Did the Los Angeles Times report that Iran, China and Russia just declared war on the United States? No, that's not true: a prank website with a domain name nearly identical to the real LA Times site published a post that looked simliar to an
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FactCheck.org→ Video of Clinton on Iran Taken Out of Context
Quick Take An out-of-context clip from a 2008 interview with then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is circulating on Facebook. It shows her saying the U.S. “will attack Iran” if she becomes president. But she was responding to a quest
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Using Antidepressants Disqualify You from a Military Draft?
After a January 3 2020 United States-led strike killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, speculation flew about impending war, eventually turning into rumors about an American military draft. On the day Suleimani was killed, news o
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove National Anthem From Football
Did Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the American national anthem from being played before professional football games? No, that's not true: The NFL quarterback, who is currently a free agent, made no such effort. The article is a work of sati
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Jeffrey Epstein Did NOT Have Plastic Surgery And Is NOT Alive And Well In Cuba
Did Jeffrey Epstein have plastic surgery and is alive and well in Cuba? No, that's not true: The story was fabricated by a Canadian entertainment website that publishes fictional stories about bizarre crimes, weird sexual acts, and other made-
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Fake Omar Tweet Calling for ‘Violence’
Quick Take A fictitious tweet attributed to Rep. Ilhan Omar is circulating on social media. The congresswoman didn’t write that the “time for violence is now” over her disagreement with President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video Does Not Show Ayatollah Going Crazy After Soleimani Drone Strike
Does a video making the rounds on social media show Iran's Ayatollah going crazy following the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike? No, that's not true: This is an old video, put in a loop and portraying an animated -
PolitiFact→ How close is Iran to building a nuclear weapon?
Heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, driven in part by the U.S. airstrike on Gen. Qassem Soleimani, brought new attention to Iran’s capacity for building a nuclear weapon. After the Soleimani strike drew retaliatory attacks by
Snopes→ Ex-CIA Officer Questions Reason for Killing Iranian General
President Donald Trump's rationale for ordering the killing of a top Iranian general is reminiscent of the use of U.S. intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, New Mexico congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame said.
FactCheck.org→ Amid Military Tension, Meme Misdates Soldiers’ Deaths
Quick Take A meme circulating on Facebook displays photos of five U.S. soldiers that purportedly were killed “this Tuesday in Afghanistan.” Actually, they died in 2013 and there was a sixth soldier killed in the same incident who isn’
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Position on Osama bin Laden Raid
Questioned by a Fox News reporter, former Vice President Joe Biden denied that he told then-President Barack Obama “not to go after [Osama] bin Laden” in what turned out to be a successful mission to kill the 9/11 mastermind. The Republican
Truth or Fiction?→ December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps?
A December 8 2019 Facebook post purportedly contrasting the number of people in Auschwitz on December 7 1943 (56,082) with the number of children (not adults, 69,550) detained at border camps on the same date in 2019 circulated in copy-and-paste form
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Mike Pence lacks evidence in claiming Soleimani helped 9/11 terrorists
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Mike Pence lacks evidence in claiming Soleimani helped 9/11 terrorists In a series of tweets justifying the U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani, Vice President Mike Pence said that among the Iranian military leader&rsqu
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley’s Pants on Fire claim that top Democrats are mourning Soleimani
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Nikki Haley’s Pants on Fire claim that top Democrats are mourning Soleimani Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, baselessly accused leading Democrats of mour
FactCheck.org→ Pence Links Iran’s Soleimani to 9/11 Attacks
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani “[a]ssisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan” of some of the terrorists who executed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. To support his claim, a spokeswoman referred to a S
FactCheck.org→ Conway, Pompeo on Iranian Cultural Sites
President Donald Trump twice threatened to target cultural sites in Iran if Iranian leaders retaliate for the killing of its top military commander. Even so, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway both falsely claimed
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Malia Obama NOT Busted Selling Priceless White House Trinkets
Was Malia Obama busted selling priceless White House trinkets that she stole while she lived there? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing ma
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden continues to recast his comments to Obama about bin Laden raid
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Biden continues to recast his comments to Obama about bin Laden raid Former Vice President Joe Biden has continued to recast what advice he gave President Barack Obama about whether to raid the compound that w
FactCheck.org→ Fake Tlaib Tweet Resurfaces Amid Iran News
Quick Take An old tweet from an account impersonating Rep. Rashida Tlaib resurfaced on social media — this time with an erroneous claim that the tweet was her response to the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Full Story Rep. Rashi
Truth or Fiction?→ Iranians, Iranian-Americans Stopped at U.S. Border with Canada
United States Customs and Border Patrol subjected both Iranians and Iranian-Americans to more scrutiny in January 2020 in the wake of new orders from the Department of Homeland Security, although CBP quibbled over accounts of people stopped for hours
Snopes→ Bolton Willing to Testify in Impeachment Trial if Subpoenaed
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said that he is "prepared to testify" if he is subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a surprise statement that bolstered Democrats in their push for new wit
Snopes→ Homeland Security Will Share Citizenship Data with Census
Trump ordered the Census Bureau to collect citizenship information through administrative records from federal agencies and the 50 states after the Supreme Court ruled against his administration last summer.
