Is a photo that shows damage and flooding from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on October 28, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: The image was likely made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detec
The Dispatch→ The Bogeyman
An irresistible, and potentially tricky, foil for the GOP.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight Logs Do NOT Show Man Who Anonymously Gave $130 Million To Pay Soldiers During Government Shutdown Flew On Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Express — Paul Mellon Died In 1999
Do flight logs show that the man who anonymously donated $130 million to pay American soldiers during the October 2025 U.S. government shutdown flew on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express plane? No, that's not true: The flight log page cited
PolitiFact→ The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual?
The facts about DOJ sending election monitors to CA, NJ
PolitiFact→ How do countries without school vaccination requirements maintain high vaccination rates?
What to know about vaccine mandates in the U.S. and abroad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Does NOT Show October 2025 Louvre Break-In
Does a viral video authentically portray the October 2025 Louvre robbery in Paris, France? No, that's not true: The clip is not authentic CCTV footage. The details of the scene in the viral video did not match the specific Louvre gallery
Full Fact→ Ministers repeat misleading and unevidenced claims on immigration
FactCheck.org→ Reagan’s Words on Tariffs
An ad campaign from the government of Ontario featured audio of former President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs on foreign goods. The video rearranges what Reagan said in a 1987 radio address, and it ignores some of the context. But i
Full Fact→ The government isn’t going to slow the internet at night from November
Claims being shared in videos on social media that from 1 November the government will reduce internet speeds from midnight until 6am are false.
The Dispatch→ The 2025 November Elections Preview
A breakdown of the races in New York, Virginia, and New Jersey.
The Dispatch→ Firing Squad vs. Suffocation
What constitutes cruel and unusual punishment?
The Dispatch→ Putin’s Useful Influencer
The propaganda is coming from inside the House.
The Dispatch→ The Global Free Speech Recession
The right to free expression is backsliding in an increasingly illiberal and authoritarian world.
The Dispatch→ Will Abigail Spanberger and Jay Jones Ride a Blue Wave in Virginia?
What the commonwealth’s upcoming elections say about the state of American politics.
The Dispatch→ A Disgraced President and America’s Pastime
How Richard Nixon headed off an umpires’ strike 40 years ago.
The Dispatch→ What Hayek Understood About the Unknowable Nature of Markets
He argued that central planning cannot replace the telecommunication system that is a true market economy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Did NOT ‘Rebrand’ Themselves As HSI In October 2025 — That Division Had Existed Since 2010
Did U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "rebrand" itself to be publicly known as Homeland Security Investigators, not ICE? No, that's not true: ICE still exists under the same old name. "Homeland Security Investigators" discussed in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Issue Press Release Offering ‘Patriots … A Piece Of The White House’, As Of October 27, 2025
Did the Donald Trump White House publish a press release offering pieces of the demolished East Wing for $500 per item at a website whose name suggested an affiliation with the U.S. president? No, that's not true: An image of the purporte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Evangelical’ Pastors ‘Gone Left’ Video Clips Are NOT Real — They Were Lifted From A ‘Parallel Universe’ AI Channel
Does a viral video show authentic clips of four "Evangelical" pastors preaching against conservative positions on the border wall, guns, abortion and oil drilling? No, that's not true: The clips are lifted from an online account that desc
PolitiFact→ Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity
Fact-checking a chart of SNAP recipients by ethnicity
The Dispatch→ The Last Hostage Crisis
Will the ‘third term’ chatter backfire on Republicans?
PolitiFact→ X posts – These clips don’t show Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica; they show weather events from around the world
Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump, Steve Bannon keep talking about a 3rd term. Can Trump do it?
Trump, allies still talk about a 3rd term. Can it be done?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Tesla Pulling Diesel Motor As It Charges Is NOT Real — AI Made It
Does an authentic video show a Tesla car charging from a diesel generator that it is towing as it drives? No, that's not true: The video was made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detector tool. Obvious disc
Full Fact→ Claim America was sold to ‘five billionaires’ in 1927 is satire
A picture of a joke article supposedly from the 1920s has been circulating again online, but it has been taken out of context.
PolitiFact→ GOP talking point holds ACA is haunted by ‘phantom’ enrollees, but the devil’s in the data
What to know about ACA 'phantom enrollees' GOP talking point
The Dispatch→ Little Big American
Modest power beats arrogant weakness every time.
Full Fact→ Fortnum & Mason isn’t selling ‘Family Hampers’ for £10 to the over-40s
Despite posts on social media claiming the company is selling discounted products to over-40s who fill in a survey, Fortnum & Mason confirmed this offer isn’t genuine.
The Dispatch→ Can Milei Save Argentina’s Economy?
The libertarian president’s surprise midterm victory gives him legislative momentum, but deeper reforms require compromise.
The Dispatch→ Retribution | Interview: Jonathan Karl and Declan Garvey
How will Trump influence American politics?
The Dispatch→ America Is Losing the Gray Zone War for the South China Sea
China’s strategy is designed to exploit the myriad gaps and seams that define our deterrence models.
The Dispatch→ You Can’t Opt Out of Sam Altman’s Erotica
Even if he insists you can.
The Dispatch→ The New Medievals
The bones of our conspiracies haven’t changed, though their details are different.
The Dispatch→ Senate Republicans Are Actually Defying Donald Trump
So far, GOP senators are refusing to nix blue slips, allowing Democrats to block judicial nominees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Aerofoot Flying Shoes Demo At Gitex Does NOT Show Real Events — Made By Digital Creator
Was a pair of Aerofoot "flying shoes" demonstrated at Gitex 2029 by a woman using them to hover over a stage, models floating over a catwalk or a man taking off from a pedestal? No, that's not true: The video, and several more like it, we
The Dispatch→ No ‘Sharia Law’ Is Coming to Texas
But such alarmism may undermine freedom.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on the Ceasefire, Identity Politics, and Biosecurity
Hamas may have a different plan than the one the U.S. negotiated.
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Shadows on Plato’s Wall
The Dispatch→ The Democrats’ Next Step | Interview: Jack Kerr
A thought-provoking look at the internal debates shaping the future of the Democratic Party.
The Dispatch→ Beware the New Battle of the Sexes
Conservatives shouldn’t make their own version of the left’s gender mistakes.