A text thread involving top U.S. officials reveals a rift in what role the U.S. should play abroad.
The Dispatch→ Betrayal of the Law Firms
‘This was an existential threat to the firm.’
The Dispatch→ Why America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair
Surrendering control of NATO’s armed forces would be unwise.
The Dispatch→ Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort
Trump’s push to remove judges who rule against him undermines the rule of law.
The Dispatch→ J.D. Vance’s Europe Hostility Emerges Again
The vice president’s animosity toward U.S. allies was blatant in newly revealed group chat messages on Houthi strikes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mugshot Weeper Was NOT Arrested In A 2025 Tesla Vandalism Case — Mugshot Was Taken In 2016 When He Was Arrested For Alleged Sex Crime
Does the mugshot of a weeping teenager show identify someone arrested in connection with one of the March, 2025 attacks by vandals on Tesla dealerships and Tesla vehicles? No, that's not true: the mugshot was published nine years earlier.
The Dispatch→ Waiting for Outrage
What will it take?
PolitiFact→ X posts – Why you should be skeptical of that ‘leaked’ audio of JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk
Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE GPS data proves ‘84% Of Devices’ at Colorado Rally With Sanders And AOC ‘Attended 9 Or More Kamala Hamas Rallies, Antifa/BLM rallies, Pro-Hamas, Pro-Palestinian Protests’
Does a viral post prove that 84% of electronic devices spotted at the joint Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally in Colorado can be definitively linked to Kamala Harris campaign events and protests for other causes? No, that'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Homicide Suspects On The Run’ Posts Naming ‘Seth Chancey’ And ‘Madison Smith’ Are Bait & Switch Scams
Are two homicide suspects named Seth Chancey and Madison Smith on the run for the killing of 10-month-old Derrick Taylor as of March 24, 2025? No, that's not true: The posts are fake, part of a bait-and-switch scam aimed at luring social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Homicide Suspects On The Run’ Posts Naming ‘Shaila Bradshaw’ And ‘Tyler Chapman’ Are Bait & Switch Scams
Are two homicide suspects named Shaila Bradshaw and Tyler Chapman on the run for the killing of 8-month-old Marquel Smith as of March 24, 2025? No, that's not true: The posts are fake, part of a bait-and-switch scam aimed at luring social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Was NOT Caught ‘Laundering Money In The Cayman Islands’ In March 2025 — 2014 Reports About USAID Program In Cuba Did NOT Allege It Enriched Former President
Was former U.S. president Barack Obama caught "laundering money through the Cayman Islands" for private gain in March 2025, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The viral post misrepresented the words of a guest on the Joe
Full Fact→ How many potholes is the government expecting councils to fill?
Full Fact→ Angela Rayner did not gift portrait of herself to Vietnamese politician
Misleading claims that the Labour MP presented Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister with a painting of herself have been shared online.
Health Feedback→ German study showed that COVID-19 and flu caused deaths in Frankfurt during the pandemic, didn’t evaluate vaccination
REVIEW In March 2025, viral social media posts shared a screenshot of an article’s headline claiming “Germany Confirms mRNA ‘Vaccines’ Killed More People Than Covid”. One example posted on Facebook accumulated more than 200
Full Fact→ Video does not show mosque being torn down in China
The footage actually shows a building being demolished in a theme park in Indonesia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dawn Staley Did NOT Reject Fictional ‘$10 Million Offer’ From Elon Musk — Fake Story
Did basketball coach Dawn Staley reject a $10 million donation from Elon Musk in March 2025? No, that's not true: Neither Musk nor Staley made any public statement about any donation. An AI detector concluded that the text of the story, i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Teacher Kicking Out Student for MAGA Hat — It’s a Sketch
Did a video shared in March 2025 authentically show a teacher ordering a student to leave her classroom because he was wearing a MAGA hat? No, that's not true: the video in question was no more than a sketch. The TikTok account that poste
Full Fact→ False Toby Carvery offers circulate on Facebook again
The company that owns the restaurant chain has confirmed that this offer is not real.
