Is British singer Sam Smith "self-partnered," meaning that they are not single but in a relationship with themselves? No, that's not true: The claim originated on a satirical Facebook page with a clear disclaimer. There is no evidence tha
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as President Donald Trump said? No, Russia invaded
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
The Dispatch→ Realism for a Condo Salesman
Trump 2.0 goes abroad, and it’s what you’d expect.
The Dispatch→ The Bad Guys
Donald Trump is making the world safe for autocracy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s Approval Rating Was 4% As Of February 18, 2025
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approval rating plummet to 4 percent, as of February 2025? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no publicly available poll confirming the figure voiced by President Donald Trump on February
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Michelle Obama skipping Washington events not evidence of power couple’s divorce
“Barack and Michelle Obama locked in bombshell divorce of the century.”
The Dispatch→ ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ Are Trump’s Worst Trade Idea Yet
Law and economics aside, they’d be be bureaucratic, nonsensical mess.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Remarks at Foreign Investment Summit in Miami : CSPAN : February 19, 2025 5:32pm-6:56pm EST
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MSNBC Program Is NOT Named ‘Inside Jen Psaki’ — Social Media Posts Feature Edited Image
Is the MSNBC television program hosted by the former White House press secretary named "Inside Jen Psaki"? No, that's not true: The program is called "Inside With Jen Psaki." An image circulating on social media had been digitally edited
PolitiFact→ Social Media – An ICE van in Philadelphia wasn’t intentionally set on fire
“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t say the U.S. should ‘stop electing’ criminals
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’: Tariffs, Immigration and More
The president-elect repeated several false and inaccurate claims on a range of topics that were staples of his 2024 campaign.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s First Post-Election News Conference
The president-elect made inaccurate claims about a small-business survey, the federal budget, autism rates and pesticide use, among other claims.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Address
In his Inaugural Address, President Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points. But in remarks afterward, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law?
Did Vice President JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives? As a Yale Law student, Vance received military veteran financial aid. Yale Law describes veteran recruitment as part of its DEI efforts but it’s unclear to what extent that was the case when V
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim DOGE Forwarded Names Of 163 Members Of Congress To IRS Originated On Satire Page
Did the claim that DOGE forwarded the names of 163 members of Congress to the IRS for "Immediate Audit" and that 156 of them were Democrats originate on an actual news website? No, that's not true: The meme featured a fake, cartoonish DOG
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Michael Jordan didn’t say kneeling athletes should have their medals revoked
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Free Headphones Hack’ Video Does NOT Authentically Show Man Stealing Headphones From Train Passenger
Does a video captioned "Free headphones hack" shared on social media authentically show a Black man stealing a train passenger's headphones? No, that's not true: The video was first posted by a social media creator who shares similar ones
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Upside-Down Pilots Is Inverted News Photo From 16 Years Ago
Does an authentic photo show two Black women who were the pilots of the Delta Flight 4819 that crash-landed and flipped over in Toronto on February 17, 2025? No, that's not true: The inverted image in a social media post is 16 years old.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fabricated video shows Elon Musk promoting a diabetes cure
Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.
PolitiFact→ Susan Crawford – Candidate right that Wisconsin does not require judges to recuse because of past legal work
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
Full Fact→ The UK’s population is not projected to grow by five million ‘in just seven years’
Figures quoted by the Express actually refer to the projected population growth over a 10 year period, between 2022 and 2032.
Full Fact→ President Trump claims Ukraine ‘started’ the war with Russia
Full Fact→ No, Scotland has not announced a ban on pet cats
Social media posts appear to have misinterpreted the recommendations of a report on cat welfare in Scotland.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts the Facts in Attack on the Courts
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In several court cases, federal judges have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from broadly cutting or freezing federal spending. President Donald Trump claimed that the j
Full Fact→ Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’
Dame Diana Johnson is the latest government minister to misstate what IMF and OECD projections show.
Full Fact→ Image of masked men carrying axes is not a real photo of an incident at a Birmingham hospital
The image was made or edited using Google AI tools, and the police have said there was “no disorder” at hospitals in the city following a stabbing.
Full Fact→ JD Vance is wrong, facts are not opinions
It’s about facts, not opinions. Following JD Vance's speech in Munich about the state of European democracy and free speech we're offering a different opinion.
The Dispatch→ Bird Flu Outbreak Continues to Spread
‘What’s concerning is the spillover events to humans.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Photo Of Javier Milei’s Sister Shows Different Eyes, Nose, Mouth — Original Taken In 2023
Does a viral photo accurately portray Argentinian President Javier Milei's sister Karina Milei? No, that's not true: The image has been heavily edited to completely change her face. The original image was taken in 2023 and shows completel
The Dispatch→ Munich 2025
Ignominious idiocracy.
The Dispatch→ In His Napoleonic Era
The impression that the president is megalomaniacally contemptuous of the law is not good for anybody.
The Dispatch→ Trump Is Nixon 2.0
And DOGE is like CREEP, but on steroids.
The Dispatch→ Where’s the Omelet?
For Donald Trump, the work stops at breaking eggs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Has NOT Proposed 2025 Stimulus Checks As Of February 18, 2025 — ‘Stimmy’ Rumors Rampant But Unfounded
Has the Trump administration proposed payment of a 2025 economic stimulus check to Americans, as multiple social media posts claim? No, that's not true: Viral social media posts circulating in February 2025 built traffic by spreading the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE Team Has NOT Triggered A Housing Listing Surge In Washington, DC — No ‘Mass Evacuation’
Has the DOGE team caused a "very real exodus" from the Washington, D.C., area as evidenced by a big surge in the number of homes listed for sale in the market? No, that's not true: The number of new residential real estate listings in the
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claims the NFL ‘canceled’ Elon Musk’s DOGE ads originated from satire account
“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – DOGE subcommittee didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper federal payments
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Van Was NOT Intentionally Torched In Philadelphia — Fire Determined To Be Accidental
Was an ICE van deliberately set on fire during operations in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: A Homeland Security/ICE vehicle caught fire on the morning of February 18, 2025 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Fire Department extinguished
The Dispatch→ How Not To Be Cynical
‘People want purpose, meaning, and fulfilling work.’