Does a video show the arrest of a woman who reportedly called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on men fixing her roof? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the woman's arrest at the beginning of the clip is connected to
PolitiFact→ How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift
When will Iran war end? See Trump’s shifting timeline
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove ‘No Kings’ Rallies Participants Were Paid To Join Protests on March 28, 2026
Does a viral post prove that participants of the "No Kings" rallies in March 2026 were paid hourly to protest? No, that's not true: The claim purporting to show the first-person statement of a real protester was first posted by an account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israeli Channel 13, Al Jazeera Did NOT Confirm Hezbollah Captured All Or Part Of Kiryat Shmona
Did Israeli Channel 13 and Al Jazeera confirm that Hezbollah partially or wholly captured Kiryat Shmona? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence to support that claim. Neither news organization reported that Hezbollah fighters h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake CCTV Footage Shows Mother Donkey Defending Her Foal From Fox Attack — It’s AI-Generated
Did a video show a mother donkey defend her foal from a fox attack and damage the barn in the process? No, that's not true: A content detection tool determined with 99.9 percent confidence that the video was AI generated. It was made to l
Full Fact→ Video of 2025 cinema brawl shared with false claims it shows clashes at Tel Aviv airport
A clip circulating online claims to show clashes at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. But it is actually footage of a July 2025 incident at a cinema in Jerusalem.
Full Fact→ UK Cadbury chocolate eggs still say ‘Easter’ on them
Claims circulating on social media that Cadbury doesn’t use the word ‘Easter’ on its chocolate eggs are false.
Full Fact→ False claims about Boots mini perfume set giveaway is repeated again
Full Fact→ Full Fact gives evidence to MPs on the Representation of the People Bill
Full Fact CEO Chris Morris told the Committee, the bill "falls significantly short of its original aims, which included restoring trust and strengthening the integrity of our democracy."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Trump Post About Ground Operation In Iran That Would Be Strong, Precise, Successful — Fake Truth Social Screenshot
Did President Donald Trump post to Truth Social that the "United States will begin a major Ground Operation in Iran"? No, that's not true: No such message about a "Strong," "Precise" and "Successful" operation appears on Trump's Truth Soc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dancing Man Video NOT Leaked From Kash Patel’s Gmail Account — Has Been Online For Years
Is a video of a dancing man "leaked from Kash Patel's Gmail account"? No, that's not true: While there have been reports about FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail account being hacked, this video has been online since at least 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About Trump Being Furious After ‘Pro Kings’ Rally Drew ‘Sparse Crowd’ Is NOT Real
Did President Donald Trump react with an angry Truth Social post after "only 17 people" turned out for a "Pro Kings" rally in Lexington, Kentucky? No, that's not true: The story originated on the satirical Substack page of comedy writer A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Calling For Tiger Woods Pardon In DUI Case — No Such Truth Social Post
Did President Donald Trump make a post on Truth Social urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to pardon golfer Tiger Woods after he was charged with a DUI? No, that's not true: No such post appeared on Trump's Truth Social account, despite a vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Quote About Attacks From ’17 Different Angles’ Involving Carrier Was About U.S. Attacking Venezuela — NOT Iran
Was a President Donald Trump quote from a video really about Iran hitting the "world's biggest aircraft carrier" from "17 angles" while planes were taking off every 32 seconds at one in the morning? No, that's not true: The quote was pull
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Video Shows Oil Tanker Hit In Strait of Hormuz On March 27, 2026
Does a video of a burning ship actually show an oil tanker hit in the Strait of Hormuz on March 27, 2026? No, that's not true: No credible news organizations reported an oil tanker being hit in the Strait of Hormuz on that day. The video
New York Times→ Fact-Checking the Debate Over the SAVE Act, the Republican Voting Bill
We examine claims justifying its restrictions, comparisons to current voting laws and warnings about its potential impact.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lock Him Up For Lying To Congress’ NOT Real Quote From Gavin Newsom, Others — Foreign Clickbait
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticize Nick Shirley, or did Sen. John Neely Kennedy criticize Adam Schiff, saying "Lock him up for lying to Congress, abusing power, and betraying the public trust!"? No, that's not true: Nearly identic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mark Twain Did NOT Say, ‘If You Don’t Read The Newspaper, You’re Uninformed. If You Do Read It, You’re Misinformed’
Did Mark Twain say, "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed"? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence that the American author and humorist ever made such a statement. It does n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Transgender, LGBTQ+ People Blocked From Women’s Restrooms Is NOT Real Footage
Does a viral video show real-life confrontations involving transgender and LGBTQ+ people trying to access women's restrooms? No, that's not true: The clip was AI-generated. The account that posted it first had a corresponding label, and t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Hillary Clinton Pulling Jeffrey Epstein’s Tie In Front Of Bill Clinton — It’s AI-Generated
Is this a real photo of Hillary Clinton pulling Jeffrey Epstein's tie in front of Bill Clinton? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool found it to be 99.8% likely AI-generated. A separate analysis further revealed a SynthI
PolitiFact→ What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’ or BA.3.2.
