Bruce Gordon’s history of the Bible argues that it’s both.
The Dispatch→ Learning the Wrong Lessons About Lent From the Desert Fathers
‘Sanctification is a lifelong process.’
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week of Trump’s Address to Congress
The president delivers a partisan speech to a divided chamber—and nation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet ‘The USA Needs To Hold An Election. Trump Would Lose By A Landslide’ — Fake Screenshot
Did Elon Musk tweet "The USA needs to hold an election. Trump would lose by a landslide." on March 7, 2025? No, that's not true: The post in question does not appear on Musk's X account and it was not indexed by Google. A viral screenshot
The Dispatch→ The Present Creates the Past
All sorts of Russians in the Pine Barrens.
The Dispatch→ Taking Sin Seriously
A new book chronicles the collapse of American confession.
The Dispatch→ Is Empathy a Sin?
A yes-or-no answer doesn’t serve us.
The Dispatch→ How Mickey 17 Values (and Devalues) Human Life
Satire calls out our problems. But it doesn’t fix them.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Delivers Remarks from Oval Office : CSPAN : March 7, 2025 8:40pm-9:17pm EST
President Trump delivered remarks from the Oval Office on the jobs report and the economy. He also took questions from the press on various topics including tariffs, hostages in Gaza, and a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine....This item belongs to:
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump on February job numbers: manufacturing, auto industry and native-born workers
President Donald Trump touted February monthly job gains, mentioning manufacturing, the auto industry and jobs for native-born workers. Some of his talking points were accurate, while others were missing important context.
PolitiFact→ Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading
DOGE said it’s ending the lease on an Illinois site that houses records and artifacts for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. The federal agency using the site had already announced in August 2024 it was ending the lease. It’s unclear how much m
The Dispatch→ End-Around
Trump targets Perkins Coie.
The Dispatch→ A Unified Field Theory of Trump
This will not end well.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Rep. Nancy Mace With Exaggerated Features
Does a photo shared to X authentically depict Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina? No, that's not true: The image in question has been edited to exaggerate the politican's eyes, mouth, and facial features. Her official portr
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say
A measles outbreak in West Texas had sickened at least 198 people as of March 7. It began with Texas residents, but the origin of the outbreak is unknown, state health officials said.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles
In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatment
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Durban, South Africa In March 2025 — It Was Shot In 2021 After Protests
Does a video show conditions in Durban, South Africa in March 2025? No, that's not true: The video in the post was recorded in the aftermath of protests and unrest in July 2021. The same video was posted on X on July 15, 2021 carrying the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Korea mRNA Warning Story NOT Confirmed By Cited Source — NO Mention Of ‘6 Billion People’ With ‘VAIDS’
Did South Korea issue a warning about mRNA vaccines, saying "6 billion people now have VAIDS" as a viral article claimed? No, that's not true: VAIDS is not a real condition and the story making originated on a notoriously unreliable websi
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Apple didn’t remove International Women’s Day from its calendar app — it was never there
"Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”
FactCheck.org→ White Nationalist Group Is Still Active, Contrary to Social Media Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Social media posts, some pointing to comments by podcaster Joe Rogan, are spreading unsupported claims that members of the Patriot Front are federal agents and that th
PolitiFact→ Laura Loomer – No, USAID didn’t ‘subsidize’ CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries
U.S. Agency for International Development subsidized CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries.
The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Joint Session of Congress Address
The president made false claims about polling, government spending, and inflation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Women’s History Month Was NOT Just Created By A Trump Executive Order — It Was Started By Congress In 1987
Did Donald Trump just designate the month of March as "Women's History Month" by signing an executive order? No, that's not true: The formal observation of Women's History Month was started by Congress in 1987, an expansion of the previou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Group Known As ‘Patriot Front’ Has Disbanded As Of March 7, 2025
Did the group known as the "Patriot Front" disband the day after Kash Patel started as FBI Director or shortly after Christopher Wray resigned from that position? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the group's website is still activ
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Nancy Pelosi didn’t get $14 million in USAID funding for “experimental farming” at her vineyard
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
Full Fact→ Downing Street video doesn’t show Volodymyr Zelenskyy using expletive to refer to Donald Trump
A clip being widely shared online, which appears to be a news report covering a moment where the Ukrainian president swore when asked about President Donald Trump, is fake.
Full Fact→ Barack Obama hasn’t been receiving Obamacare royalties
Posts which also claim that the new Department of Government Efficiency has halted the payments to the former US president have been circulating online. But these claims are satirical.
Full Fact→ Zelenskyy did not say the US will have to send their sons and daughters to fight in Ukraine
A clip being shared on social media showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussing a hypothetical situation in which Russia invades NATO member countries has been taken out of context.
Full Fact→ No evidence Donald Trump said that the president should be impeached if Dow Jones drops 1,000 points
A screenshot of a likely-fake post has been circulating online for at least six years.
The Dispatch→ Measles Makes a Comeback
A second death was linked to the resurgence of the once-eliminated disease.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Misquoted Statistic About White Supremacists Doing ‘80% Of Most Violent Crime’ — Was About Extremist-Related Murders
Did Representative Jasmine Crockett "completely fabricate" the statistic that "80% of the most violent crime are by white supremacists" as a viral post said? No, that's not entirely true: Crockett appears to have badly misquoted a statist
Full Fact→ Video appearing to show BBC reporter caught on hot mic after Zelenskyy-Trump meeting has been edited
The clip appears to show the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent joking about the meeting while his mic was still switched on—but the audio has been faked.
The Dispatch→ Suits and Sycophants
Great television.
The Dispatch→ Russia’s Long Record of Broken Pledges and Treaty Violations
Why Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking security guarantees as part of any peace deal.
The Dispatch→ Will Trump Actually Balance the Budget?
Spoiler: It’s pretty difficult.
The Dispatch→ Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
Either way, it’s not getting fixed anytime soon.
The Dispatch→ Foreigners Have Feelings Too
Do nationalists understand that other countries’ citizens also feel national pride?
PolitiFact→ Larry Kudlow – Is Elon Musk’s DOGE 'very popular'? That’s not what the polls say
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Elizabeth Warren Has A Net Worth Of $67 Million As Of March 2025
Does Elizabeth Warren have a net worth of $67 million as of March 2025? No, that's not true: The Massachusetts senator is estimated to be worth between $7 and $12 million. There is no evidence that supports her being worth $67 million, ev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Buy French Bank Milleis Via Maltex In February 2025
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy buy the French bank Milleis in February 2025 using the offshore company Maltex? No, that's not true: No credible media organization reported this story, as of March 6, 2025. A viral video purpor