In his Inaugural Address, President Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points. But in remarks afterward, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law?
Did Vice President JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives? As a Yale Law student, Vance received military veteran financial aid. Yale Law describes veteran recruitment as part of its DEI efforts but it’s unclear to what extent that was the case when V
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim DOGE Forwarded Names Of 163 Members Of Congress To IRS Originated On Satire Page
Did the claim that DOGE forwarded the names of 163 members of Congress to the IRS for "Immediate Audit" and that 156 of them were Democrats originate on an actual news website? No, that's not true: The meme featured a fake, cartoonish DOG
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Michael Jordan didn’t say kneeling athletes should have their medals revoked
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Free Headphones Hack’ Video Does NOT Authentically Show Man Stealing Headphones From Train Passenger
Does a video captioned "Free headphones hack" shared on social media authentically show a Black man stealing a train passenger's headphones? No, that's not true: The video was first posted by a social media creator who shares similar ones
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Upside-Down Pilots Is Inverted News Photo From 16 Years Ago
Does an authentic photo show two Black women who were the pilots of the Delta Flight 4819 that crash-landed and flipped over in Toronto on February 17, 2025? No, that's not true: The inverted image in a social media post is 16 years old.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fabricated video shows Elon Musk promoting a diabetes cure
Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.
PolitiFact→ Susan Crawford – Candidate right that Wisconsin does not require judges to recuse because of past legal work
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
Full Fact→ The UK’s population is not projected to grow by five million ‘in just seven years’
Figures quoted by the Express actually refer to the projected population growth over a 10 year period, between 2022 and 2032.
Full Fact→ President Trump claims Ukraine ‘started’ the war with Russia
Full Fact→ No, Scotland has not announced a ban on pet cats
Social media posts appear to have misinterpreted the recommendations of a report on cat welfare in Scotland.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts the Facts in Attack on the Courts
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In several court cases, federal judges have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from broadly cutting or freezing federal spending. President Donald Trump claimed that the j
Full Fact→ Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’
Dame Diana Johnson is the latest government minister to misstate what IMF and OECD projections show.
Full Fact→ Image of masked men carrying axes is not a real photo of an incident at a Birmingham hospital
The image was made or edited using Google AI tools, and the police have said there was “no disorder” at hospitals in the city following a stabbing.
Full Fact→ JD Vance is wrong, facts are not opinions
It’s about facts, not opinions. Following JD Vance's speech in Munich about the state of European democracy and free speech we're offering a different opinion.
The Dispatch→ Bird Flu Outbreak Continues to Spread
‘What’s concerning is the spillover events to humans.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Photo Of Javier Milei’s Sister Shows Different Eyes, Nose, Mouth — Original Taken In 2023
Does a viral photo accurately portray Argentinian President Javier Milei's sister Karina Milei? No, that's not true: The image has been heavily edited to completely change her face. The original image was taken in 2023 and shows completel
The Dispatch→ Munich 2025
Ignominious idiocracy.
The Dispatch→ In His Napoleonic Era
The impression that the president is megalomaniacally contemptuous of the law is not good for anybody.
The Dispatch→ Trump Is Nixon 2.0
And DOGE is like CREEP, but on steroids.
The Dispatch→ Where’s the Omelet?
For Donald Trump, the work stops at breaking eggs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Has NOT Proposed 2025 Stimulus Checks As Of February 18, 2025 — ‘Stimmy’ Rumors Rampant But Unfounded
Has the Trump administration proposed payment of a 2025 economic stimulus check to Americans, as multiple social media posts claim? No, that's not true: Viral social media posts circulating in February 2025 built traffic by spreading the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE Team Has NOT Triggered A Housing Listing Surge In Washington, DC — No ‘Mass Evacuation’
Has the DOGE team caused a "very real exodus" from the Washington, D.C., area as evidenced by a big surge in the number of homes listed for sale in the market? No, that's not true: The number of new residential real estate listings in the
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claims the NFL ‘canceled’ Elon Musk’s DOGE ads originated from satire account
“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – DOGE subcommittee didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper federal payments
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Van Was NOT Intentionally Torched In Philadelphia — Fire Determined To Be Accidental
Was an ICE van deliberately set on fire during operations in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: A Homeland Security/ICE vehicle caught fire on the morning of February 18, 2025 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Fire Department extinguished
The Dispatch→ How Not To Be Cynical
‘People want purpose, meaning, and fulfilling work.’
The Dispatch→ Rooting for Laundry
Patriotism in an age of villainy.
PolitiFact→ X posts – X post exaggerates wealth of Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 sal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ex-USAID Chief Samantha Power’s Net Worth Did NOT Increase By $23 Million In Three Years
Did the former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, see her net worth increase by $23 million in three years? No, that's not true: Public financial records don't show anything close to that kind
Internet Archive→ President Trump Signs Executive Orders at Mar-a-Lago : CSPAN3 : February 18, 2025 4:12pm-4:51pm EST
[LIVE] President Donald Trump signs new executive orders at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Tex
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Authentic German Election Ballots With AfD Left Out In City Of Leipzig
Do viral clips circulating on social media prove that AfD is missing on the authentic ballots in the city of Leipzig, Germany? No, that's not true: The publicly available sample ballot still listed AfD the day the claim began to spread. A
PolitiFact→ X posts – Social media post inflates federal workforce growth under Joe Biden
The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
PolitiFact→ In Context: What Sen. John Kennedy said about Medicaid recipients and work requirements
On Fox News, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., proposed Medicaid work requirements, saying recipients should “get off your ass.” Kennedy ignored that most already do work. But some critics sharing his quote online also misrepresented his comments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chlorine Dioxide Is Bleach-Like Chemical And Should NOT Be Ingested — Can Cause Life-Threatening Ailments
What is chlorine dioxide, and is it a safe and effective cure or treatment for multiple health ailments, including childhood autism and COVID-19 infection? No, that's not true: Chlorine dioxide is a gaseous chemical that makes a bleach-li
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Does NOT Show Delta Crash Pilot Jonathan Simpson — Person Is Adult Film Star
Does an image shared online in February 2025 show Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of Delta Flight 4819, which crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport? No, that's not true: The person depicted in the image is porn star Johnny Sins, wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Delete Its Foreign Aid Database — It Was Experiencing Technical Difficulties
Did Global Affairs Canada delete its foreign aid database? No, that's not true: The Canadian government's X account stated that no data was deleted and that it was only experiencing technical problems. The database was publicly available
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Pete Hegseth Was Drinking at a Press Conference
Viral images appear to show a brown liquid but higher-definition videos indicate his beverage was clear.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Senator Mitch McConnell Has NOT Died On February 17, 2025 — False Report Posted By Prank Account
Did Senator Mitch McConnell die on February 17, 2025 at the age of eighty-two? No, that's not true: A post announcing McConnell's death was published by a parody account spoofing the real account Breaking 911. The spoof account has a disc
Full Fact→ Viral images of Princess Charlotte in hospital are not real
A montage of images supposedly showing the princess in hospital has been shared thousands of times, but they’re not real and were almost certainly created with artificial intelligence.