"Science fiction has become science fact."
Snopes→ Deputies Respond to Home Invasion, Find Robot Vacuum Cleaner
A house sitter called 911, saying someone was inside the bathroom.
Snopes→ Democrats Prepare Border Bills, Say Trump Enflamed Problem
One bill is expected to increase federal resources at border entry points for processing refugees, counseling children and treating people needing medical care.
Snopes→ Barr to Testify Before the Senate as Mueller’s Report Looms
The hearing is about his department's budget, but senators are expected to be more interested in the nearly 400-page report that has yet to be released.
Snopes→ Twitter Removes Trump Video for Use of ‘Dark Knight’ Score
Warner Bros. said use of the score from the Batman movie starring Christian Bale was "unauthorized."
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Costco NOT Giving Free $150 Coupon Per family to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Is Costco giving out free $150 coupons to families to celebrate its 50th Anniversary? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising Costco coupons in exchange for completing surveys but the whole thing is a scam designed
Washington Post→ Trump digs in on false claim that he stopped Obama’s family separation policy
We're running out of Pinocchios for this claim.
Snopes→ Trump Tweets Video from Supporters Predicting 2020 Win
It contains clips of pivotal trends and moments during Trump's presidency.
Snopes→ Did Celine Dion Launch a ‘Luciferian’ Children’s Clothing Line?
Changing gender norms do not mean that demonic forces are afoot.
Snopes→ Woman Lived to 99 with Organs Except Heart on Wrong Side
It was only a year after she died, in 2017, that students and their teacher at a medical school discovered that all her internal organs except for her heart were in the wrong place.
Snopes→ Is Brad Pitt Playing Bob Marley in an Upcoming Biopic?
"We get to see the handsome star’s range as a mellow Rastafarian ..."
Snopes→ Was Malia Obama Indicted for Food Stamp Fraud?
"Obama has trained the youth of America to be so dependent on the government that even his own daughter thought she was entitled to free stuff."
Snopes→ Did Republican Texas Legislators Advance a Bill That Would ‘Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat LGBT People’?
Texas Senate Bill 17 provoked debate and attracted nationwide attention in the spring of 2019.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Sen. Dianne Feinstein Say It’s Unfair That Smaller States Count as Much as California Because of the Electoral College?
On April 4 2019, this meme was posted to a Facebook group (archived here) with a purported quote by Sen. Dianne Feinstein about California and the United States’ electoral college. Text across a photograph of the California Democrat with a sup
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Zambian Nurse Did NOT Swap Close To 5,000 Babies In 12 Years At Maternity Ward
Did a dying nurse confess that she swapped close to 5,000 babies while working in the maternity ward at University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia between 1982 and 1995? No, that's not true: The Zambian agency that licenses and super
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump restated an earlier falsehood in which he blamed the Obama administration for a policy the Trump administration in fact started.(Image credit: Evan Vucci)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump restated an earlier falsehood in which he blamed the Obama administration for a policy the Trump administration in fact started.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump restated an earlier falsehood in which he blamed the Obama administration for a policy the Trump administration in fact started.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
FactCheck.org→ Vote for Us
Voting for the 23rd annual Webby Awards is already underway, and we need your help to win another trophy. FactCheck.org again is among the five finalists competing in the category for Websites: News & Politics. The other nominees, which were first
Snopes→ Loughlin, Husband and 14 Parents Face New Charge in Scam
A new indictment adds a charge of money laundering conspiracy against the couple and 14 other parents.
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Smell Like Popcorn?
On April 4 2019, the following warning appeared (archived here), containing the claim that marijuana smokers can detect fentanyl contamination by smell: In addition to its primary claim (that fentanyl-laced weed smells like popcorn), the post cont
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Smell Like Popcorn?
On April 4 2019, the following warning appeared (archived here), containing the claim that marijuana smokers can detect fentanyl contamination by smell: In addition to its primary claim (that fentanyl-laced weed smells like popcorn), the post cont
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump’s tax returns: How Congress might — or might not — get them
On Fox News Sunday, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Democrats would "never" see President Donald Trump’s tax returns. "Voters knew the president could have given his tax returns, they knew that he didn't an
Snopes→ Does This Video Show a Car’s Wheels Turn Perpendicular to Exit a Parking Spot?
The problem with parallel parking was not solved with the approach shown in this video.
Snopes→ Dem Activists Eye a 2020 Focus Beyond ‘Getting Rid of Trump’
The creators of Indivisible hope to shape the next incarnation of the "Resistance."
Snopes→ In India’s Election, Voters Feed on False Information
"Fake news" could end up being the deciding factor in some constituencies with extremely tight races, at least one former top election official warns.
Snopes→ Barr to Release Mueller Report Within a Week
Attorney General William Barr says grand jury information, details that could reveal confidential intelligence sources and information that would interfere with ongoing cases will be redacted.
Snopes→ Facebook, Google Face Hearing on White Nationalism
Controversy over white nationalism and hate speech has dogged online platforms such as Facebook and Google's YouTube for years.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Propose Nationwide Motorcycle Ban
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez propose a nationwide motorcycle ban? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and rea
Washington Post→ O’Rourke’s claim that the United States has spent ‘27 years’ in Iraq
Over and over, the 2020 presidential hopeful has decried the fact the U.S. has spent 27 years fighting in Iraq. Huh?
Hoax-Slayer→ Photos of Big Gator With a Deer in its Mouth
Photographs circulating via email and social media show a large alligator with a full-grown deer in its mouth. The post Photos of Big Gator With a Deer in its Mouth appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Propose a Nationwide Motorcycle Ban?
"The political pixie announced her intention to draft legislation banning motorcycles from use in the United States of America."
Snopes→ Lobbyist Who Cooperated in Russia Probe Asks for Probation
The sentencing recommendations come as Mueller has wrapped his Russia investigation and as other federal prosecutors continue to probe whether foreigners illegally contributed to the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were 2019’s First Three House Bills for Impeachment, an Electoral College Ban, and Foreign Aid?
On April 7 2019 the Facebook page “ForAmerica” shared the following meme (archived here), purportedly describing Democrats’ first three House bills in 2019: Atop a photograph of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Rep. Nancy Pelos
Snopes→ Is Australia Going to Introduce 33 Different Genders on Passports?
"Australia is preparing to introduce at least 33 different gender options on birth certificates and passports, as part of a new anti-discrimination policy."
Snopes→ Global Warming Is Shrinking Glaciers Faster Than Thought
The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland masses of snow compressed into ice are shrinking 18 percent faster than an international panel of scientists calculated in 2013.
Snopes→ Huffman, 12 Other Parents to Plead Guilty in College Scheme
The “Desperate Housewives” star and the other parents will admit to charges in the scheme, which authorities say involved rigging standardized test scores and bribing coaches at such prestigious schools as Yale and Georgetown.
Truth or Fiction?→ Does ‘Strange Planet’ Creator Nathan W. Pyle Oppose Abortion?
In March 2019, a webcomic known as “Strange Planet” began dominating Facebook’s feed (as well as Instagram and Twitter), and in April 2019, rumors began circulating about creator Nathan W. Pyle’s purported anti-abortion positio
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Democrats push misleading tweet on Donald Trump, asylum seekers
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Democrats push misleading tweet on Donald Trump, asylum seekers Democratic presidential candidates, liberal pundits and other critics of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies amplified a misleading twee
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump's ridiculous link between cancer, wind turbines
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Donald Trump's ridiculous link between cancer, wind turbines "Idiotic," said Sen. Chuck Grassley. "It’s ridiculous," said Sen. Joni Ernst. Iowa’s two Republican senators were