Did either Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists is "just a musician"? No, that's not true: The claim was made abo
The Dispatch→ The Religion Underneath Our Arguments
What we fight about is not really what we disagree about.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Trump Post Image About ‘Only Criminals’ Carrying ‘Guns On Our Streets’ NOT Actual Truth Social Post After Minneapolis Shooting
Did President Trump post on Truth Social that "HE HAD A GUN, ONLY CRIMINALS CARRY GUNS ON OUR STREETS, WE NEED LAW AND ORDER" as a viral screenshot claims? No, that's not true: The image, which also contained the signature "Thank you for
Lead Stories→ What We Know About Claim Alex Pretti, Was Disarmed Seconds Before He Was Shot and Killed by Immigration Agent
Does video show a federal immigration agent taking a gun away from Alex Pretti two seconds before another agent began shooting Pretti? A frame-by-frame look at the first viral video of the incident shared on social media does show a feder
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week We Didn’t Seize Greenland
President Trump returns from Davos empty-handed.
The Dispatch→ Old Color for a Gray New World
Depression glass, a musical renaissance, and hotels. (And more hotels.)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because ‘Complex Social Policy’ Is ‘Out Of Their League’ Are Spam From Vietnam
Did Karoline Leavitt dismiss various celebrities, saying "complex social policy" was "out of their league" and dismissing them as just a singer, musician, actor or comedian? No, that's not true: The claim about a televised confrontation i
The Dispatch→ ‘Push Back the Keyboard and Go for a Walk’ | Ruminant
Shout out to Vlada
The Dispatch→ The Pop Punk Renaissance
The music of the mid-aughts wasn’t just a phase.
The Dispatch→ The Haunted Fiction of George Saunders
A new novel joins the writer’s oeuvre about the spiritual world.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Vehicles Are NOT Being Towed And Impounded In Atlanta, ICE NOT Banned On State Roads By 10th Amendment — It’s A Joke
Are tow trucks impounding ICE vehicles in Atlanta because the U.S. Constitution's 10th amendment does not allow ICE to drive on state roads? No, that's not true: The claim is a satirical post from a known satire account. The 10th amendmen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helen Keller’s Life Achievements Were NOT Faked — Social Media Conspiracies Offer No Hard Evidence
Are the stories of Helen Keller's life achievements just a made up scam? No, that's not true: A vague conspiracy aims to erase the well-documented life achievements of Helen Keller. The American author and social activist was both deaf an
The Dispatch→ The Memes Will Continue
Who needs credibility when you have impunity?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say Trump ‘Mistook Greenland For Iceland’ Because ‘They Share The Same Border’
Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt say that "Trump mistook Greenland for Iceland" because "they share the same border"? No, that's not true: The internet rumor attributing those words to her originated from a satire account.
The Dispatch→ The Nationalists’ Dead End
A movement that depended on an American-led international order shows its fatal flaws.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Somali Defendant Sentenced To 30 Years For Child Care Fraud Asking To Be Deported Is NOT Real — AI Slop
Is a video showing a Somali man in court asking to be deported instead of having to serve a 30-year prison sentence for daycare fraud real? No, that's not true: The short clip was created by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Usha Vance Dressed In The Same Fabric As Couch Is NOT Real
Does a viral image really show Usha Vance in plaid clothes matching the fabric of the couch she sits on? No, that's not true: According to a facial recognition tool, the picture widely shared after the announcement of Usha Vance's fourth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article, Video Do NOT Prove Crowds Chanted ‘Mass Murderer’ At Bill Gates During WEF Visit
Is there credible evidence that crowds chanted "mass murderer" at Bill Gates when he attended the 2026 annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland? No, that's not true: The article that first made the claim didn't contain an
Full Fact→ How much does the US contribute to NATO?
With the US relationship with NATO top of the news agenda, and lots of claims about defence spending circulating, we look at the numbers.
Full Fact→ HAARP did not cause recent Northern Lights seen in UK
The Northern Lights seen across much of the UK this week were caused by a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun, not, as some claimed online, by the HAARP research facility in Alaska.
PolitiFact→ Major Gross Profit – Scam emails falsely claims people ‘must act’ to claim a $2,000 ‘tariff dividend’
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
Full Fact→ No, Amazon is not giving away unsold laptops
Amazon confirmed it is not giving away HP laptops that have been in storage for over a year.
PolitiFact→ Do 70% of immigrant detainees have criminal convictions or charges? Fact-checking Kristi Noem
What percent of ICE detainees have criminal histories?
The Dispatch→ What Is Trump’s Board of Peace?
Details of Trump’s Greenland deal emerge, Trump sues JPMorgan Chase, and Jasmine Crockett has an interesting pitch for Texan voters.
Full Fact→ Fake pictures of ‘British vigilantes’ slashing small boats shared online
Images of men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
The Dispatch→ Three More Years
On Trump's chaotic first year.
The Dispatch→ Chaos, Not Strategy
Trump advisers tout the ‘strategic’ necessity of acquiring Greenland, but the president’s actions make it hard to take those arguments seriously.
The Dispatch→ The Paradox America Can No Longer Sustain
The rules-based international order relied on the U.S. to lead the way without acting in naked self-interest.
The Dispatch→ The (Un) Making of the American Gentleman
The New World’s hotels were a laboratory for how a young country ought to behave.
The Dispatch→ Hey, Dummy
Vance doesn’t seem to realize he’s the tool, not the star.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s New Refugee Interviews Will Reopen Wounds We Promised to Help Heal
The decision to make already vetted refugees reinterview to stay here won’t make us safer.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About ICE Claim 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos’ ‘Criminal Illegal Alien’ Father Abandoned Him To Flee ICE Agents In Minnesota
Is a five-year-old Minnesota boy's father a "criminal illegal alien" who abandoned him in a running car at their home, running away when confronted by Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers? Here's what we know so far: School offi
The Dispatch→ A Botched Mugging
The Greenland episode is a historic strategic debacle.
PolitiFact→ What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claims About Greenland
Prior to announcing on Jan. 21 that he has reached a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with the secretary general of NATO, President Donald Trump had insisted that the United States needed to acquire Greenland for national security reasons
The Dispatch→ Trump Is the Least of the EV Industry’s Worries
Economic reality will always beat out political ambition.
The Dispatch→ The Greenland Tariff Farce and America’s ‘Emergency’ Emergency
Bogus emergencies have become the norm—and not just on trade.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics Roundup: Voters Sour on Trump’s Immigration Enforcement
Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong Crying During Arrest In FBI’s Minnesota ‘Church Riot’ Case — White House Posted An Altered Photo That Changes Her Expression, Adds Tears
Full Fact→ Fake Argos offer for bargain Xbox shared online
Posts on Facebook falsely claim that you can get an Xbox Series X from Argos for £3 simply for filling in a survey.