The agency announced last month that it deems a research-associated origin more likely.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Signs Executive Orders : CSPAN : February 11, 2025 4:17pm-4:51pm EST
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Health Feedback→ Infants younger than 6 months had the second highest COVID-associated hospitalization rate for most of the pandemic
REVIEW A post published on Facebook in February 2025 claimed that babies younger than 6 months had “the second highest [COVID-19] hospitalization rate after the elderly”. Children in general notoriously fare better than adults and older people a
FactCheck.org→ Trump on U.S. Imports of Oil and Lumber
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Days before he ordered, and then paused, new tariffs on U.S. imports from Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump argued that the U.S. does not need imported products such as crud
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mexican President Said ‘Shame on Trump,’ Warned US Not To Build Border Wall
Did Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum address President Donald Trump in a speech about "7 billion consumers ready to replace" their American products and vacations with non-American ones? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA To Fire Employees Over ‘Egregious’ NYC Hotel Payments, But $59 Million Claim Lacks Confirmation
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency fraudulently send $59 million to luxury hotels in New York City to "house illegal migrants"? It's complicated: A New York City Hall spokesperson told Lead Stories that New York "never paid luxur
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Donald Trump did not post that Chiefs lost Super Bowl because of ‘DEI nonsense’
President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”
Full Fact→ Facebook posts about ‘found’ boy taken to police station are hoaxes
The posts have been shared in Facebook community groups across the UK, each claiming the little boy has been found locally.
Full Fact→ How AI can help fact checkers
These days, it's hard to avoid AI. Is it the beginning of the end of civilization and culture? Or a route to relieving drudgery and improving human experience?
Full Fact→ Photo of Washington DC air crash victim used in UK hoax posts
The photo is being shared in Facebook posts claiming to show a police officer who has gone missing in different parts of the UK.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Unedited Kamala Harris interview on ‘60 Minutes’ doesn’t show host confronting Harris about lying
A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who ‘Gets Denied Healthcare’ Originated On Channel With Skits
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Deportation Plans Hit Bottlenecks
The administration is exploring new avenues to ramp up immigration enforcement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sign Has Apology To ‘White People’ For Self-Checkout Closure ‘Due To Dishonesty’ — Original Said ‘Honest People’
Is a picture of a sign that said "Due to Dishonesty self-checkout is CLOSED. Sorry to all the white people" real? No, that's not true: The original picture of a sign taken at a Dollar General store said "Sorry to all the honest people." E
The Dispatch→ How Edward Snowden’s Leaks Benefited China
The CCP shuffled its tech and infrastructure priorities following his disclosures.
The Dispatch→ In His Honeymoon Era
Donald Trump is riding the highest approval ratings he’s ever had—for now.
The Dispatch→ The Danger of an ‘Accidental Aristocracy’
Checks and balances are supposed to ward off a spoils system. Can the guardrails hold?
The Dispatch→ Hiding in the Proverbial Attic
Hate speech. Government speech. Twitter speech.
The Dispatch→ Nuking the Overton Window on Gaza
Trump plan weighs annihilation fantasies against prosperity.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ring is not alerting customers about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities
Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published
Did Katherine Long, the reporter who broke a news story about the resignation of a DOGE employee work for USAID when the story was published in February 2025? No, that's not true: The reporter in question was previously employed by an org
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Reporter Did NOT Ask House Speaker About ‘Unelected Billionaires’ Deciding Policy
Did a reporter ask House Speaker Mike Johnson during a February 5, 2025, news conference if the politician thought "unelected government officials are dangerous, but unelected billionaires making policy decisions is fine"? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anderson Cooper Did NOT Endorse Supposed Elon Musk ‘Crypto Trading Secrets’
Did CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper appear on Canada's CBC News to endorse a set of "crypto trading secrets" supposedly launched by Elon Musk? No, that's not true: A CNN spokesperson told Lead Stories that a video which appeared to show t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man Flipping Off Trump During 2025 Super Bowl — It Was Taken In 2023
Does a photo on social media show a man flipping off President Donald Trump during the 2025 Super Bowl game? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found evidence of the photo being posted online since 2023. Social media posts of the photo ind
Lead Stories→ FACT CHECK: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Has NOT Been Charged In Trump Assassination Attempt
Is Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro being charged with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler on July 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The district attorney of Butler County told Lead Stories that Shapiro "HAS NOT been charged
Full Fact→ Royal Mail is not selling ‘lost parcels’ for £1
Facebook posts linking to a website claiming to be a scheme where undelivered items are resold for low prices are not genuine.
The Dispatch→ Zombie Dick Gephardt
A hawkish brand of protectionism from the 1980s makes a comeback.
Full Fact→ Bill Gates did not write an article about using ‘forced vaccines’ for depopulation
We can find no evidence that Mr Gates has written or said anything about reducing the population with forced vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs ‘Focused on DEI Nonsense’ and Eagles Got ‘USAID Money Flowing’ — No Such Post
Did President Donald Trump react to the Super Bowl in a post on Truth Social saying that the Chiefs were "too focused on DEI nonsense" and the Eagles got "USAID money flowing in like water"? No, that's not true: Images of such a post circ
The Dispatch→ The U.S.-China Tech Race Accelerates
Despite Chinese advances, victory in the competition for AI is still up for grabs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Video Captioned ‘Boo The Bastard’ Does NOT Show Trump Being Booed At 2025 Super Bowl — Old Video, Audio Added
Did a video captioned "BOO THE BASTARD" authentically show President Donald Trump being booed at the Super Bowl in 2025? No, that's not true: The video was uploaded to TikTok days before the 2025 Super Bowl with a caption encouraging view
The Dispatch→ The Birth of the American Military
How Americans overcame their traditional opposition to standing forces.
The Dispatch→ The Horseshoe Politics of Higher Education
Illiberal ideologues, both left and right, need to do better.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNBC Did NOT Publish Headline Saying Luigi Mangione Was Found Dead In His Jail Cell
Did CNBC publish a story with a headline that read "JUST IN: Luigi Mangione Found Dead In Jail Cell"? No, that's not true: The story did not appear on CNBC's website at the time of writing and a screenshot showing such a headline appears
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: President Donald Trump’s Super Bowl LIX interview with Fox’s Bret Baier
In an interview that aired during the Super Bowl pregame coverage, Trump misled about the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and alluded to a list of “ridiculous” spending by USAID. We fact-checked the president’s comments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas — Company Denies Rumor
Is there evidence the Coca-Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this claim
PolitiFact→ Tommy Tuberville – Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: Sen. Tommy Tuberville ‘did not recruit me’
As head football coach at Texas Tech University, “I recruited (Patrick Mahomes)...I’ve got to be very good friends with him.”
PolitiFact→ Kristi Noem – US has held migrants at Guantánamo Bay before, but Trump’s approach is different
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post About Education Department Developing Fork & Spoon Hybrid — Fake Screenshot
Did President Donald Trump post on Truth Social that the Department of Education spent millions developing a hybrid of the fork and the spoon (commonly known as a spork) on February 8, 2025? No, that's not true: A screenshot of such a pos
The Dispatch→ Why J.D. Vance Is Wrong About the Catholic Church’s Mission
Plus: Ross Douthat wants to make religion great again.