The post makes incorrect claims, including that tax avoidance and evasion cost the UK 100 times more than benefit fraud.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims Serbian Authorities Used Sound Cannon Against Protesters Causing Man To Die Of Heart Attack — What We Know So Far
Did Serbian authorities use a type of sonic weapon against protesters in Belgrade, causing a man to have a heart attack and later die? Here's what we know: The claim that authorities fired an acoustic weapon during a moment of silence at
The Dispatch→ Do You Even Empire, Bro?
Back to basics on trade and more.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO New Law To Allow Women To Retire At 52 On $4,850 A Month
Did lawmakers in the United States pass new legislation in March 2025, allowing women to retire at the age of 52, with monthly payments of $4,850, regardless of their previous occupations? No, that's not true: neither the White House webs
The Dispatch→ Congress Sidesteps a Government Shutdown
Chuck Schumer’s eleventh-hour endorsement of the bill divides Democrats.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DoD Website Removes And Then Restores Article About Medal Of Honor Recipient Charles Calvin Rogers — DoD Responds
Did the website of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) remove an article about Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam? Here's what we know: The 2021 article now appears on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Cybertruck Being Crushed By Excavator Originated On TikTok Account Promoting AI Video Creation Training And Tools
Does a viral video genuinely show a Tesla Cybertruck being crushed by a digger or excavator? No, that's not true: According to a detection tool, the video was generated using AI. The account that originally posted it has published several
The Dispatch→ A Second Civil Rights Movement?
How electing Barack Obama gave us Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ Dashed Hopes of Common Sense
Republicans are copying a left they profess to hate.
The Dispatch→ What the Feds’ Fight With Columbia University Means for Other Schools
The battle between the school and the Trump administration over antisemitism could play out at dozens of other institutions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story Said Ireland Denied Rosie O’Donnell’s Residence Application — Not Real News
Was the story about about Rosie O'Donnell's application for residency in Ireland being denied by the Irish Department of Justice real news? No, that's not true: The story originated on a website with a clear satire disclaimer. It is run b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Image Shows European Leaders Taking Off Their Suit Coats In Support Of Ukraine — No Actual Video
Does a viral image authentically show European leaders taking off their suit coats in support of Ukraine during a group picture? No, that's not true: The image is likely a screenshot from a video that was digitally edited, possibly using
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Screenshot Has Trump ‘Annexe’ Alaska And Greenland, Making Them 52nd And 53rd State — No Such Post
Did President Trump post on Truth Social that he was going to "annexe Alaska" after Greenland, in order to make it the "53rd State" and did he say "the people of Alaska don't want to be part of a backward nation in Canada?" No, that's not
The Dispatch→ Between Fear and Reconciliation in Syria
Plus: Art, hell, and the human body.
The Dispatch→ What’s Next for Syria?
Claims of genocide underscore the country’s uncertain future.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Arnold Bushman Lighting Himself On Fire To Protest Disney Making Little Mermaid Black
Did a man named "Arnold Bushman" light himself on fire to protest "Disney making the little mermaid black"? No, that's not true: A tweet from October 2024 with that claim was screenshotted and went viral again in early 2025. However the i
The Dispatch→ Free Speech A-holes
Against the martyr grift.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Working Class Wage Growth
Average production and nonsupervisory employee wages have outpaced inflation from 1971 to 2024.
The Dispatch→ Ignoring Scarcity at Our Own Peril
Ezra Klein’s class warfare rears its utopian head.
The Dispatch→ How the Other Half Suffers
Affluent ignorance has allowed tuberculosis to flourish, argues a new book.
The Dispatch→ MoMA Goes to Hell
Consciously or not, modern art is considering the afterlife.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The Dispatch→ Jihad Me at Tallow
When big government touches everything, it leaves its greasy fingerprints on everything. That grease is politics.
The Dispatch→ Tea for Two
Is a Democratic Tea Party emerging?
PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – InfoWars reporter Jamie White, who was fatally shot, was not on Ukrainian enemies list
Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Whoopi Goldberg didn’t get ‘The View’ a $6 million federal grant. That claim originated as satire.
The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Are Girl Scout cookies ‘toxic’? No, experts say study’s findings are misleading
Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Someone Yelled ‘Kill That Vice’ At J.D. Vance Attending Concert At Kennedy Center
Does a viral video prove that someone in the audience at a Kennedy Center concert yelled "Kill that Vice!" at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance as he entered the concert hall? No, that's not true: The sentence in question is not clearly audi
FactCheck.org→ Measles Is Harmful, Contrary to Flimsy Social Media Claims of Long-Term Benefits
SciCheck Digest Measles is an extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease that can lead to death or disability. It also wipes out immune memory for several years after an infection. As an outbreak in Texas continues to expand, social media pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Warren Buffett Said ‘President Trump Making Best Financial Decisions In 50 Years’
Did Warren Buffett say President Trump is making the best financial decisions in 50 years? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Buffet praised Trump saying he was making stellar financial decisions in March 2025. A search of Goo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Posts About ‘Amy Sharp’ And Baby ‘Courtney Chatfield’ Are Part Of Social Media Scam
Is there a legitimate warning circulating about a girl named "Amy Sharp" allegedly on the run and charged with the murder of a baby named "Courtney Chatfield"? No, that's not true: Despite what viral social media posts say, the girl is no
FactCheck.org→ Study Focused on Feminine Hygiene Products, Not Transgender Men
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The Department of Agriculture announced the cancellation of a $600,000 grant to study the development of feminine hygiene products made of natural fibers. The USDA, De
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Has Acquired MSNBC For $900 Million To Put An End To Toxic Programming
Did Elon Musk announce that he has acquired MSNBC for $900 million to "put an end to toxic programming?" No, that's not true: A search of Musk's X account did not show this announcement from him on the days leading up to publication of th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Audio Of Trump Saying Tesla Was A ‘Modern-Day Isaac Neutron’ Is NOT Authentic
Did what social media posts described as "leaked Trump audio" from March 11, 2025, authentically capture the president calling Nicola Tesla "a modern-day Isaac Neutron"? No, that's not true: Two AI detectors found evidence that the audio
Full Fact→ Photo of Zelenskyy wearing a suit when meeting WEF leader predates Ukraine war
A Facebook post suggests the Ukrainian president recently wore a suit to meet with the World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab amid criticism over him not wearing one to meet President Trump.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Stacey Abrams didn’t admit to using $2 billion from EPA to buy votes in Georgia
Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
Full Fact→ Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk
Social media posts claim the clip shows ‘Zelensky’s army’ surrendering in recent days, but the footage dates back to 2022.
Full Fact→ Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake
The clip contains a ‘Sora’ watermark in the bottom right corner, indicating it was likely created using OpenAI’s text-to-video artificial intelligence model.
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself
The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists.