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.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Harris didn’t win only states without voter ID laws while Trump only won in states with them
“Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.”
The Dispatch→ No, Swing States Did Not Use Starlink to Rig Ballots for Trump
Most tabulation systems do not rely on internet connectivity.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Records show Harris’ campaign paid Winfrey’s company for hosting event, not for Oprah’s endorsement
Kamala Harris’ campaign paid Oprah $1 million, Megan Thee Stallion $5 million, and Eminem $1.8 million.
Full Fact→ Video does not show ‘HAARP ship’ floating near Spain before floods
The footage shared online is of a floating power plant—not a HAARP facility.
FactCheck.org→ Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned origina
Full Fact→ No, Sadiq Khan did not say he would leave UK if Donald Trump won
A claim being widely shared on Facebook that the Mayor of London had said he and his family would emigrate from the UK following the US election if Mr Trump won the presidency is untrue.
The Dispatch→ Who Will Fill J.D. Vance’s Senate Seat?
Jockeying for the vice president-elect’s post has begun in Ohio.
Full Fact→ US election: 20 million votes haven’t gone ‘missing’
Misleading claims have been circulating online since it was announced that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election that millions of votes are “missing”.
The Dispatch→ What Happened and What’s Next
Recapping the Dispatch Summit.
Climate Feedback→ Climate vs. weather: a deep dive on the key differences
What’s the difference between ‘climate’ and ‘weather’? Although they are related, these are actually two distinct concepts and they are measured at very different timescales. Despite this, some people use these terms interchangeably, leading
The Dispatch→ Live From The Dispatch Summit: Speaker Paul Ryan
Baiting the good guys.
The Dispatch→ How We Can Fix Our Classification System
We classify too much information, and it takes too long to declassify it.
The Dispatch→ Beware the Mandate Trap
Trump won less because he was popular than because Harris wasn’t.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Meghan Markle Said She Would Leave US In Response To Trump’s Election
Did Meghan Markle say she would leave the U.S. in response to Donald Trump's election, as a post on Facebook implies? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find proof that the wife of Prince Harry said that. Commentators have only s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Will NOT Be On Sex Offender Registry — $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Was Civil, Not Criminal
Will the White House address appear on "the national registry of sex offenders" once President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January of 2025? No, that's not true: Trump was not convicted of a sex offense in a criminal case. He was fo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Break Down In Tears On TV After Trump’s 2024 Victory — Video Is From 2012
Did a viral image of Taylor Swift capture her crying "on live television the moment the race was called for President Trump" in November 2024? No, that's not true: The picture was a screenshot of a Swift interview aired 12 years earlier.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Posts About ‘Missing’ Police Officer Jonathan Diller Are FALSE
Are social media posts authentically trying to find a police officer named Jonathan Diller, described as missing from towns more than 1,000 miles apart? No, that's not true: The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Police Department replied to one
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – 2015 Marco Rubio video isn’t evidence Donald Trump will lean heavily on Project 2025
Video shows Marco Rubio “admitting the Trump Presidency will lean heavily into the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plans.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t say he’s releasing a ‘$1,000 Tesla e-bike today’
Says Elon Musk said, “I am releasing $1,000 Tesla e-bike today!”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Claim CBS News Reported ‘Cheating’ in Election
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Some social media posts falsely claimed that CBS News reported there was “cheating” in the 2024 presidential election that benefitted President-elect Donal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Harris Campaign Said A Recount Could Overturn Trump Win
Did the Kamala Harris campaign say it could overturn Donald Trump's election victory with a recount? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of any such statement from the Harris campaign, nor evidence of any campaign staff making such
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Say She Wouldn’t Perform In Red States — Story Originated From Site With Satire Label
Did Beyoncé declare she would no longer perform in "red states," meaning states that went for President-elect Donald Trump? No, that's not true: This comes from a website that publishes fake stories about famous people. The site describe
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Zillow’s CEO didn’t say Trump’s deportation plan would lower housing prices
"BREAKING: Zillow CEO just said on CNBC Trump's deportation plan will help with housing affordability.”