The rush to allow AI into the classroom will harm students and schools for decades.
The Dispatch→ The Aspen Paradox
The Aspen Ideas Festival is uncanny and exclusive—but it could be important for America.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Say It Would Close Its Doors On November 1, 2025, ‘Ahead Of The Expected SNAP Benefit Chaos’
Did Walmart announce it would shut down stores for in-person shopping on November 1, 2025, due to the expected lapse in federal funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clip Does NOT Show Timelapse Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS — Authentic July 15, 2025 Image From Gemini North Telescope Is Different
Does a video clip show a timelapse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, released on July 15, 2025, by NSF's NOIRLab and the University of Hawaii? No, that's not true: The authentic image of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Johnson Did NOT Storm Out Of The House Chamber After Rachel Maddow ‘Exposed’ His Wife’s Secret LLC
Did Mike Johnson storm out of the House of Representatives chamber after Rachel Maddow exposed his wife's secret LLC? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the Speaker of the House stormed out of the chamber the MSNBC host aired
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo That Shows Damage And Floods From Hurricane Melissa In Black River, Jamaica Is NOT Real — AI Fakery
Is a photo that shows damage and flooding from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on October 28, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: The image was likely made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detec
The Dispatch→ The Bogeyman
An irresistible, and potentially tricky, foil for the GOP.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight Logs Do NOT Show Man Who Anonymously Gave $130 Million To Pay Soldiers During Government Shutdown Flew On Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Express — Paul Mellon Died In 1999
Do flight logs show that the man who anonymously donated $130 million to pay American soldiers during the October 2025 U.S. government shutdown flew on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express plane? No, that's not true: The flight log page cited
PolitiFact→ The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual?
The facts about DOJ sending election monitors to CA, NJ
PolitiFact→ How do countries without school vaccination requirements maintain high vaccination rates?
What to know about vaccine mandates in the U.S. and abroad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Does NOT Show October 2025 Louvre Break-In
Does a viral video authentically portray the October 2025 Louvre robbery in Paris, France? No, that's not true: The clip is not authentic CCTV footage. The details of the scene in the viral video did not match the specific Louvre gallery
Full Fact→ Ministers repeat misleading and unevidenced claims on immigration
FactCheck.org→ Reagan’s Words on Tariffs
An ad campaign from the government of Ontario featured audio of former President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs on foreign goods. The video rearranges what Reagan said in a 1987 radio address, and it ignores some of the context. But i
Full Fact→ The government isn’t going to slow the internet at night from November
Claims being shared in videos on social media that from 1 November the government will reduce internet speeds from midnight until 6am are false.
The Dispatch→ The 2025 November Elections Preview
A breakdown of the races in New York, Virginia, and New Jersey.
The Dispatch→ Firing Squad vs. Suffocation
What constitutes cruel and unusual punishment?
The Dispatch→ Putin’s Useful Influencer
The propaganda is coming from inside the House.
The Dispatch→ The Global Free Speech Recession
The right to free expression is backsliding in an increasingly illiberal and authoritarian world.
The Dispatch→ Will Abigail Spanberger and Jay Jones Ride a Blue Wave in Virginia?
What the commonwealth’s upcoming elections say about the state of American politics.
The Dispatch→ A Disgraced President and America’s Pastime
How Richard Nixon headed off an umpires’ strike 40 years ago.
The Dispatch→ What Hayek Understood About the Unknowable Nature of Markets
He argued that central planning cannot replace the telecommunication system that is a true market economy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Did NOT ‘Rebrand’ Themselves As HSI In October 2025 — That Division Had Existed Since 2010
Did U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "rebrand" itself to be publicly known as Homeland Security Investigators, not ICE? No, that's not true: ICE still exists under the same old name. "Homeland Security Investigators" discussed in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Issue Press Release Offering ‘Patriots … A Piece Of The White House’, As Of October 27, 2025
Did the Donald Trump White House publish a press release offering pieces of the demolished East Wing for $500 per item at a website whose name suggested an affiliation with the U.S. president? No, that's not true: An image of the purporte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Evangelical’ Pastors ‘Gone Left’ Video Clips Are NOT Real — They Were Lifted From A ‘Parallel Universe’ AI Channel
Does a viral video show authentic clips of four "Evangelical" pastors preaching against conservative positions on the border wall, guns, abortion and oil drilling? No, that's not true: The clips are lifted from an online account that desc
PolitiFact→ Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity
Fact-checking a chart of SNAP recipients by ethnicity
The Dispatch→ The Last Hostage Crisis
Will the ‘third term’ chatter backfire on Republicans?
PolitiFact→ X posts – These clips don’t show Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica; they show weather events from around the world
Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump, Steve Bannon keep talking about a 3rd term. Can Trump do it?
Trump, allies still talk about a 3rd term. Can it be done?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Tesla Pulling Diesel Motor As It Charges Is NOT Real — AI Made It
Does an authentic video show a Tesla car charging from a diesel generator that it is towing as it drives? No, that's not true: The video was made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detector tool. Obvious disc
Full Fact→ Claim America was sold to ‘five billionaires’ in 1927 is satire
A picture of a joke article supposedly from the 1920s has been circulating again online, but it has been taken out of context.
PolitiFact→ GOP talking point holds ACA is haunted by ‘phantom’ enrollees, but the devil’s in the data
What to know about ACA 'phantom enrollees' GOP talking point
The Dispatch→ Little Big American
Modest power beats arrogant weakness every time.
Full Fact→ Fortnum & Mason isn’t selling ‘Family Hampers’ for £10 to the over-40s
Despite posts on social media claiming the company is selling discounted products to over-40s who fill in a survey, Fortnum & Mason confirmed this offer isn’t genuine.
The Dispatch→ Can Milei Save Argentina’s Economy?
The libertarian president’s surprise midterm victory gives him legislative momentum, but deeper reforms require compromise.
The Dispatch→ Retribution | Interview: Jonathan Karl and Declan Garvey
How will Trump influence American politics?
The Dispatch→ America Is Losing the Gray Zone War for the South China Sea
China’s strategy is designed to exploit the myriad gaps and seams that define our deterrence models.
The Dispatch→ You Can’t Opt Out of Sam Altman’s Erotica
Even if he insists you can.
The Dispatch→ The New Medievals
The bones of our conspiracies haven’t changed, though their details are different.
The Dispatch→ Senate Republicans Are Actually Defying Donald Trump
So far, GOP senators are refusing to nix blue slips, allowing Democrats to block judicial nominees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Aerofoot Flying Shoes Demo At Gitex Does NOT Show Real Events — Made By Digital Creator
Was a pair of Aerofoot "flying shoes" demonstrated at Gitex 2029 by a woman using them to hover over a stage, models floating over a catwalk or a man taking off from a pedestal? No, that's not true: The video, and several more like it, we