People need mobility—and freedom—to pursue happiness.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: James Woods Posted FAKE Rep. Waters Tweet About "Low IQ" Jibe And "#INPEACH" – Counterfeit Was Exposed In 2019
Did actor James Woods post an authentic copy of a tweet by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in which she misspelled impeach as "inpeach" and confused a urine test with an IQ test, supposedly responding to President Donald Trump calling her "Lo
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Misleads About Measles Vaccine in Hannity Interview
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several unsupported or misleading claims about the measle
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove March 2025 Discovery Of ‘600-Meter Deep’ Structures Under Giza Pyramids
Does a video confirm a March 2025 discovery of vertical structures that are just shy of 2,000 feet in depth and roughly 1.24 miles underneath Giza Pyramids? No, that's not true: The clip cited a paper that was three years old. It did not
PolitiFact→ Ian Miles Cheong – Netflix hit show ‘Adolescence’ was not based on Southport, England, murders of three young girls
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JFK Files CIA Document Did NOT Name British Actress Penelope Keith As The ‘Lone Shooter’
Did a CIA document in the unsealed JFK assassination files name British actress Penelope Keith as the lone killer? No, that's not true: The purported investigative document naming Keith as the "lone shooter" cites her work in the BBC TV c
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Baseless Autopen Claim
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Legal experts say there is nothing to President Donald Trump’s claims that several of former President Joe Biden’s pardons are “VOID” because they were signe
Full Fact→ No, Argos is not selling pressure washers for less than £2
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook.
Internet Archive→ Pres. Trump & Defense Sec. Hegseth Deliver Remarks from the Oval Office : CSPAN : March 21, 2025 11:31am-12:21pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deliver remarks from 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,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scripted Video Shows ‘Officer Miculitzki’ Stopping Blind Black Man Over Cane — Not Actual Bodycam video
Does a purported bodycam video authentically show an "Officer Miculitzki" stopping a blind black man on the street and calling his cane a dangerous weapon? No, that's not true: The video originated on a Youtube channel that says it publis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arlington Officials Say ‘African American’ Website Category Removed, Colin Powell Profile Reassigned — What We Know
Did Arlington National Cemetery remove Gen. Colin Powell's profile from the cemetery's website in March 2025? A spokesperson for the cemetery told Lead Stories that the cemetery had removed a category relating to African-American service
The Dispatch→ Europe Vows a Military Buildup
Plus: The Trump administration shutters two expert panels on economic data.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Barron Trump Tweet Calls For National Cancer Institute DOGE Audit — Originated On Now Suspended Account
Did Barron Trump post a tweet on X about DOGE auditing the National Cancer Institute because they hadn't found a cure yet after 88+ years of research? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot of such a post appears to have originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Santos Chylice’ Facebook Warning About Homicide Of Baby ‘Gonzalez Cassandra’ in Holly Hill — Part Of Scam
Is a "Homicide Bureau" searching for "Santos Chylice" over "the death of 8-month-old baby Gonzalez Cassandra" in Holly Hill? No, that's not true: Facebook posts calling on readers to be on the lookout for her used the mugshot of someone l
Health Feedback→ MMR vaccine prevents far more risks from measles, mumps, and rubella than it causes
REVIEW Measles, mumps, and rubella are viral infectious diseases that were very common among children before the vaccines became available in the 1960s. In most cases, these diseases resolve on their own without causing long-term complications. This
The Dispatch→ Abundance About-Face
‘I want sad, beige politics.’
The Dispatch→ The Costs of Research Funding Delays at NIH
How a weeks-long freeze of the grant review process has stymied a myriad of scientific studies.
The Dispatch→ Grizzly Bears Need Local Support
Federal oversight alone won’t save an icon of the American West.