PolitiFact→ Understanding infrastructure: The cost of repairing our roads, bridges and dams
Infrastructure looked like it might be a big priority under President Donald Trump. A signature promise of his 2016 campaign was to spend $550 billion over 10 years — double what was proposed by his opponent, Hillary Clinton — to upgrade th
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Obama Did NOT Call UN Security Meeting With Or Without US Officials
Did former President Barack Obama call a meeting of the UN Security council without inviting U.S. officials? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into s
Lead Stories→ Fake News: New York UN Office Does NOT Recruit Paramilitary Troops for ‘Disarmament’ and ‘Reintegration’ of US Civilians
Is the United Nations office in New York recruiting paramilitary troops for disarmament and reintegration of U.S. civilians? No, that's not true: The claim is part of a conspiracy theory that "globalists" are planning a takeover of America as
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democrats Did NOT Call For Flags To Be Flown At Half-Mast To Grieve Death Of Soleimani
Did Democrats call for flags to be flown at half-mast to grieve the death of Soleimani? No, that's not true: the story was put out by The Babylon Bee, a well-known and often quite funny satire website. So far, the story has received about half
Truth or Fiction?→ Fake Fox News Twitter Smears Rep. Ilhan Omar
A short-lived Twitter account impersonating the right-wing Fox News network managed to draw attention to itself on January 5 2020 through the familiar tactic of a made-up smear against Democratic Party Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The account, “
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Tweet Out Call For Violence After Soleimani Strike
Did Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar send out a tweet claiming to be ashamed to be called American, and did she call for world leaders to rise up, demanding violence to stop President Trump starting a catastrophic war with Iran? No, that's n
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A Huge Spaceship Not In Austin, Does NOT Send A Light Code
Does a video show a huge spaceship hovering over Austin, Texas, and sending a light code? No, that's not true: The video stole the introduction for a local Austin,Texas, news report from January 24, 2017, and added a digitally created sequence
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Iranian Ballistic Missiles Did NOT Hit The Largest US Military Base In Iraq
Did Iranian ballistic missiles hit the largest U.S. military base in Iraq? No, that's not true: there was no strike on the U.S. and Iraqi airbase recently, and the images show the aftermath of explosions in different nations in past years. The
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Video Strips Context From Biden Remark
Quick Take A viral video clip takes former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent remarks about sexual and domestic violence out of context, leaving a false impression that he made a racist comment about the role of African and Asian nations in U.S. c
FactCheck.org→ ‘Satire’ Misinforms on Impeachment Witnesses
Quick Take A bogus claim that Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, paid impeachment witnesses “over $40 million” to testify is circulating online. That claim actually originated on a self-described satire website.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Barack Obama Did NOT Admit He Was Born in Kenya
Did former President Barack Obama admit that he was born in Kenya? No, that's not true: a YouTube video pulled clips selectively from another video of Obama giving a speech in Turkey in 2009 and presented them out of context to suggest the for
Truth or Fiction?→ Disinformation Inflames Tensions After United States Kills Iranian Commander
Late in the evening of January 2 2020, the United States announced that it had targeted and killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq in a major and dramatic escalation: Iran confirmed the death of one of its most active military fi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video: Biden Did NOT Proclaim the ‘European’ Identity of America
Did former Vice President and presidential hopeful Joe Biden say American culture is European, and not imported from an African or Asian nation? No, that's not entirely true: clips from a speech Biden gave in New Hampshire on December 30, 2019
Snopes→ Did Clinton Launch Airstrike on Iraq Amid Impeachment Proceedings?
Some drew comparisons to President Donald Trump's ordered airstrike that killed an Iranian general in early 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Barr Did NOT File Charges, Did NOT Indict Obama
Did U.S. Attorney General William Barr file charges and indict Obama? No, that's not true: This false story is designed to make a mockery of people who share outrageous headlines without having read the article. The claim originated from an ar
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say ‘We Have Been Working On Impeachment For The Past 2 1/2 Years’
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi say that she and Democrats had been working on President Trump's impeachment for the past two-and-a-half years? No, that's not true: the claim has been taken out of context from a real quote about other in
Snopes→ Blagojevich: House Democrats Would’ve Impeached Lincoln, Too
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued in a column that fellow Democrats in the U.S. House who impeached President Donald Trump also would have tried to remove Abraham Lincoln.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: CA Gov. Newsom Did NOT Pardon 1342 Prisoners So ICE Couldn’t Deport Them
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom pardon 1,342 prisoners so they couldn't be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents? No, that's not true: the article comes from a satirical news site, Newsom did not pardon that many people and a