Did Minneapolis set up a "Sharia Hotline" to report Americans criticizing Islam? No, that's not true: a website that makes a living by copy pasting real bits of news and then adding a fake headline to attract clicks has claimed that a new hotl
PolitiFact→ Nancy Pelosi – Nancy Pelosi wrong on legal debate over attorney general Matthew Whitaker
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Nancy Pelosi wrong on legal debate over attorney general Matthew Whitaker Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general are wending their way through th
PolitiFact→ Nancy Pelosi – Nancy Pelosi wrong on legal debate over attorney general Matthew Whitaker
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Nancy Pelosi wrong on legal debate over attorney general Matthew Whitaker Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general are wending their way through th
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misinform on McCarran-Walter Act
Quick Take The 1952 McCarran-Walter Act codified immigration policies. It doesn’t bar “Muslims from holding public office,” as social media posts erroneously claim. Full Story When the Trump administration announced its controversi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Scientific Proof Intelligent People Are More Likely To Have Stains On Their Clothes
Do intelligent people have a higher likelyhood of having stains on their clothes and did science prove this somehow? No, that's not true: an entertainment website made some general claims in that direction but did not provide any links to actu
Snopes→ Merkel’s Plane Makes Emergency Stop, Tech Issues Reported
A German news agency says a plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Group of 20 meeting in Argentina has been forced to make an unscheduled landing after developing technical problems.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Have Woman’s Brain Transplanted and Did NOT Have Five Car Crashes in Two Weeks
Did a man named Phil Robertson from Scranton in Pennsylvania get a brain transplant of a woman who died in a car accident and did he subsequently have five car crashes in two weeks? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian ent
Snopes→ Grinch Steals Christmas from Nuns, But They Get It Back
The Little Sisters of the Poor have a theory about how they got Christmas back from the Grinch who stole half the presents they bought for hospice residents and employees.
Snopes→ Do These Photographs Show a Guitar Graveyard?
The least someone could do is to give these instruments a decent burial.
PolitiFact→ How much has been spent so far on Donald Trump's border wall?
With a possible shutdown looming on Dec. 7, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are battling over what should go into a bill to keep the government lights on. The key obstacle to a bipartisan agreement is how much should be spent on President Donald Tr
Snopes→ Officials: Woman Passes Gas, Pulls Knife on Offended Man
A Florida woman faces an aggravated assault charge after authorities say she passed gas in line at a dollar store and pulled a knife on a man who complained about it.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump falsely says family separations were Obama policy
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump falsely says family separations were Obama policy Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the Obama administration separated immigrant children from their parents at the border the sa
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump falsely says family separations were Obama policy
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump falsely says family separations were Obama policy Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the Obama administration separated immigrant children from their parents at the border the sa
Snopes→ Photo Thought to Be of Vincent van Gogh Is His Brother
One of only two known photos of painter Vincent van Gogh turns out to most likely be an image of his brother, Theo, the Van Gogh Museum announced.
Snopes→ Did Muslim Groups Keep Money Intended for Victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting?
Conservative web sites grossly misrepresented the facts surrounding the transfer of $238,634 in funds raised by two Muslim charities.
Snopes→ Suicide, at 50-Year Peak, Pushes Down US Life Expectancy
Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live.
Snopes→ Sinclair Distances Itself from Commentary After Protest
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is distancing itself from commentary by its chief political analyst Boris Epshteyn, who this week supported the Trump administration's efforts to stop migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Snopes→ Murder Charges Against Brother in Mansion Fire Slayings
A New Jersey tech executive was charged with murder in the deaths of his brother, the brother's wife and their two children, whose bodies were found last week at their burning mansion.
Snopes→ Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday to plead guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia.
Snopes→ The Homebody President: Trump Keeps It Quick on Trips Abroad
Marathon days. Red-eye flights. Jam-packed agendas. When President Donald Trump travels abroad, he's increasingly keeping it quick lately.
Snopes→ China Halts Work by Team on Gene-Edited Babies
China's government ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.
