"The Moment of Lift," is a memoir and manifesto on women and power.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photo Showing Two Men "Smiling" In Front Of Burning Notre Dame Is NOT Doctored (But We Still Don’t Know If They Are "Laughing Muslims")
By Alan Duke and Maarten Schenk - Did the Russian news agency Sputnik digitally insert two smiling men into a photograph taken near the burning Notre Dame cathedral and then publish it as part of their breaking news coverage of the fire? No, t
Snopes→ Medicare, Social Security Face Shaky Fiscal Futures
If Congress doesn't act, both programs would eventually be unable to cover the full cost of promised benefits.
Snopes→ Nothing Wrong with Help from Russians, Trump Lawyer Says
Rudy Giuliani called the Trump campaign's efforts possibly ill-advised but not illegal.
Snopes→ Trump, Business Organization Sue Democratic House Chairman
One of Trump's lawyers said in a statement that "we will not allow presidential harassment to go unanswered."
Snopes→ Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media After Easter Sunday Bombings
Officials likely feared that the spread of inflammatory content could provoke more bloodshed in Sri Lanka.
PolitiFact→ Eric Swalwell – Did Republicans rush to repeal law preventing the mentally ill from buying guns in 2017?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Republicans rush to repeal law preventing the mentally ill from buying guns in 2017? If elected president in 2020, California Rep. Eric Swalwell promises to break the deadlock on gun control legislation. So f
PolitiFact→ Marianne Williamson – Was Jimmy Carter the last president to call Israeli settlements illegal?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Was Jimmy Carter the last president to call Israeli settlements illegal? During a CNN town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, an audience member asked her, "Where do you stand o
Washington Post→ The Four-Pinocchio claim at the center of the census citizenship question
Three judges have found that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross gave a phony reason for adding a Census citizenship question. That reinforces our Four Pinocchio ruling from 2018.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Body Of Homeless Man Found In San Diego Has NOT Been Identified As Elvis Presley
Was the body of a homeless man found in San Diego identified as Elvis Presley? No, that's not true: it is a hoax started by a known fake news site in 2015, but copied and shared many times in the years since by others on social media platforms
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Starbucks Is NOT Giving Free $50 Coupon Per Family To Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary!
Is Starbucks giving free $50 coupon per family to celebrate its 50th Anniversary? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising free products in exchange for completing surveys but the whole thing is a scam designed to st
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Little Girl Does NOT Need Kidney, Does NOT Get $1 For Every Share
Does a little girl need a kidney and does she get $1 for every time a picture of her gets shared? No, that's not true: the picture has been circulating since at least 2017 on WhatsApp with the girl supposedly suffering from various illnesses a
Snopes→ Did an Ohio State Rep. Propose Exempting African-American Women From Abortion Restrictions?
State Rep. Janine Boyd garnered national attention for an amendment she proposed to the state's controversial "fetal heartbeat" law.
Snopes→ Warren Becomes First 2020 Democrat to Call for Impeachment
Other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, while supportive of the idea of impeachment, were more circumspect.
Snopes→ Were Razor Blades Found in Gas-Pump Handles in Michigan?
Hoaxes and reality sometimes overlap.
FactCheck.org→ Debunking Mueller’s ‘Conflicts’
The Russia report released April 18 contradicts President Donald Trump’s claims that special counsel Robert Mueller had two conflicts of interest that prevented him from conducting an impartial investigation: Former White House Chief Strategist
Snopes→ Sanders Goes on Offensive Defending Credibility After Report
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who spoke to Robert Mueller's investigators under oath, told them her use of the word "countless" was a "slip of the tongue."
Snopes→ Polanski Asks Court to Restore His Film Academy Membership
The academy made the rare move of expelling Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby nearly a year ago.
Snopes→ Family Detention Space Goes Unused as Trump Warns of Crisis
Immigrant advocates accused the Trump administration of closing off family detention to further the perception of a crisis.
