris campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts.
The Dispatch→ Trump and Allies Stoke Fears About Noncitizens Voting
Plus: It’s TMD’s birthday!
Full Fact→ Prime Minister’s Questions: 9 October 2024
Join us for PMQs as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Leader of the Opposition Rishi Sunak go head-to-head.
Full Fact→ Prime Minister has not said UK will ‘boycott diplomatic relations’ with Israel
Thousands of people have shared a post falsely claiming Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will “boycott all diplomatic relations” with Israel due to the war in Gaza.
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines might have caused rise in sudden deaths relies on flawed analysis
REVIEW In a September 2024 Facebook reel, cardiologist Peter McCullough linked myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination to sudden death. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that can reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood. Some cases
The Dispatch→ Slicing Up The South
The three Coopers of North Carolina.
The Dispatch→ Republicans Could Learn From J.D. Vance’s Appeal to Compassion
His debate performance showed he can channel conservative populism into rhetoric that can appeal widely.
The Dispatch→ What Would Trumpism Without Trump Look Like?
How a loss in November could reshape the Republican Party.
The Dispatch→ The Decimated GOP
Trump has been an electoral disaster—that Republicans keep backing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricane Control Conspiracy Is NOT Proven By Alexa ‘Predicting’ Milton Fatality Number Before Landfall
Is the conspiracy theory that hurricanes are planned or controlled supported by Amazon's Alexa supposedly revealing the death toll and damage amount from Hurricane Milton days before the storm even made landfall? No, that's not true: An A
The Dispatch→ The Riddle of the Sphinx
Republicans are memory-holing the 2020 election.