The biggest threat to speech used to come from within higher ed. Now it’s the government.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Archived Page Of A 1996 Melania Trump Profile On A Mail-Order Bride Website Is NOT Real — Copied From Another Woman’s Page
Is an archived page of a Melania Trump profile on "A Foreign Affair" mail-order bride website from 1996 real? No, that's not true: The purported page was never archived on the Wayback Machine servers, Internet Archive director Mark Graham
The Dispatch→ ‘Garfield’ Minus Garfield
Christian politics without Christ.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Full-Body Bronze Statue On Hollywood Walk Of Fame Was NOT Erected For Streisand, Cher, Dolly Nor Novak Djokovic — Spam From Vietnam
Were Novak Djokovic, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Dolly Parton and dozens of other celebrities each honored with a full-body bronze statue on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? No, that's not true: The exact same story, usually just altered by changi
The Dispatch→ Trump Finds a Low-Cost ‘Crusade’ in Nigeria
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The Dispatch→ Trump Finds a Low-Cost ‘Crusade’ in Nigeria
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PolitiFact→ It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
The Dispatch→ The Best Films and TV Shows of 2025
A round-up of The Dispatch’s favorite pop culture this year.
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ The Dormant Border Crisis at the Sunniest City on Earth
For local leaders, memories of the migrant surge remain fresh.
The Dispatch→ The Dormant Border Crisis at the Sunniest City on Earth
For local leaders, memories of the migrant surge remain fresh.
The Dispatch→ In Defense of Loneliness
We can’t let the quality of our solitude deteriorate.
The Dispatch→ In Defense of Loneliness
We can’t let the quality of our solitude deteriorate.
The Dispatch→ Young MAGA Is Not Alright | Ruminant
It’s always interesting to watch people debase themselves.
The Dispatch→ Charting the Decline of ‘Star Wars’
How Disney fumbled a pop culture juggernaut.
The Dispatch→ A Tale of Two Sports
‘Marty Supreme’ tells the story of old and new table tennis.
The Dispatch→ Ghosts of Christmas
My mother passed away. But she is still teaching me, months after her death.
The Dispatch→ At Sixes and Sevens
The whole ‘six seven’ thing couldn’t just be for fun, could it?
The Dispatch→ The Original Sin of Broadcast Regulation
Spectrum licensing opened the door to a century’s worth of overt speech control.
The Dispatch→ Will Congressional Republicans Stay Compliant in 2026?
In the first 11 months of Trump’s second term, GOP lawmakers have rarely bucked the president’s moves.
The Dispatch→ Merry Christmas to the State Courts
Let’s talk originalism at a state level.
The Dispatch→ Many Sons to Glory
A star, and the opposite of a star.
FactCheck.org→ Makary, RFK Jr. Exaggerate Chronic Disease Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some forms of hormone therapy used to treat the symptoms of menopause. But in making the announcement, health officials misleadin
AllSides→ Trump’s Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures
Trump's Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures jbhicks Wed, 12/24/2025 - 05:05 Read more about Trump's Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures For months, President Donald Trump or membe
The Dispatch→ ‘You Can’t Turn Jesus into a Nazi Mascot’ | Interview: Russell Moore
It’s all about the brand.
The Dispatch→ No, Fulton County Early 2020 Votes Aren’t Likely To Be Decertified
A recent state election board hearing spawned misinformed social media speculation.
The Dispatch→ Crackpottery and Fearmongering for a New Generation
There’s nothing new about what Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are pushing.
The Dispatch→ Bari Weiss Can’t Win
No one can serve two masters.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning ‘Our President’ Is Real
Is the letter in which convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein told another convicted sex offender, Larry Nassar, that "our president shares our love of young, nubile girls" real? No, that's not true: The Department of Justice, which publi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed’s 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Does a video show a large cruise ship abandoned in the desert by Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia? No, that's not true: No legitimate news organization has reported it, though a massive engineering feat such as this undertaken b
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures
For months, President Donald Trump or members of his administration have used federal data showing a large increase in employment for U.S.-born workers and a decrease in employment among foreign-born workers to claim that “all net job creation” in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
Does a viral clip document a real bridge collapse in Norway? No, that's not true: No such event, which would have attracted media attention worldwide, was covered by legitimate news organizations. Multiple visual artifacts show it's an AI
FactCheck.org→ Sorting Out Competing Claims on Air Traffic Control
President Donald Trump and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg have sparred over the condition of the air traffic control system, which is complex and carries a history of planned upgrades and overhauls that stretches back decades. Tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Say It Offers $10 Park Tickets
Did Disney announce in December 2025 that it would offer $10 tickets to the Disney World theme park? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a website with a satire label. As of this writing, neither the Disney World website nor cr
FactCheck.org→ Trump, FDA Make Misleading International Vaccine Schedule Comparisons
Echoing a longstanding anti-vaccine trope, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the American vaccine schedule “long required” babies to get “far more” vaccines than are given in “any other” country, and he di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real — Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
Are images showing Tupac Shakur in a hospital room in the last days of his life real? No, that's not true: Shakur's lawyer, who was present at the Las Vegas hospital where the hip-hop icon was treated for fatal gunshot wounds, examined th
Full Fact→ No, a new law isn’t being introduced to stop people playing music while driving
Videos shared on Facebook make false claims about a supposed new law banning music in moving cars and a new monthly electricity charge.
Full Fact→ No, a new law isn’t being introduced to stop people playing music while driving
Videos shared on Facebook make false claims about a supposed new law banning music in moving cars and a new monthly electricity charge.
Full Fact→ Fake planning notice falsely claims application lodged for Stockport asylum seeker housing
Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers.