Does a video show Chinese fighter jets escorting a Chinese cargo plane over Egypt's Giza pyramids en route to an air-drop of food and supplies to Gaza? No, that's not true: The video shows a May 4, 2025 joint training drill between China
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Was NOT Met With ‘A Strong Chorus Of Boos’ At Atlanta Rock Fest — It’s Trolling
Was Bruce Springsteen booed off the stage at the Atlanta Southern Fried Rock Fest in May 2025? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer. The owner of the page is known for tricki
Full Fact→ Fake ‘£2 for two’ Wetherspoons offer shared on Facebook
No, Wetherspoons isn’t offering “£2 for two” dinner vouchers to Facebook users who complete an online survey.
Full Fact→ What’s been agreed between the UK and the EU on fishing?
The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlin
Internet Archive→ White House Press Secretary Briefs Reporters : CSPAN2 : May 19, 2025 9:10am-9:43am EDT
[LIVE] White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters and responds to questions on the Trump administration's policy agenda. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN2.This item has files of the following types: Captions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Secret’ Recording of Prince Was NOT Played in Court at Diddy’s Trial
Did prosecutors in the sex trafficking trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs play in court a "secret" recording of the voice of Prince "naming names"? No, that's not true: The rumor appeared in a YouTube video whose description labeled the claim "f
The Dispatch→ Husbandry Matters
On family, finances, and black mobility.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Billy Joel Did NOT Cancel Non-Existent Concerts With Bruce Springsteen Over Trump Criticism — Story is Satire
Did Billy Joel cancel a series of concerts with Bruce Springsteen in May 2025, during the fallout from criticism by Springsteen of President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on a Facebook page that describes its ou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Billy Joel Did NOT Cancel Non-Existent Concerts With Bruce Springsteen Over Trump Criticism — Story is Satire
Did Billy Joel cancel a series of concerts with Bruce Springsteen in May 2025, during the fallout from criticism by Springsteen of President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on a Facebook page that describes its ou
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Syria Reset
Sectarian violence threatens to unravel the president’s plans for the country.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About LeBron James Calling Karoline Leavitt ‘KKK Barbie’ Originated On Spoof Facebook Page — Not Real
Did basketball player LeBron James call Karoline Leavitt "KKK Barbie" in an interview and did she respond that her family "fought to end slavery" while his "came from Jamaica"? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About LeBron James Calling Karoline Leavitt ‘KKK Barbie’ Originated On Spoof Facebook Page — Not Real
Did basketball player LeBron James call Karoline Leavitt "KKK Barbie" in an interview and did she respond that her family "fought to end slavery" while his "came from Jamaica"? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
The Dispatch→ What Remains of Conservatism
How much can Trump get away with?
The Dispatch→ Temptation as a Public Policy Problem
Pot, porn, and burritos are part of an ever-growing temptation economy. What do we do about it?
The Dispatch→ How Trump Can Avoid Another Bad Iran Nuclear Deal
Shoring up American credibility would go a long way.
The Dispatch→ The Empty Ecstasy of Digital Crowds
How new systems of meaning-making are making meaning impossible.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Cruise Ships Dumping Sewage Into The Ocean — Fake Footage
Does a viral video authentically show several cruise ships dumping raw sewage into the sea using huge pipes? No, that's not true: According to several AI detection tools the video was generated using artificial intelligence. It also conta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antifa Did NOT Hang Jeffrey Epstein Banner Next To Donald Trump’s On Department of Agriculture Building — Parody
Did Antifa hang a Jeffrey Epstein banner next to Donald Trump's banner on the Department of Agriculture building in Washington? No, that's not true: Epstein's image was added with digital manipulation of a real photo of the front of the A
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week of Trump’s Middle East Trip
Plus, Jonah Goldberg on the challenge of defining ‘conservatism.’
The Dispatch→ The Mainstream of Yore
Sandcastles in the sand.
The Dispatch→ Before Trump Sought to Annex Canada, Washington Took the Expos
How baseball ‘reshored’ the team that became the Nationals 20 years ago.
The Dispatch→ Why You Shouldn’t Have Kids—And Why You Should Anyway
Having kids is difficult in ways easy to talk about and great in ways difficult to talk about.
The Dispatch→ Why Conservatives—and Everyone Else—Should Read Novels
The apex form of the English language has something to teach everyone.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Misleading Line on the Chickenpox Vaccine
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t vaccinate children against chickenpox because a study
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – HHS Secretary RFK Jr. tussled with Sen. Chris Murphy about measles vaccine safety. Who was right?
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s South Africa ‘Genocide’ Spin
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Asked by a reporter why he was welcoming white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees, President Donald Trump said there was “a genocide that’s taking place” again
The Dispatch→ Deals and Duds, All the Way Down
If it’s not a deal he made himself, Donald Trump doesn’t want it.
Internet Archive→ House Budget Committee Works on GOP Tax & Spending Bill : CSPAN2 : May 16, 2025 5:13pm-8:01pm EDT
The House Budget Committee failed to advance Republicans' tax and spending bill out of committee by a vote of 16-21. The legislation, which was branded by President Donald Trump and some Republicans as "one big, beautiful bill," focused on tax cuts, bo
PolitiFact→ James Comey posted the number ‘86’ in reference to Donald Trump. What’s the history of the term?
Ask PolitiFact: What does '86’ mean? Parsing Comey’s seashells
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025
Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that's not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukr
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Bernie Sanders says GOP bill would strip Medicaid, health care from 13.7 million. That’s too high.
“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Newsom championed Medicaid for immigrants in California illegally. Now he wants to cut it back
On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Claiming ‘Pakistan Strikes India’s Air Defense’
Did CNN broadcast a graphic touting Pakistan's supposed military success against India, including a caption that read "Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense"? No, that's not true: A CNN spokesperson told Lead Stories it was a "fabricated i
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – President Donald Trump said cargo slowdown at U.S. ports is a “good thing.” Economists say it’s not
Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”
Internet Archive→ America Reports : FOXNEWSW : May 16, 2025 11:00am-12:00pm PDT
A look at the latest news and headlines with Sandra Smith and John Roberts..This item belongs to: movies/TV-FOXNEWSW.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON, MPEG1, Metadata, SubRip, TV Clip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mexican Government Did NOT Gift House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries A ‘$1.2 million Apartment’ — Story Is Satire
Does House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries not want to discuss a $1.2 million luxury apartment the Mexican government gifted him in 2022? No, that's not true: The rumor was launched by a Facebook page that profits from political satire. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That ‘Something Weird Is Happening With American Food’ — Those Are Sprouting Seeds
Do white strands in the flesh of ripe tomatoes mean "Something weird is happening with American food"? No, that's not true: those are sprouting seeds. Gardening and farming experts at the University of Connecticut say the tomatoes are sti
Full Fact→ Fake CNN graphic comparing India and Pakistan’s conflict statistics circulates online
CNN says the image is fabricated.