The Dispatch→ The Opportunity Cost of Trolling Our Northern Neighbor
A poorer Canada means a poorer United States.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media Satirist Damon Imani Has NEVER Argued With Sunny Hostin On "The View" — Fake Broadcast Clips Are His Schtick
Did Damon Imani appear on the February 24, 2025 episode of "The View" to verbally spar with co-host Sunny Hostin over the term "Woke", as a social media post seems to show? No, that's not true: Imani has never appeared on ABC's morning sh
PolitiFact→ Harriet Hageman – Does less than 25% of Education Department spending go to students? No
The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, JFK Jr. didn’t write a letter saying that former President Joe Biden was ‘a traitor’
Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.
The Dispatch→ Assessing J.D. Vance’s Claims About Immigration and Economic Growth
The U.S. has experienced GDP per capita growth while its immigrant population has expanded.
The Dispatch→ Kill Switch
Don't trust Americans.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Says Venezuelan Soccer Player Jerce Reyes Barrios Was Deported To El Salvador Over Real Madrid Tattoo– What We Know
Was a man named Jerce Reyes Barrios, described as a soccer player from Venezuela on social media, deported from the U.S. to El Salvador? The story was reported by ABC News, citing the man's attorney. Filings in U.S. District Court for Was
PolitiFact→ Live: Trump wants to close the Education Department. Here's what to know.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that takes steps toward dismantling the Education Department. PolitiFact is reporting on his plans ahead of the 4 p.m. White House event.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Was Zelenskyy's Pennsylvania visit ‘election interference’? Why experts say no
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Russell Robinson’ And ‘Dycorrian Wayne Lofton’ Facebook Warnings About 18-Year-Old Knocking On Doors, Stabbing — Part Of Scam
Are people in various communities in the United States and England being warned about an 18-year-old known as Russell Robinson or Dycorrian Wayne Lofton knocking on doors and attacking people after he gains their trust? No, that's not tru
FactCheck.org→ Posts Fabricate Claims About Trump’s Response to Duterte’s Arrest
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take In 2017, President Donald Trump expressed admiration for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drug suspects. But social media posts have falsely
Full Fact→ No, the World Economic Forum hasn’t called for a ban on homegrown food
The organisation has confirmed it has never made such a statement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Scientist Denied Entry To US Allegedly Due To Anti-Trump Messages On Phone Had National Lab Secrets On It According To DHS — What We Know
Was a French scientist denied entry to the U.S. in March 2025, due to the supposed discovery, on his phone, of messages critical of U.S. President Donald Trump? The story was first reported by French newspaper Le Monde and news service Ag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Discuss Fictional ‘Tesla Medbeds’ on Fox News — Interview is Fake
Did President Donald Trump speak to Fox News about a "Tesla medbed," calling it an "incredible piece of technology"? No, that's not true: Medbeds -- a term for a device that can carry out miraculous healing and age reversal and defy morta
Full Fact→ Our Government Tracker’s four months old – and it shows we need far greater transparency to win back trust in politics
We take a look at the latest findings from Full Fact’s Government Tracker project.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Istanbul Protests Against President Erdogan — 2024 East Timor Footage
Does this viral video show scenes of protest in Istanbul with "tens of thousands" demonstrating against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan? No, that's not true: The footage dates back to 2024 and is related to a papal visit to East Timor. It
The Dispatch→ Deportations Raise the Specter of a Constitutional Crisis
‘It certainly looks to me like they essentially didn’t fully comply.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Meme Said Kash Patel Ordered Investigation Into Congressional Democrats For Inciting Violence Against President
Are there news reports about FBI Director Kash Patel ordering an investigation of "13 Congressional Democrats" for inciting violence against President Donald Trump, and did he say they "put him in real danger" and "they did it on purpose?
The Dispatch→ Mending the Bootstraps
Complexity is a subsidy.
The Dispatch→ Do You Have ‘Parental Rights’?
Plus: Justice Roberts’ ‘fine wine’ of a statement.
The Dispatch→ On the Baltic Front
Ukraine’s neighbors and allies struggle against Russian hybrid warfare tactics.
The Dispatch→ J.D. Vance Secures an Inside Lane to 2028
Vance becomes the first sitting VP to helm his party’s fundraising.