The suit over abortion pill regulations seems likely to hinge on standing, not substance.
The Dispatch→ What the Abortion Pill Case Is Really About
Plus: Is there a Gorsuch-Jackson alliance?
The Dispatch→ The Great Rewiring of Childhood
What's eating Gen Z?
The Dispatch→ What Did the ACA Accomplish?
Taking stock of the praise—and criticism—of the 14-year-old law.
The Dispatch→ The Health Risks of Microplastics, Explained
They are likely harmful, but we need more data.
The Dispatch→ Applying a Counterinsurgency Strategy to the Drug Problem
A Washington state congressional candidate takes lessons from Iraq.
Truth or Fiction?→ ND Football 2024 Preview
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Truth or Fiction?→ ND Football 2024 Preview
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Truth or Fiction?→ NFL Kickoff Rule Changes
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Buttigieg Remarks About Racism And Underpass Were NOT Made After Collapse Of Key Bridge In Baltimore
Did Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg make remarks about how racism went into design choices after the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed in Baltimore on March 26, 2024? No, that's not true: The video clip in a social media post dat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Brag He Ogled ‘Miss Teen’ Contestants As They Dressed Backstage — He Said Miss USA and Miss Universe
Did former President Donald Trump once brag about going backstage at the "Miss Teen USA show" when "everyone's getting dressed and ready," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: There is no record of Trump having made such a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Shots Over ‘Soaring Sudden Deaths’ — There’s No Ban At All
Did Japan ban COVID vaccinations over "soaring sudden deaths" in the country? No, that's not true: There is no ban. Japan, like many other countries, has actively promoted COVID-19 vaccinations as a tool in combating the spread of the vir
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Convict ‘D.C. District Attorney’ Matthew Graves Of Treason In March 2024
Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps convict the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, of treason in March 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabr
The Dispatch→ The True Faith
Bible-thumping for fun and profit, but mostly profit.
PolitiFact→ Baltimore bridge collapse: A cyberattack, a movie and other false claims about the ship accident
As investigators searched for the cause of a cargo ship’s collision with a Baltimore bridge, social media users filled the void with baseless conspiracy theories. Here’s a few we’ve debunked.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the movie "Leave the World Behind" didn’t predict the Baltimore bridge collapse
The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Captain Of Ship That Hit Francis Scott Key Bridge In Baltimore Was NOT Ukrainian
Was the captain of the Dali cargo vessel that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 24, 2024, Ukrainian? No, that's not true: A representative of the company operating the ship confirmed to Lead Stories that all 22 crew m
The Dispatch→ Tending the Garden
How modern parenting abandons the reliably good for the unattainably perfect.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking RFK Jr.’s V.P. Announcement
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In announcing his choice for vice president, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, made statements that were false or misle
PolitiFact→ X posts – US warning Russia about a terror attack doesn’t mean the US ordered it. It was the ‘duty to warn'
A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, the captain of the container ship that hit the bridge in Baltimore wasn’t Ukrainian
“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – Is J.D. Vance right that native-born Americans have seen no job growth under Biden?
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Pete Buttigieg didn't blame Baltimore bridge collapse on racism. This clip is from 2021
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts erroneously tie Senate minority leader’s late sister-in-law to ship that hit Baltimore bridge
Social media users are falsely claiming that Chao, who died in Texas after driving into a pond on Feb. 10 while intoxicated, is connected to the collapse of the Key Bridge, suggesting that her death appears suspicious in light of the incident in Baltim
The Dispatch→ Measuring the Economy Under Donald Trump and Joe Biden
A scorecard circulating on social media uses old data.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden said he commuted by train and car as a senator, including over the Baltimore Key Bridge
President Joe Biden recently said he commuted by both train and car as a senator, including over the Baltimore Key Bridge. Social media posts about his statement omitted context.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Footage of Crimea bridge explosion misrepresented as Baltimore bridge collapse
Footage shows explosion on Baltimore bridge.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitch McConnell’s Sister-In-Law Angela Chao Is NOT Listed As CEO Of Company That Owns Ship That Hit Baltimore Bridge
Is Angela Chao, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law who drowned in a fatal car accident in February 2024, listed as the CEO of the company that owns the ship that hit Baltimore's Key Bridge on March 26, 2024? No, that's
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theories Follow Key Bridge Collapse
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take The Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship in the early morning on March 26. Although all evidence points to an accident, cons
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Human Hands Packaged For Sale As Meat Is NOT Real — AI-Generated
Does an image circulating on social media showing what appear to be skinned human hands in vacuum-sealed packages provide evidence of human meat on the market? No, that's not true: Many clues in the image point to it having been generated
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – El logo de Nickelodeon fue creado para crear un sentido de nostalgia, no por la isla de Epstein
"El logo del canal de cable de niños Nickelodeon es la Isla pedofila de Epstein”.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Angela Chao was CEO of a shipping company, but it doesn’t own the ship that hit Baltimore bridge
Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law who drowned in a Tesla “is listed as the CEO of the company that owns the ship that hit” Baltimore bridge.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Captain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian
Following the crash that caused Key Bridge to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared a screenshot of a webpage they said identified Dali’s captain.
Full Fact→ Footage does not show escalating tension between US and China near Baltimore bridge
A video of a military plane being shot down is actually footage from a video game.
Full Fact→ The Gates Foundation did not paralyse 300,000 children in India
There is no evidence to support this at all.
The Dispatch→ YIMBYs Are Winning Local Housing Battles, but Can They Win the National Housing War?
Building more housing—even luxury housing—lowers prices for everyone.
Full Fact→ MPs can’t claim £50 for breakfast
If staying overnight outside their constituency or London, MPs can claim £25 per night for food.
Full Fact→ Council did not order mural to be removed because it features the Union Jack
This mural appears outside a London fish and chip shop and has been the subject of much attention.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Meta Is Restricting Political Content on Its Platforms
The company is making changes, but users will still see accounts they follow and can opt out of the new policy.
The Dispatch→ RFK Jr. Chooses His VP
Plus: Turnover grips the House of Representatives.