Snopes→ Paranormal Investigator Lorraine Warren Dies at 92
Her decades of ghost-hunting alongside her late husband were the inspiration for films such as "The Conjuring" and "The Amityville Horror."
PolitiFact→ 8 times the Mueller report shows Trump, White House spread false or misleading claims
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report provides a behind-the-scenes reconstruction of key events in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The redacted version of the report, released April 18 by Attorney General Bill Bar, verifies
FactCheck.org→ A Misleading Claim About Lawmakers’ Effectiveness
Quick Take A popular meme takes aim at prominent lawmakers by referencing the number of bills they’ve had passed. But it uses an erroneous number — and omits context. Full Story A post shared by thousands of Facebook users criticizes thre
Snopes→ Did Actor Keanu Reeves Save Dozens of Cats from Euthanasia?
He may well be one of the most beloved celebrities on the internet.
Snopes→ Did President Trump Say ‘This is the End of My Presidency. I’m F*cked’ After Mueller’s Appointment?
According to the Mueller Report, U.S. President Donald Trump was less than enthused about the appointment of the special counsel.
PolitiFact→ Tim Ryan – $50 billion in Medicare waste? Yes, that's how much in 'improper payments' are made per year
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | $50 billion in Medicare waste? Yes, that's how much in 'improper payments' are made per year At a town hall in New Hampshire, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, one of the many Democrats running for president in 2020,
Snopes→ Is the Trump Administration Seeking to Monitor Social Media Accounts of Disability Recipients?
The U.S. Social Security Administration proposed stepped-up evaluation of social media posts when investigating peoples' disability claims.
Snopes→ Easter Feast Arrives at the Space Station
There are three Americans living on the space station, as well as two Russians and one Canadian.
Snopes→ Trump Says Statements in Mueller Report ‘Untrue’
On Twitter President Trump dubbed the more than 400-page document the “Crazy Mueller Report.”
Snopes→ Drunk on Smoke: Notre Dame’s Bees Survive Fire
Confounding officials who thought they had perished, the bees clung to life, protecting their queen.
Snopes→ US Corporations Embracing 420 as Pot Legalization Grows
U.S. retail sales of cannabis products jumped to $10.5 billion last year, a threefold increase from 2017.
Snopes→ Former Counsel May Have Saved Trump from Himself
Don McGahn, who sat for about 30 hours of interviews, emerged as a central character in Mueller's painstaking investigation.
Snopes→ Yankees Stop Using Kate Smith Recording While Investigating Racism
The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Bernie Sanders Did NOT Say Christianity Is An Insult To Muslims
Did Bernie Sanders say Christianity is "an insult to muslims"? No, that's not true: an old hoax story from 2017 based on a Senate hearing keeps popping up but as the record shows Sanders was only calling a statement from White House Deputy Bud
Washington Post→ What Attorney General Barr said vs. what the Mueller report said
As it turns out, the attorney general took liberties in describing the results of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation.
FactCheck.org→ What the Mueller Report Says About Obstruction
In the hours after the public release of the redacted report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller, President Donald Trump took to Twitter with a message that reads, in part, “NO OBSTRUCTION!” That’s not at all what the Mueller repor
FactCheck.org→ What the Mueller Report Says About Russian Contacts
After the 2016 election, Vice President-elect Mike Pence was asked if there was “any contact in any way between [Donald] Trump or his associates and the Kremlin or cutouts they had.” Pence answered, “Of course not. Why would there be
Snopes→ Did Vandals Attack 12 Churches in France in One Week?
A Breitbart report re-emerged on social media in the aftermath of the April 2019 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Snopes→ Chem Professor on Leave After Nazi Gas Chamber Exam Question
"I can offer no explanation for my actions other than carelessness and hubris," he wrote.
Snopes→ Does a Map Shared Online Depict All Churches ‘Destroyed’ in France in the Last 4 Years?
A 2019 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris sparked interest in the condition of France's other churches.
Snopes→ The 10 Instances of Possible Obstruction in Mueller Report
On the day after Trump fired Comey, the president told Russian officials that he had “faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”