An image appearing to show the front page of the Daily Telegraph from 10 May is circulating online, but it’s not genuine and there are signs it was made with AI.
The Dispatch→ Crackpot Realism
Fear and loathing in Vietnam.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Executive Order on Drug Prices, Explained
How the president’s directive would actually lower costs—and for whom—is unclear.
The Dispatch→ Humans Do Best When They Do Things Together
Flexible work arrangements can benefit employees and employers, but social isolation and a lack of cohesion are detrimental.
The Dispatch→ Remote Work Can Be Good for Families, Cities, and Even the Planet
Life imposes trade-offs between work and family. Working from home makes those easier.
The Dispatch→ Are We Sleepwalking Toward a Constitutional Crisis?
Congress shrugs at a top White House adviser suggesting the president may suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Ship From Kenya Landing In Germany
Does a viral video show a crowd of passengers streaming off a ferry that has landed in Germany? No, that's not true: It's just a re-post of an old video, with a label mis-identifying the location. Nothing in the post provides verification
Lead Stories→ Trump Vs. Coffee In Saudi Arabia: What We Know
Does a viral video prove U.S. President Donald Trump refused to drink coffee in Saudi Arabia in May 2025? A longer version of the viral clip showed him gazing around while holding the untouched coffee cup, as other reception participants,
FactCheck.org→ Unwrapping Qatar’s $400 Million Winged Gift to Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Days before leaving on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East, news reports surfaced that President Donald Trump planned to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet from the Persian Gulf emirate of
The Dispatch→ The Temptation and the Fall of the Media
A new book animates old arguments about the mainstream media’s blinders.
The Dispatch→ The Fetterman Rorschach Test
Mental acuity is the new filibuster.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates speed, certainty of prescription drug price reductions
Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Man Was Not Filmed Being Arrested For Trying To Take AU$5,000 From His Bank Account
The Dispatch→ High-Speed Fail
California has spent billions since 2008 without laying a single piece of track.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show RFK Jr. Declaring War On ‘Fat, Gay Kids’ And Things That Make Them ‘Effeminate Weirdo Skanks’ – Fake
Does an authentic video show U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he's "declaring war on fat, gay kids, not the kids themselves but whatever is making them so fat, gay, and pathetic?" No, that's not true: A discl
Full Fact→ How have unemployment and jobs figures changed under Labour?
Seemingly contrasting claims about unemployment and jobs figures were made by the Conservatives and Labour at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Letter Does NOT Show Pakistan Fired Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed
Did a letter shared in May 2025 authentically show that Pakistan's Air Force had fired Air Vice Marshall Aurangzeb Ahmed, for supposedly "failing to protect" a nuclear facility? No, that's not true: The fake letter originated on an X acco
Full Fact→ Video of rockets in the sky does not show Indian airstrikes on Pakistan
The video has been circulating online since at least October 2024, and pre-dates the most recent conflict between the two countries.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sam Smith and Pamela Anderson Did NOT Trade Insults in May 2025 — Started as Satire
Did Sam Smith and Pamela Anderson trade insults in May 2025, after Anderson's appearance at that year's Met Gala in New York City? No, that's not true: An account of a "bitter feud" between them was no more than a fabrication. The origina
The Dispatch→ An Inconclusive Inflation Report
April’s slowed inflation rate could be the calm before the tariff storm.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Bill Clinton Saudi Helicopter Gift Story Originated On Satire Pages — No $17 Million Gift News Stories
Did the Saudis give Bill Clinton a helicopter worth $17 million "to use in their airspace" and did he then get to keep it as a "gift" when he left office? No, that's not true: The viral claim originated on two self-described satirical Fac
Full Fact→ ‘Home Office letter’ requisitioning former social club for migrants is fake
The hoax letter has been circulating on social media, but authorities say they have not received it, and it is not genuine.
The Dispatch→ Reagan Rolls Over
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences.
The Dispatch→ Do Federal Funding Cuts Spell the End for ‘Sesame Street’?
The nonprofit group that owns the show collects only 4 percent of its revenue from the government.
The Dispatch→ The Root of Our Dysfunction? Congress.
Legislators have conceded too much power to the president, and judges are left to clean up the mess.
The Dispatch→ Exiled Russian Journalists Face Growing Threats in Europe
Already grappling with surveillance and arrest warrants, reporters and outlets are also dealing with a loss of international aid.
The Dispatch→ Continental Divide
America is way richer than Europe now.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pope Leo XIV Turning Away From Pride Flag — It’s The "Pace" (Peace) Flag
Does a video posted to social media show Pope Leo XIV turning away from a Pride flag as he moves through a receiving line? No, that's not true: It's not a Pride flag but a flag commonly flown at Italian peace marches that says "PACE," whi
The Dispatch→ In Plane Sight
Why (some) populists are mad about the latest presidential bribe.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump called a high-speed internet program a handout ‘based on race’ and ‘illegal.’ That’s False.
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
PolitiFact→ Can Trump legally accept a $400 million plane from Qatar? What experts, Constitution say
Experts: Qatar’s plane gift to Trump likely unconstitutional
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America
Did Florida statistics show that the Pfizer COVID vaccine "likely KILLED over 470,000 Americans" and "increased your risk of death by at least 36%"? No, that's not true: A draft research paper found only that those who got the Pfizer vacc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Government Did NOT Announce New ‘Window Tax’
Did the UK government or Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves institute a levy on windows consisting of a £3.70 monthly fee on each, as of May 13, 2025? No, that's not true: No official sources made such an announcement. The window
PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – Fact-checking Alex Jones: White object on table in Macron video was tissue, not cocaine
A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Confidential’ Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan
Does a viral image prove that a facility in Northern Pakistan experienced a radiation leak shortly after midnight on May 11, 2025? No, that's not true: What was described as an official government confirmation in posts on social media con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows ‘Racist Cop’ Encounter With a Black ‘Navy Seal’ — It’s Scripted
Did a widely-shared video show an authentic gas station encounter between a "racist cop" and a Black "Navy Seal"? No, that's not true: The video originated on a Facebook page that publishes dramatic, scripted public disputes. The individu
Full Fact→ Clip of 2023 fire falsely shared as Indian missile attack on Pakistani airbase
The clip shows a fire near Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase in December 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With ‘Trump 2024’ Flag, Then Deported — Different People
Did online posts accurately show a woman dancing with a "Trump 2024" flag, then being deported? No, that's not true: The posts combined two clips that showed entirely different people. The first was Lenette Saunders, who posted "Latinos c
The Dispatch→ Trump Blinks on China Tariffs
‘This is another signal to China that we’re not serious.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Has Trump Calling Australian PM Albanese The R-Word — Fabricated Image
Did U.S. President Donald Trump call Australian PM Anthony Albanese a "total RETARD" in a post on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A fabricated screenshot of such a post, in which Trump accused Albanese of "running the country into the