The president made false claims about polling, government spending, and inflation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Women’s History Month Was NOT Just Created By A Trump Executive Order — It Was Started By Congress In 1987
Did Donald Trump just designate the month of March as "Women's History Month" by signing an executive order? No, that's not true: The formal observation of Women's History Month was started by Congress in 1987, an expansion of the previou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Group Known As ‘Patriot Front’ Has Disbanded As Of March 7, 2025
Did the group known as the "Patriot Front" disband the day after Kash Patel started as FBI Director or shortly after Christopher Wray resigned from that position? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the group's website is still activ
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Nancy Pelosi didn’t get $14 million in USAID funding for “experimental farming” at her vineyard
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
Full Fact→ Downing Street video doesn’t show Volodymyr Zelenskyy using expletive to refer to Donald Trump
A clip being widely shared online, which appears to be a news report covering a moment where the Ukrainian president swore when asked about President Donald Trump, is fake.
Full Fact→ Barack Obama hasn’t been receiving Obamacare royalties
Posts which also claim that the new Department of Government Efficiency has halted the payments to the former US president have been circulating online. But these claims are satirical.
Full Fact→ Zelenskyy did not say the US will have to send their sons and daughters to fight in Ukraine
A clip being shared on social media showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussing a hypothetical situation in which Russia invades NATO member countries has been taken out of context.
Full Fact→ No evidence Donald Trump said that the president should be impeached if Dow Jones drops 1,000 points
A screenshot of a likely-fake post has been circulating online for at least six years.
The Dispatch→ Measles Makes a Comeback
A second death was linked to the resurgence of the once-eliminated disease.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Misquoted Statistic About White Supremacists Doing ‘80% Of Most Violent Crime’ — Was About Extremist-Related Murders
Did Representative Jasmine Crockett "completely fabricate" the statistic that "80% of the most violent crime are by white supremacists" as a viral post said? No, that's not entirely true: Crockett appears to have badly misquoted a statist
Full Fact→ Video appearing to show BBC reporter caught on hot mic after Zelenskyy-Trump meeting has been edited
The clip appears to show the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent joking about the meeting while his mic was still switched on—but the audio has been faked.
The Dispatch→ Suits and Sycophants
Great television.
The Dispatch→ Russia’s Long Record of Broken Pledges and Treaty Violations
Why Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking security guarantees as part of any peace deal.
The Dispatch→ Will Trump Actually Balance the Budget?
Spoiler: It’s pretty difficult.
The Dispatch→ Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
Either way, it’s not getting fixed anytime soon.
The Dispatch→ Foreigners Have Feelings Too
Do nationalists understand that other countries’ citizens also feel national pride?
PolitiFact→ Larry Kudlow – Is Elon Musk’s DOGE 'very popular'? That’s not what the polls say
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Elizabeth Warren Has A Net Worth Of $67 Million As Of March 2025
Does Elizabeth Warren have a net worth of $67 million as of March 2025? No, that's not true: The Massachusetts senator is estimated to be worth between $7 and $12 million. There is no evidence that supports her being worth $67 million, ev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Buy French Bank Milleis Via Maltex In February 2025
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy buy the French bank Milleis in February 2025 using the offshore company Maltex? No, that's not true: No credible media organization reported this story, as of March 6, 2025. A viral video purpor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Audio Suggests BBC Reporter Joked On Open Mic That Trump F***ed Zelenskyy In Oval Office Meeting
Did a video clip shared to X authentically show a BBC reporter joking the February 28, 2025 Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump was " ... the second time that a U.S. president f**
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Shows Trump Threatening Capital Controls And Tariffs On ‘Foreign Selling’ To Protect Stock Market
Did President Donald Trump post he would impose capital controls because "TERRIBLE things" were happening to "our BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT STOCK MARKET" and that he would put a tariff on "foreign selling"? No, that's not true: A viral screensh
Full Fact→ Can the justice secretary ‘over-rule’ the Sentencing Council?
Full Fact→ MP challenges chancellor over incorrect runway claim
Full Fact→ Video does not show Westminster Abbey flying Pakistan flag during Holy Week
The clip actually shows the Pakistan flag hoisted before Holy Week 2024 to commemorate the country’s national day.
Internet Archive→ Squawk on the Street : CNBC : March 6, 2025 9:00am-11:01am EST
Taking viewers onto the floor of the exchange, right to the posts where the biggest companies in the world trade.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CNBC.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Shows Ukrainian Flag Hoisted On Statue Of Liberty Torch
Does a video authentically show climbers hoisting a Ukrainian flag on the torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York? No, that's not true: The video was created using AI, according to the caption added by the account that originally poste
Full Fact→ Macron didn’t call Putin a ‘butcher’ in news conference with Trump
During a press conference with US president Donald Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron referenced killings in the town of Bucha in Ukraine, rather than saying “butcher”.
The Dispatch→ What’s Going on with Undersea Cables?
Western officials view the critical infrastructure as a potential vulnerability.
Full Fact→ The Covid-19 virus does exist
A post on Instagram features a woman making incorrect claims about the existence of Covid-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Video Of Mexican Border Closure NOT Related To U.S. Tariffs — Border Not Closed
Does a viral video show Mexico closing the U.S. border in response to President Trump's announcement about imposing tariffs on March 3, 2025? No, that's not true: The video predated the announcement by several days. The gate closure seen
The Dispatch→ Sufficient Opposition
Well, actually…
The Dispatch→ The $2 Billion Dollar Case
Is this judicial hubris?
The Dispatch→ How Abandoning Ukraine Could Harm U.S.-European Relations
An economic decoupling could result, and EU nations are poised to rebuild their domestic defense industries.
The Dispatch→ The U.S. Can Support Global Health Without Backing the WHO
Leaving the international health body is, surprisingly, a good thing.
The Dispatch→ World Health Organization Withdrawal: Right Concerns, Risky Remedy
The agency needs reform, but leaving may do more harm than good.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘If The Dow Drops 1,000 Points In Two Days The President Should Be Impeached Immediately’ In 2012
Did Donald Trump post a tweet on November 6, 2012, that read, "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!"? No, that's not true: This is a fake tweet that was manufactured in 2018, years after
The Dispatch→ Keep ’Em Guessing
Trump’s politics of uncertainty.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Old claim about Obamacare royalties resurfaces with DOGE angle. It’s still wrong.
“DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’”
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress
Here’s our fact-check of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in video form. The video, produced by FactCheck.org Social Media Manager Josh Diehl, is based on our article on the president’s March 4
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida School Did NOT Conceal Use of Student’s They/Them Pronouns From Mom January Littlejohn — Emails Show Consultation
Did a Florida school encourage January Littlejohn's child to secretly socially transition and use they/them pronouns without telling her? No, that's not true: January Littlejohn approached her child's school first about the decision by he