Did 22 states fail to upload their Electoral College certifications, which were needed to certify election results on January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The National Archives confirmed that all 50 states and the District of Columbia su
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Family Income Growth and Inflation
An internet user incorrectly stated the rise in median family income since 1971.
The Dispatch→ No, China Has Not Declared a State of Emergency Over Respiratory Viruses
Increasing cases are in line with seasonal trends.
Full Fact→ Daily Express misstates small boat arrivals data
Small boat arrivals have increased under Labour compared with the same period the previous year, but a figure quoted on the newspaper’s front page isn’t quite right.
Full Fact→ Video of church being attacked in West Bank not from Christmas 2024
A clip of people throwing stones at a church near Bethlehem has been shared with misleading captions claiming it is a recent incident.
Full Fact→ Business rates relief rules for private schools haven’t changed yet
The government intends to remove charitable business rates relief for English private schools from April.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Poll shows Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin voting, but there’s a caveat
“Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin."
Health Feedback→ Ingredients in bird flu vaccine Audenz are safe in the amounts present; no evidence that they’re toxic or cause cancer
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The Dispatch→ The Donald Is at the Door
We invited him in … again.
The Dispatch→ Mike Johnson Keeps the Speaker’s Gavel
The brief but chaotic vote could portend more House Republican infighting.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Retribution
Trump’s a golfer, not a fascist.
The Dispatch→ Wokeness Was Never a Religion
If anything, it’s a reaction against an American creed.
The Dispatch→ The Lessons of January 6
What have we learned four years later, on the cusp of a second Trump administration?
The Dispatch→ What the ATF Does—and What It Doesn’t Do
Part 1 of a series.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Week of 2025
A terror attack kills 14 in New Orleans.
The Dispatch→ The Perónian Swamp
Trump has moved America leftward, not rightward.
The Dispatch→ The Restless Ambition of ‘A Complete Unknown’
The new biopic gets what Bob Dylan's folk-to-electric turn was really about.
The Dispatch→ Secular Reenchantment
Rod Dreher’s ‘Living in Wonder’ overlooks sources of meaning beyond the supernatural.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Leaked Footage Of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Riding A ‘Dirt Bike’ In Prison
Does a video authentically show "new footage leaked" of music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs riding a "dirt bike" in prison? No, that's not true: The video clip in this social media post began circulating on Instagram several months before C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China Did NOT Declare State Of Emergency Over ‘Surge Of Multiple Viruses’, As Of January 3, 2025
Did China declare a state of emergency over a spike in multiple respiratory infections as of January 3, 2025? No, that's not true: As of January 3, 2025, China's official sources made no such announcement. A spokesperson for the World Hea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Republicans CANNOT Be Forced To Confirm Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez As VP To Ensure Trump Becomes President
Is there a scenario in which Congressional Republicans can be forced to vote for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as vice president so President-elect Donald Trump can be sworn in as president? No, that's not true: Even if President Joe Bide
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican politi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CoQ10 Is NOT A Proven Treatment For Preventing Alzheimer’s Or Parkinson’s Disease
Is CoQ10 a proven treatment for preventing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease? No, that's not true: A neurologist told Lead Stories that it is "false" to say that CoQ10 can prevent either disease. While some studies have explored the ant
The Dispatch→ The Canadian Way
If our northerly neighbor is up for grabs, we should take it.
The Dispatch→ Nationalist Security
After two terror attacks, are Trump’s nominees more or less likely to be confirmed?
PolitiFact→ No link between Fort Bragg and New Orleans, Las Vegas incidents, officials say
Social media posts are linking New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas to the military base formerly known as Fort Bragg because the suspects served there. The investigations continue, but officials say they’ve found no evidence the i
PolitiFact→ The 119th Congress: What to know about House, Senate majorities and what it means for Trump's plans
The 119th Congress is officially underway. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, the Republicans will have unified control of government. But in the House, the margin will be close. Here’s what to look for.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Did a Temu warehouse go up in flames in China? No, a photo shared as evidence is AI-generated
Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of Fort Worth, Texas, car pileup is from 2021, not New Year’s Day 2025
Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
The Dispatch→ New Orleans Reels After New Year’s Attack
A man rammed a car into a crowd, killing 14 people and leaving dozens wounded.
The Dispatch→ Hollywood Pete
Pete Hegseth is better qualified to work in a circus than run the Pentagon.
The Dispatch→ Could Donald Trump Bring Back the Weekly Address?
The president-elect has a chance to revamp a decaying institution.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clip Does NOT Demonstrate Lack Of G Force In Soyuz MS-09 Launch — Excerpt Shows Lower-G Flight Segment
Does the swinging action of stuffed toys hanging from the ceiling of the Soyuz crew capsule prove that the spacecraft is not really producing the expected G forces during a launch into orbit, suggesting fakery? No, that's not true: A spac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Infection Risk In Young Children
Did a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study find that children who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to get infected than those who are unvaccinated? No, that's not true: The study of children aged six months
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Confirm New Orleans Attack Suspect ‘Crossed Into The US From Mexico’ Two Days Before Rampage
Did federal investigators publicly confirm that the suspect in the January 1, 2025, New Orleans Bourbon Street attack "crossed into the U.S. from Mexico" two days before? No, that's not true: As of January 2, 2025, the FBI said that the s
PolitiFact→ How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect. He was a US citizen.
Fox News shared and then corrected a report about the truck that police say Shamsud-Din Jabbar used to kill 14 people celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans. But that didn’t stop some from spreading a false narrative about Jabbar’s immigration st
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for fake video of Queen Camilla saying she was ‘born a man.’ It’s manipulated.
Queen Consort Camilla revealed that she was "born a man.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts wrongly identify New York subway burn victim
“The subway burning victim's name was Amelia Carter.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Orleans Bourbon Street Attacker Was NOT An Immigrant
Was the New Orleans attacker an immigrant, as a social media post implied? No, that's not true: The FBI and President Joe Biden said Shamsud-Din Jabbar was born in Texas and served many years in the United States Army. A widely shared vid
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Yes, there have been placebo-controlled studies on childhood vaccines
“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”