Was there a massive walkout at the NYPD the day after a new mayor was elected in New York City? No, that's not true: "There is no walkout," a spokesperson with the NYPD told Lead Stories. The claim was made by a congressional candidate ba
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a generative AI tool. As of this writing, Ukraine denied that its so
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Donald Trump Dismissed A Secret Service Food Tester After Incident At Restaurant In Washington DC
Did Donald Trump dismiss a longtime Secret Service food tester after JD Vance saw the agent sprinkle an unidentified spice on the President's meal when they were dining out in DC? No, that's not true: There is no evidence supporting this
The Dispatch→ Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump’s Tariff Case
A livestreamed reaction to the oral arguments in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s China Deal Is a Major Indictment of U.S. Trade Policy
The U.S. makes real concessions for small, temporary wins—and boosts China in the process.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alan Dershowitz Did NOT Say He Would ‘Blow His Brains Out On Live TV’ If Mamdani Becomes New York Mayor
Did retired Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz publicly promise to "blow his brains out on live TV" if Zohran Mamdani wins the 2025 mayoral election in New York City? No, that's not true: Dershowitz denied that on his social med
Full Fact→ Grok and Google Lens AI overviews claim fake imagery shows Huntingdon train attack
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings.
The Dispatch→ What Can Mamdani Actually Do As Mayor?
New York City’s new mayor has a bold agenda. But does he have the power to implement it?
The Dispatch→ Politics of Who Rather Than What | Interview: Yuval Levin
Antisemitism is not new.
The Dispatch→ Why Alliances Endure—and How They Break
A framework for understanding how the U.S. is winning deals but losing allies.
The Dispatch→ India Is a Situational Partner, Not an Ally
Understanding this will help guide U.S. relations with the world’s largest country.
The Dispatch→ Immunity Syndrome
The Supreme Court ruling inventing presidential immunity looks dumber every day.
The Dispatch→ Do Americans Love Socialism? Or Do They Just Hate the Status Quo?
Don’t read too much into issue polling. Or even Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory.
The Dispatch→ The Dick Cheney I Knew
The former vice president was far more than the caricatures he was made out to be.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Riot Policeman Pepper Spraying Woman With Shaved Head Is NOT Real — It’s From A ‘Sora’ Account That Features Text-To-Video AI Clips
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Food Bazaar Supermarket In North Bergen NJ Did NOT Close Store And Keep Security Gates Down Since SNAP Payments Were Cut Off On Nov. 1
Has a New Jersey supermarket shuttered its windows ever since Nov. 1, 2025 when SNAP payments were cut off? No, that's not true: The store had not, at the time this was written, closed because of a delay in the dispersal of SNAP benefits
The Dispatch→ The Worst in Everyone
The freakout over Mayor Zohran begins.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘No More SNAP Benefits’ Video Of Two Women Moving ‘Two Carts Full Of Products’ Into Their Car Is NOT Related To Program’s Cuts In November 2025
Does a viral video capture a grocery theft related to the freeze of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, in November 2025? No, that's not true: A search for the origins of the video showed that it had been on
PolitiFact→ X posts – Voter fraud in New York isn’t as easy to commit as this social post says: There are safeguards
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Listing candidates twice on NYC ballot is part of ‘fusion voting.’ It’s not a ‘scam,’ as Musk said
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
PolitiFact→ How do you get rid of the filibuster? Trump has called for an end, but it wouldn’t be easy
The federal shutdown and the Senate filibuster: What to know
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview
In a lengthy “60 Minutes” interview, President Donald Trump made false and questionable claims about nuclear weapons testing, inflation and military strikes in the Caribbean Sea. He also repeated numerous misleading claims he has made befo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mamdani And Sliwa Appear On NYC Election Ballots Twice Because They Are Each The Nominees Of Two Political Parties
Is the repeated appearance of a candidate's name on election ballots in the 2025 New York City mayoral election against the rules? No, that's not true: New York City Board of Elections staff told Lead Stories that those candidates are the
Full Fact→ Footage does not show a robot dog ‘patrolling a migrant hotel’
A video on social media which appears to show a robot dog guarding a ‘migrant hotel’ was actually filmed at a historic building housing a religious group in Crewe.
The Dispatch→ The Virginia Gubernatorial Race Nears an End
Abigail Spanberger leads in the polls as the ‘Virginia curse’ haunts Republicans.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Tariff Showdown
The president will not be attending Supreme Court oral arguments after all.
The Dispatch→ Why the Federal Reserve Matters
The nation’s central bank does more than set interest rates.
The Dispatch→ Georgia Is Slipping Away
Its citizens want to join NATO and the EU, but its fraudulently elected government is aligned with Russia and welcoming to China.
The Dispatch→ Cash Alone Won’t End Poverty
Raising national standards of living requires investing in people.
The Dispatch→ Can Common-Sense Solutions Fix What Ails Young Men?
Lawmakers and policy experts are examining how to restore purpose to young men’s lives.
The Dispatch→ When They Go Low, We Go Low
To combat Trumpism, Democrats play the imitation game.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Vail School District Teachers Wearing ‘Problem Solved’ Halloween T-Shirts Is NOT Related To Assassination Of Charlie Kirk
Did Arizona teachers mock the murder of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk by wearing 'Problem Solved' T-shirts covered in what looked like artificial blood? No, that's not true: According to the school district's superintendent,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mount Everest Scenarios Are NOT Real — Videos Of Wise Sherpas, Demanding CEOs, Rich Executives, And Sisters Left For Dead All Show AI Generated Stereotypes
Does a real video show a rich executive trying to override a sherpa's decision to wait by paying him to keep going to the Everest summit? No, that's not true: A TikTok account has been posting AI-generated videos of stereotypical Everest
The Dispatch→ Champagne Wishes, Caviar Dreams
Do ‘optics’ still matter?
PolitiFact→ JB Pritzker – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump ‘shut down the SNAP machines.’ There are no SNAP machines
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – US citizens make up the majority of SNAP recipients, contrary to X posts
The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rage Baiting Troll Did NOT Get Eviction Karma After Bragging Taxpayers Support Her $50/month Subsidized Rent — It’s All Fiction
Did a welfare recipient's online brag about her $50-a-month taxpayer-subsidized rent get her evicted after angry social media users reported her to "housing" officials? No, none of that is true: It's rage bait. The character seen in a ser
PolitiFact→ Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE
Fact-checking Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview
PolitiFact→ Trump's actions could affect the 2026 midterm elections. What will it mean for voters?
How could midterm elections change under Trump?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Person Admitting Plan To ‘Illegally Vote’ For Zohran Mamdani ‘Six or Seven Times’ In NYC Mayoral Race IS A Meme
Did a video of a social media user claiming to be about to cast a ballot for Zohran Mamdani "six or seven times" in the 2025 New York City mayoral election capture a self-incriminating admission of voter fraud? No, that's not true: The cl