In fact, the House just voted on a bill that would increase benefits to some individuals.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Biden Wearing MAGA Hat At White House Meeting With Trump
Does a photo show President Joe Biden sporting a red "Make America Great Again" baseball cap during his meeting with incoming President Donald Trump at the White House? No, that's not true: Media coverage of the meeting shows that the two
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Name Rep. Lauren Boebert To Be Secretary of Education — Position Open As Of November 14, 2024
Did Donald Trump name Rep. Lauren Boebert to be the next secretary of education? No, that's not true: Trump's pick for the secretary of education position had not yet been announced as of this writing on November 14, 2024. Posts on social
PolitiFact→ Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr. is allowed to ‘go wild’
President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on medicines, food, and health. Some scientists fear an antiestablishment medical movement that could threaten a science-based public health order.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hundreds Of British Questioned By Police Over Social Media Posts In Single Weekend
Did hundreds of British citizens, including journalists, actually report being questioned by police about their posts on X over one weekend? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that so many people were questioned by police in England
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce Tucker Carlson As White House Press Secretary As Of November 14, 2024
Did President-elect Donald Trump name former Fox News host Tucker Carlson as his White House press secretary? No, that's not true: The statement saying Carlson was Trump's pick for the role was fabricated. Trump had not announced his new
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Nissan’s planned job cuts not related to potential Trump tariffs, company says
Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claims that Sephora donated to the Trump campaign are made up
“Sephora donated BIG to Trump’s campaign.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Ella Emhoff, Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, was not admitted into a mental health crisis center
“Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown … due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY.”
The Dispatch→ No, Sephora Did Not Donate to Donald Trump’s Campaign
U.S. law forbids corporations from making direct donations, and neither Sephora nor its parent company made donations through PACs.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a video of a pro-Trump rally in the United Kingdom after Election Day 2024
Video shows a “massive rally in the UK for President Trump” after Election Day 2024.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Dead As Of November 14, 2024
Was Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite associated with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dead as of November 14, 2024? No, that's not true: She was listed as an inmate at a federal prison at the time of writing. There is no evidence that Maxwel
PolitiFact→ In Context: Tom Homan’s comments that ‘families can be deported together’
When asked on “60 Minutes” how deportation might work under President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration, incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said, “Families can be deported together.” Does that mean he plans to deport U.S. citizens?
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Wisconsin official wrong that Harris did worse than Biden in ‘every single county in America’
“Every single county in America, every single county, Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden did.”
Full Fact→ Elon Musk has not agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion
CNN said “there is no truth in rumours of a sale or change in ownership of CNN whatsoever”.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Out-of-Left-Field Nominations Set Up Potential Senate Fight
His selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general threw Republican lawmakers for a loop.
The Dispatch→ The Pod Couple
Pastrami punditry.
The Dispatch→ Live From The Dispatch Summit: Judge James Ho
On the role of judges and much more.
The Dispatch→ Will a New Trump Team Force a Recalibration in the Middle East?
Leadership changes in Washington and Jerusalem could alter the trajectory of Israel’s war.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To ‘Officially’ Buy McDonald’s As Of November 13, 2024
Did Elon Musk publicly announce plans to "officially" buy McDonald's in November 2024? No, that's not true: As of this publication, there is no record of Musk having formally announced plans to buy the food company, and McDonald's has not
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What are Donald Trump’s second-term plans for the economy, immigration, abortion?
PolitiFact readers asked questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s promises on the Affordable Care Act, deportation, birthright citizenship, taxes and tequila prices. Some of Trump’s 100 campaign promises would require Congressional action.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Have Disney, Marvel and Warner Bros. left X? No, they’re still posting
List shows 21 companies or celebrities, including Disney, Marvel and Warner Bros., that have “stopped posting on X.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Special counsel Jack Smith had not been fired as of Nov. 13, contrary to an online claim
Special Counsel “Jack Smith has been fired” as of Nov. 6.
The Dispatch→ Good on Television
On Trump’s first nominees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Did NOT Say That Woman Overwhelmed By Trump Election Killed Her Father With Ice Ax
Did Seattle police say that a woman charged with killing her father with an ice ax was overwhelmed by President-elect Donald Trump's election? No, that's not true: The suspect's answer to a routine question about what day it was showed up
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Biden and Trump weren’t the only two presidential candidates in 2020
“It was just Biden and Trump in 2020” general election ballots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Admit Undocumented Immigrants Vote
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admit that undocumented immigrants vote in U.S. elections? No, that's not true: She actually said families of undocumented people vote, not the undocumented themselves. Her full quote in context comes fro
The Dispatch→ No, Project 2025 Does Not Eliminate Public Schools
A claim about the policy blueprint from the Heritage Foundation is false.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hobby Lobby’s CEO is not Heritage Foundation’s finance director. They just have the same name
"The Heritage Foundation is behind Project25. Their Director of Finance is David Green. Owner of Hobby Lobby."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, King Charles III hasn’t died and Buckingham Palace didn’t raise the white flag
“Breaking News: ‘The Era of King Charles Has Ended’ – Buckingham Palace Raises the White Flag.”
Health Feedback→ No evidence that lemon balm is a cure for bird flu, contrary to claim by Bryan Ardis
REVIEW In a video from “The Dr Ardis Show”, chiropractor Bryan Ardis claimed that lemon balm is a proven remedy to “neutralize and destroy all avian flu”, including the H5N1 variant. Excerpts from the video were also published on Facebook an
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy aren’t part of World Economic Forum; they’re critics
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Law Does NOT Impose 15-Year Sentence For ‘Simply Viewing’ Propaganda
Does a new U.K. law require a 15-year prison sentence just for looking at propaganda? No, that's not true: Terrorism law experts told Lead Stories that the law is aimed at people who repeatedly look at or download terrorist content online
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Unveil ‘UFO Fighter Jet’ In Mid-November 2024
Did tech billionaire Elon Musk unveil a "UFO fighter jet" named Ethereon in mid-November 2024? No, that's not true: Neither Musk, nor his company SpaceX, nor credible news organizations said anything about the development of such a spacec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Stock Did NOT Jump 200% After Trump Visited Franchise — Satire Origin
Did McDonald's stock climb 200 percent after Donald Trump made a campaign appearance at one of its franchises? No, that's not true: This comes from a website that regularly publishes fake stories, and the original article was clearly labe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Stephen King From X For Calling Musk ‘The First Lady’ — King Still On X, Says He Never Made ‘First Lady’ Reference
Did Elon Musk permanently ban author Stephen King from X after King called Musk "the First Lady"? No, that's not true: King posted on his own X account that neither the "first lady" reference nor the ban happened. King added "Yet here I a
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte didn’t say he’d expel US if Trump helps Russia with Ukraine
“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Beyoncé didn’t cut red states from an upcoming tour after President-elect Donald Trump’s win
“Beyoncé excludes red states from tour, ‘This isn’t my America.’”
The Dispatch→ What Biden and Harris Got Wrong on Inflation
They spent too much money at the wrong time and then waved away higher prices.
PolitiFact→ Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations?
After incorrectly calling Vice President Kamala Harris “border czar,” President-elect Donald Trump has named Tom Homan to the position. Here’s what we know about Homan and his plans to oversee Trump’s mass deportations promise.