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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Order U.S. Marshals To Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook After She Challenged The President’s Firing Of Her
Did President Trump order U.S. Marshals to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from office after she challenged his authority to fire her? No, that's not true: Court rules prevent any action to remove Cook until a judge holds a hear
The Dispatch→ Our Own Lysenko
Giving Americans the health system they voted for.
PolitiFact→ Chris Murphy – Sen. Chris Murphy says mass shootings decreased as a result of a 2022 law. Is that true?
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Viral Chart Misrepresents Data About The Portion of Transgender People Involved In Mass Shootings
Does a viral social media chart correctly represent the portion of the transgender population that had committed a mass shooting or the share of mass shootings according to gender identification between 2015 and 2025? No, that's not true:
The Dispatch→ No, Trump Was Not ‘Quietly Removed’ as a Nobel Prize Nominee
The committee does not publish or even confirm the names of nominees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Offering ‘Free Meat Bundle Box’ Are NOT Authentic — Bait & Switch Scam Harvests Personal Information
Does a post on Facebook really offer a "free meat bundle box"? No, that's not true: The post does not provide an actual location for those wanting a free meat bundle box. If people click the link promoted in the post, a series of web page
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Dog Bringing A Garden Hose In The House Is NOT Real — It’s Made With AI
Does authentic video show a dog who brought a spraying garden hose into the house, soaking everything? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. Differences between the two camera angles in the video - in the home furnishings, the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rachel Maddow Did NOT Shatter Stephen Miller In A Live Interview ‘Takedown’ — Never Happened
Did MSNBC host Rachel Maddow "takedown" White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on air in a live interview? No, that's not true: Miller has never appeared on Maddow's show. The social media post and article saying it happened off
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Tragedy in Minnesota
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Full Fact→ Fake Daily Mail article about government considering banning England flags circulates online
A screenshot of the fake article has been shared widely amid a movement to raise St George’s and Union Jack flags in public spaces across the UK.
Full Fact→ Covid vaccines did not cause a 300% rise in cancer and miscarriage rates
Claims of sudden disease spikes in US military personnel in 2021 were based on an error in a government database.
Full Fact→ Photos shared with claims they show ‘life for minorities in Gaza’ were actually taken in Libya
Viral posts use Libyan photos to make claims about life for minorities in Gaza.
Full Fact→ Viral photo of street with England flags is not recent, it’s actually from 2023 Nike advert
The viral image has been shared with claims it shows homes decorated by veterans, but it predates the current social media campaign to raise flags in public spaces across the UK.
AllSides→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’ jbhicks Thu, 08/28/2025 - 06:40 While signing executive orders at the White House on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump wrongly said that an 11-day span of no homicides in Washington, D.C.,
AllSides→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/d-c-homicide-free-streak-not-first-in-years/ While signing executive
Full Fact→ Fake UN ‘Agenda 2030’ list circulates again on social media
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this list being shared online, and the UN has previously confirmed to Full Fact it isn’t real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Viral Missing Tourists ‘Steve And Natalie Brody’ Found In Denali National Park Story — Details Don’t Add Up
Does the viral story about missing hikers "Steve and Natalie Brody" who were supposedly found dead in Alaska's Denali National Park add up? No, that's not true: There were no news reports on the case and several details in the posts about
Internet Archive→ FOX and Friends : FOXNEWSW : August 28, 2025 5:00am-6:00am PDT
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Full Fact→ Claims about civil servant ‘responsible’ for increase in state pension age shared online again
Facebook posts saying the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions ‘is retiring’ are out of date and don’t give the full picture.
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump’s New Big Tech Partnerships
The second Trump administration is forging an unusual relationship with Silicon Valley.
Full Fact→ Argos isn’t selling HP laptops for £3 to people who fill in a survey
Argos has confirmed that posts being shared on social media claiming as much do not contain genuine offers from the retailer.
The Dispatch→ When Flag Burning Becomes a Crime | Interview: Sanford and Cynthia Levinson
Will an executive order undermine the Constitution?
The Dispatch→ Conserving Liberalism | Interview: Cass Sunstein
‘We should celebrate the liberal tradition.’
The Dispatch→ There Goes (VROOM VROOM) the American Muscle Car
Have electric vehicles, regulations, and changing consumer preferences killed a classic?
The Dispatch→ White Hats and Black Hats in the Middle East
The problem with framing the Israel-Hamas conflict as one between the powerful and the powerless.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Radar Does NOT Show East Coast Getting Blasted By HAARP Or "Pumping a Storm" — It’s Just Radar Picking Up Migratory Birds Flying South After Dusk
Does a blue pulse moving from east to west on a Doppler radar map show some sort of "storm pumping" weather modification or HAARP activity? No, that's not true: The radar reflectivity time lapse animation shows that radar signals have pic
The Dispatch→ Breaking the Barrel
Flags, logos, and the woke ‘anti-woke’ right.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Of Delivery Drone Dropping Car Battery On Parked Car Was An April Fool’s Hoax To Promote A Parts Store
Does a viral video show a real instance of a delivery drone dropping a car battery through the windshield of a parked car? No, that's not true: An auto repair business created the video as an April Fool's Day marketing stunt. The video ha
PolitiFact→ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims
No hoax this time with news of Taylor and Travis engagement
The Dispatch→ Intel Again, Unfortunately
Risk and harm, all the way down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robin Westman NOT Clifford Thomas Phillps Jr. Is The Suspect In Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic School Shooting
Is Clifford Thomas Phillips Jr. the suspect in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis? No, that's not true: The shooter has been identified by law enforcement officials as Robin Westman. He died by a self-inflicted gu
The Dispatch→ The Donald Always Gets His Slice
State capitalism and a mobbed-up executive.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Finland Did NOT Test ‘World’s First Engine-less Superconducting Maglev Cargo Pipeline’, As Of August 28, 2025
Did Finland test "the world's first engine-less superconducting maglev cargo pipeline, capable of moving cargo at over 500 km/h using no engines, wheels or tracks", as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: As of August 28, 202
PolitiFact→ Byron Donalds’ history on youth offender laws: How DC proposal breaks from his past
What is Byron Donalds’ history with youthful offender laws?
Full Fact→ Thousands share video making false claims about Labour MPs resigning over ‘scandal’
It appears to show GB News presenter Patrick Christys reporting that 43 MPs have “just resigned”, but the clip isn’t real and is almost certainly AI-generated.
Full Fact→ No, Amazon is not ‘giving away’ iPads to the over-40s
A spokesperson for the company confirmed offers being shared on social media aren’t genuine.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Union Jack being replaced with Pakistan flag
The clip has been circulating on social media with misleading claims about what it really shows.
FactCheck.org→ D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
While signing executive orders at the White House on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump wrongly said that an 11-day span of no homicides in Washington, D.C., was the “first time that’s taken place in years,” a claim reiterated by other
PolitiFact→ Can RFK Jr. ban COVID-19 vaccines? What to know about federal rules around the process
Can RFK Jr. ban COVID-19 vaccines?