The Dispatch→ Stumped By Stumpage
Canadians stand accused of ... subsidizing hundreds of millions of Americans.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Skit Shows DOGE Breaking Into Government Offices — Described As ‘Fake DOGE Prank’ By Original Video Creator
Does a video clip authentically show DOGE employees breaking into government offices, with one of them saying "ChatGPT could do all your jobs"? No, that's not true: The viral clip was taken from a video from Youtube channel that publishes
Full Fact→ Fake image of Mark Carney on beach with Ghislaine Maxwell recirculates
The fake picture has been reshared after Mr Carney became Prime Minister of Canada.
The Dispatch→ Protests Erupt As Turkish Opposition Leader Jailed
‘Turkey is headed toward a very, very dark place.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Leaked J.D. Vance Audio With Musk Criticism Is AI According To Detection Tools
Is "leaked" audio of Vice-President J.D. Vance in which he complains about Elon Musk authentic? No, that's not true: Several AI detection tools and Vance's Communications director both say the audio is fake. The TikTok video where the aud
The Dispatch→ Rethinking the Democratic Playbook
Autopsies and resolutions.
The Dispatch→ A New Exodus
What elite colleges will lose if Orthodox Jews go elsewhere.
The Dispatch→ Mike Johnson’s House Math Problem Gets Easier to Solve
The speaker will soon have a (slightly) larger GOP majority for the next legislative battle.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Photo Does NOT Show Tesla Cybertruck Vandalized By Real Person In Rainbow Colored Clothing
Does this photo show a real person described as a "liberal" in some social media posts vandalizing a Cybertruck? No, that's not true: The picture of the half-naked person dressed in weird rainbow colored clothes is ai generated. It origin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Video Shows Bitcoin Whitepaper On Oval Office Wall — Trump Actually Put Up Declaration Of Independence
Did President Trump unveil a framed copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper hung up behind curtains in the Oval Office to Laura Ingram during a tour? No, that's not true: The footage was digitally manipulated to replace the Declaration of Independ
The Dispatch→ A Confessing Church for America’s Weimar Moment
Plus: A century of Flannery O’Connor.
The Dispatch→ What Have We Learned from the Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Scandal?
Warren Cole Smith joins Michael Reneau to discuss the recent closure of the Justice Department ...
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Funding Cuts in Higher Education
Columbia agrees to a list of demands in hopes of having $400 million in grants and contracts restored.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Man With AR-15 Is NOT Las Cruces, New Mexico, Shooting Suspect
Does a photo of a man holding an AR-15 rifle show a suspect in the mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on March 21, 2025? No, that's not true: Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story told reporters the man was interviewed and ruled out
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Of ‘Muslim Child Marriages’ Was Generated Using AI
Does a viral video showing wedding scenes where various little girls are being married to older men authentically show muslim child marriages as social media posts are claiming? No, that's not true: The viral footage originated on an Inst
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence King Charles III Revoked US Independence And Plans To Place ‘Nincompoop’ Trump In ‘Gaol’
Did King Charles III give official notice that he has revoked U.S. independence, effective immediately, will reign as monarch and that "The nincompoop you've elected as President will go to gaol", as social media posts claim? No, that's n
The Dispatch→ No Rulers
Intellectual earworms, stand-up comedy, and chinchilla farms.
The Dispatch→ The Hurt We Carry
The hit show 'Severance' shows the limits of dissociation.
The Dispatch→ A Century of Flannery O’Connor
The Southern writer has a depth that's hard to find today.
The Dispatch→ Bad Faith
How much judicial deference is owed to an untrustworthy president?
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders embarked on a “fighting oligarchy tour,” drawing thousands to their speeches about income inequality. We checked their statements about Social Security, health care spending and CEO-to-worker sa