Snopes→ Trump Says He Wouldn’t Take Manafort Pardon ‘Off the Table’
A pardon for Paul Manafort is "not off the table," President Donald Trump said, drawing swift rebuke from critics who fear the president will use his executive power to protect friends and supporters caught up in the Russia probe.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Mugabe NOT In a Coma, NOT Rushed to Hospital
Has Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, fallen into a coma and has he been rushed to hospital? No, there hasn't been any official announcement about this, the story seems to have been made up by a website that is known for publis
Washington Post→ A tour through the tumbleweeds of Trump’s thoughts on the Fed
A section of President Trump's interview with The Washington Post utterly confused readers. We try to steer our way through the rhetoric.
Snopes→ Did TBS Cancel Their ‘Christmas Story’ Marathon Due to Its Bullying Scene?
The classic 1983 holiday film about the adventures of Ralphie Parker famously contains a confrontation with bully Scut Farkus.
Snopes→ Did a Man Die of E. Coli After Sex with His Girlfriend?
A morbid tale of a sexual experiment gone fatally awry.
Snopes→ About That ‘Starving Migrant Refugee Checks Her iPhone’ Meme
An image meant to demean a woman's weight is not only cruel but taken out of context.
Snopes→ Did FDR’s Vice-President Write an Op-Ed About ‘American Fascism’?
Henry A. Wallace's 1944 piece included a warning regarding the alliance of racists and "deliberate poisoners of public information."
Snopes→ Does This Vet Need Help in Finding Survivors of His Air Force Bomb Group?
The online world is amazing in satisfying some requests, but often information is propagated long beyond its useful life.
Snopes→ Did Dick Van Dyke Say ‘We Have to Stop a Man Who Wants to Be the Dictator’?
In an interview just before the 2016 presidential election, the then-90-year-old comic actor leveled some harsh accusations against Republican candidate Donald Trump and his supporters.
Snopes→ Did Sgt. Al Powell Stop a Terrorist Attack at Nakatomi Plaza?
Sgt. Al Powell was integral to the plot of "Die Hard," but that movie wasn't quite based on real characters or events.
Snopes→ Did a College Mirror Nazis by Having Students Wear ‘White Privilege’ Pins?
A widely-shared Facebook meme grossly misrepresented the nature of an infamous Holocaust-era policy and a month-long student campaign to stimulate debate around racial justice.
Snopes→ Does This Video Show a Walmart Without Enough Security Guards Being Looted?
When the guards are away, the looters will play.
Snopes→ Did a College Give Students Hockey Pucks to Use Against Mass Shootings?
The unusual tactic was first suggested during a training session, but police said using a puck would be an "absolute last strategy."
FactCheck.org→ The Science Trump Got Wrong in the Post Interview
In a Nov. 27 interview with the Washington Post, President Donald Trump made a series of inaccurate statements. He questioned the cause of climate change, praised a nonexistent method for wildfire prevention and even recycled a long-debunked news story
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misuses Data in 9th Circuit Attack
President Donald Trump wrongly tweeted that the largest federal appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, is “overturned more than any circuit in the country, 79%.” During the 2017 term, the Supreme Court reviewed just 15 of
Snopes→ Officials: Inmates Ran $560K Online Dating Extortion Scheme
Five inmates in the Carolinas extorted more than half a million dollars from military personnel throughout the country, using illegal cellphones to pose as women on dating sites, authorities said.
FactCheck.org→ Is Trump Responsible for Falling Gasoline Prices?
With gasoline prices plummeting, President Donald Trump gave himself a third-person pat on the back via Twitter: “thank you President T.” Energy experts say the decline in prices is largely motivated by market forces outside the president&#
PolitiFact→ Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Obama's Border Patrol used tear gas once a month. Is that true?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Obama's Border Patrol used tear gas once a month. Is that true? President Donald Trump’s administration is under scrutiny for using tear gas on migrants at the southwest border
PolitiFact→ Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Obama's Border Patrol used tear gas once a month. Is that true?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Obama's Border Patrol used tear gas once a month. Is that true? President Donald Trump’s administration is under scrutiny for using tear gas on migrants at the southwest border