What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Skit Of ICE Agent Removing a U.S. Citizen From A Plane Is NOT Real
Does a video of an ICE agent taking a U.S. citizen off a plane in Texas show a real incident? No, that's not true: The video was a scripted skit performed by actors, showing a person wearing a face covering and flashing a badge before rem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lunch Date Video Does NOT Show Real Woman Confronted By Her Husband For Cheating — It’s Staged Scene
Does a viral video show a real-life lunch date set up by a husband to confront his "cheating wife" at the location of her potential date? No, that's not true: The video was staged. It was one of many clips promoting an app that claims to
Full Fact→ Meta Oversight Board thinks Community Notes are inadequate as a standalone solution for addressing harmful misinformation
Full Fact Full Fact sent written evidence and joined one of the stakeholder events to provide additional expert evidence. We are widely cited in the opinion, published today.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missiles Destroying U.S. Navy Warship In Strait Of Hormuz
Does a real video show Iranian missiles destroying a U.S. Navy warship in the Strait of Hormuz? No, that's not true: There are no credible news reports of such an attack, and the clip appears to be from a military simulation video game kn
PolitiFact→ Will you pay $500 more for gas this year because of the Iran war? Fact-checking Democrat Ed Markey
Is Markey right about Iran war’s added gas cost?
Full Fact→ Fake Keir Starmer post about US leaving NATO circulates online
A statement supposedly posted by the Prime Minister on X saying that American forces must leave UK airbases within 48 hours if the US withdraws from NATO is fake.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – After voting by mail in Florida, Trump said mail-in voting means cheating. Pants on Fire!
"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT Announce She Is Opening An Orphanage "In Honor Of Charlie" — It’s A False Rumor Started From Clickbait
Did Erika Kirk announce she was opening an orphanage in honor of Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: A video on TikTok repeats a false claim which began circulating on social media in late October 2025. There is no record of Erika Kirk ann
PolitiFact→ Trump has threatened ‘taking Cuba.’ What’s at stake for the US economically, politically?
What’s at stake if the U.S. takes Cuba, as Trump threatened?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Hollywood Actors, Including Stallone and Schwarzenegger, Attending Chuck Norris’ Funeral — It’s AI
Does a photo show Hollywood actors, including Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, attending the funeral of Chuck Norris? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool found it to be 100% likely AI-generated. A separate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wolff’s Book About Trump Does NOT Mention ‘Gorilla Channel’ — It’s A Joke From 2018
Does a viral screenshot deliver a real extract from Michael Wolff's book about U.S. President Donald Trump demanding a "gorilla channel" in the White House? No, that's not true: It's an old joke that first emerged in January 2018 as a res
Full Fact→ Video of 2022 fire in Saudi Arabia shared with false claims it shows Tel Aviv
The video, which has been shared on social media with claims it shows Tel Aviv burning, is actually four years old.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lufthansa Did NOT Offer Free Business Class Tickets To People In Israel To Apologize For Holocaust
Did Lufthansa offer free business class upgrades to people in Israel to apologize for the Holocaust? No, that's not true: The company publicly denied it. Two online AI detectors said the image purportedly providing the proof was likely to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce That Everyone Born Before 2000 Would Have All Debt Erased
Did President Donald Trump announce that everyone born before 2000 would get all their debt erased? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that he made such an announcement or is considering a similar plan, and no official statements,
Full Fact→ Government drops plans for new immigration returns unit promised in manifesto
A Full Fact FOI request has revealed ministers have decided not to establish a separate unit.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say Queen Elizabeth Should Pardon Prince Andrew — Satire Post
Did President Donald Trump post a message on his Truth Social account saying that Queen Elizabeth should pardon former prince Andrew after his arrest? No, that's not true: The original message was posted by an account clearly marked as sa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Selfie Of Seven Dogs Walking Together In China Is NOT Real Photo
Is the viral selfie of the seven dogs walking home together in China a real photo? No, that's not true: The picture was likely generated by AI. AI detection results from two tools pointed to AI generation, as did a key detail in the image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kuwait Did NOT Declare War on Iran
Did Kuwait declare war on Iran as a viral social media post claimed? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Kuwait made any such declaration; however, it did declare force majeure due to the Middle East conflict involving the Unit
FactCheck.org→ Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act “could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens,” while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would block any legitimate voters. Election expe