“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
The Dispatch→ Commanding His Own Reality
The Unitary Theory of Donald Trump is that Trump isn’t that hard to figure out.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Road Rage Video Does NOT Involve A Tesla — It’s A Non-Tesla Pickup With An Open Cargo Bay
Did a viral video capture a motorist hitting a pedestrian after a road rage incident with a Tesla driver? No, that's not true: The driver who seems to have hit a pedestrian had been yelling at someone driving next to them in a non-Tesla p
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Image of a person dressed as Pikachu in Turkey protests is AI-generated
Image shows a “person dressed up as Pikachu to resist police violence” in Turkey.
PolitiFact→ Sydney Batch – Democrat wrongly says NC ‘always had nonpartisan judicial races’ until Republicans took over
North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Videos don’t show Seattle tornadoes; no twisters touched down there March 26 or 27
Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-checking Donald Trump on whether automobile plants are ‘being built at levels we’ve never seen’
“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Loophole in U.S. Law’ Does NOT Legalize Non-citizen Voting If They ‘Believe’ They Are Citizens — It’s Still Illegal
Does a "loophole in U.S. law" legally grant permission to noncitizens to vote in federal elections if they believe they are U.S. citizens? No, that's not true: A professor specializing in election law told Lead Stories that what was refer
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal?
Wisconsin election law experts said Elon Musk’s plan to pay voters $1 million could violate state law. Musk then walked it back and said he would pay them to sign a petition.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Shows Person With Blue Hair Writing ‘Fascist’ On A Tesla Cybertruck — Not Real Photo
Does an image authentically show a person with blue hair writing "fascist" on a Tesla Cybertruck? No, that's not true: The picture of the half-naked person is AI generated. It originated in a post from an account on X that says it publish
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Phoenix’s wildfire risk linked to climate change and invasive plants, not Bill Gates
Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans.
New York Times→ Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending
The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs.
Full Fact→ No evidence Duchess of Sussex has had another child
An image of Meghan holding a baby is being shared online with claims she’s had a third child, but there’s no evidence this is true and the image was almost certainly created with AI.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Beep, beep: Teslas and other American cars are still sold in Canada
“Canada makes bold decision to shut down Tesla and the US auto industry.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no $20,000 hidden grant program for roof repairs; video of Musk is AI-generated
“Elon Musk exposes hidden $20K roof grant. Congress approved it."
Full Fact→ Image shared with claim about family in London is 2016 stock photo from Malaysia
Social media posts have claimed the photo shows the family of a person called “Khalil”, who supposedly arrived in the UK by boat and lives in a five-bed home in north London.
PolitiFact→ Susan Crawford – In Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Crawford claims Schimel wants to be part of Trump support network
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SCAM Bittrex Emails Sent Via Govdelivery.com Domain Are NOT Real — Company Issued Warning
Are emails sent via the public.govdelivery.com email domain and claiming to be about an "unclaimed balance" at Bittrex legitimate? No, that's not true: They appear to be part of an email scam aimed at former users of the now defunct compa
Full Fact→ Chair of Ofsted board has no control over setting national curriculum
Misleading claims that the new interim chair of Ofsted’s board, Sir Hamid Patel, will be able to change what pupils learn in schools, have been shared online.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Danish Politicians Laughed in Parliament About Circus Elephants, NOT Trump’s Greenland Remarks
Did an authentic video show members of the Danish Parliament laughing heartily at a recording of March 2025 remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, outlining his intent to "get" Greenland, "one way or the other"? No, that's not true: The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Turkey Protesters Dressed as Batman, Joker, Spiderman, Pikachu
Did an authentic photo show protesters in Turkey in March 2025, dressed as The Joker, Batman, Pikachu and Spiderman? No, that's not true: the image was AI-generated and was first posted by an X user whose bio contained the disclaimer "All
The Dispatch→ The Signal Saga Heats Up
‘They are lucky that no one was killed as a result of this.’
The Dispatch→ National Security Used To Be a Thing
‘I reserve the right to be Jeff Goldberg.’
The Dispatch→ The Divide on the Right Over the Alien Enemies Act
Legal thinkers advise caution on denying due process, while GOP lawmakers go along with the Trump administration.
The Dispatch→ GOP Senators Want Answers as Signal Fallout Continues
Several lawmakers dismiss White House assertions that no classified information was shared in a group chat.
The Dispatch→ The Gift of Concentration
On teaching children to look beyond easy distractions.
The Dispatch→ Can Republicans Keep Their House in Order?
Why Elise Stefanik staying in Congress matters.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Public Reports Said Elon Musk Was In Talks To Buy Cincinnati Bengals In March 2025 — Claim Appeared In AI Fake Article
Was Elon Musk reported in March 2025 to be in talks to buy the Cincinnati Bengals for $15 billion and had reports "surfaced" that Bengals President Mike Brown was considering the offer? No, that's not true: The content of the article maki
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Elon Musk Funded Lily Thompson’s Surgery And Neuralink Chip — AI Made It Up
Did Elon Musk save the life of 7-year-old Lily Thompson by paying her medical bills and arranging for a Neuralink chip to be implanted into her brain in March 2025? No, that's not true: There are no "local news reports" of a child by that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Facebook Warning Says ‘Justin Scott’ and ‘Carla Howell’ Are Fugitive Suspects In Death Of Baby ‘Emily Darnell’ — Part Of Scam
Does a Facebook post alert users to an authentic "Homicide Bureau" fugitive case identifying 'Justin Scott' and 'Carla Howell' as suspects in the death of a 10-month-old named 'Emily Darnell'? No, that's not true: Facebook posts calling o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump showed the Declaration of Independence, not the Bitcoin whitepaper, at the White House
Video shows the Bitcoin whitepaper “was spotted at the White House.”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Origin of Texas Measles Outbreak
SciCheck Digest The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that’s never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas also show that a wild-type virus is responsible. Yet, social media posts have falsely claimed that the o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Did NOT Reject Fictional ‘$10 Million Offer’ From Elon Musk Either — Fake Story
Did football player Patrick Mahomes reject a "$10 Million Offer" from Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Musk did not make the public statement the story said he did. An AI detector concluded that the text of the story, including bogus quote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: March 26, 2025 Berlin Car Crash Was NOT Terrorist Attack
Was a March 26, 2025, car crash in Berlin a premeditated act of terrorism? No, that's not true: The German police told Lead Stories that, as of this writing, there is no evidence to support that theory. The incident involved a teenager wh
Full Fact→ Amazon laptop giveaway is not genuine
A Facebook post that appears to offer free laptops from Amazon is not legitimate.
FactCheck.org→ Was the Signal Chat Illegal?
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. As fallout from a Trump administration group chat about a military attack in Yemen continues to unfold, some Democrats are saying the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in the ch
Full Fact→ Did Labour promise to freeze council tax?
We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint
People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Transcript Extends Tulsi Gabbard Response To Jim Himes Question On Retweeting Russian State Media Individual
Does a genuine transcript show what Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said after Representative Jim Himes asked a question about retweeting "posts from individuals affiliated with Russian state media" using her personal acco
The Dispatch→ The Trump Administration Threatens mRNA Research
Growing vaccine skepticism risks undermining recent medical breakthroughs.