A federal lawsuit filed Friday aims to block a Tennessee law that would make it...
The Dispatch→ Iran Retaliates, and Trump Declares a Truce
Plus, the U.S. bombing operation raises concerns about presidential war powers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story Of $1B Loss From Customer Backlash Against ‘Woke’ Dunkin’ Donuts Ads Is A Recycled Satire Story
Did Dunkin' Donuts' CEO announce in June 2025 that a woke ad campaign cost the company $1 billion, forcing it to backtrack? No, that's not true: The story is fiction and copies the idea, but not the words, of a September 2024 spoof produc
News Facts Network→ Abbott Blocks GOP-Backed THC Ban, Citing Legal Concerns Over Federal Hemp Law
In a surprise move, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 3 on Sunday, a...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Prove Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Resigned As Of June 23, 2025
Did Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly announce his resignation from office as of June 23, 2025? No, that's not true: As of this writing, no such dispatches appeared on websites of credible news outlets. The website of the Irani
News Facts Network→ Texas Targets Undocumented Students With Out-of-State Tuition Hike Mandate
Following a recent court ruling, Texas is requiring public colleges and universities to identify undocumented...
News Facts Network→ Utah ‘Dreamer’ Details Trauma of ICE Detention Sparked by Local Law Enforcement Tip
Caroline Dias Goncalves, a nursing student at the University of Utah, was released Friday after...
The Dispatch→ Hubris in Legal Movements
(F)ax that.
The Dispatch→ What’s Next for the U.S. and Israel?
The mission can succeed only if Iran is kept from rebuilding its nuclear program.
The Dispatch→ What the Iran Strike Reveals About MAGA’s Future
Both J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio hope to shape the movement’s foreign policy.
The Dispatch→ Supreme Court Pauses District Court Order Preventing Immigrants From Being Deported to Third-Party Countries
The plaintiffs in the case are four undocumented immigrants with deportation orders.
News Facts Network→ Putin Denounces U.S. Strikes on Iran, Calls Action ‘Unprovoked Aggression’
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned recent U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, calling them a...
News Facts Network→ Nebraskans Sound Alarm Over Health Care Cuts in Federal Budget Bill
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a budget reconciliation bill backed by Donald...
News Facts Network→ Marine Veteran Condemns Beating of Undocumented Father by Border Agents
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Alejandro Barranco, is speaking out after witnessing viral footage of...
The Dispatch→ Kakistocracy at War
The bitter and the sweet of populist leadership.
News Facts Network→ Ceasefire Begins Between Israel and Iran Following Trump-Led Deal
Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that began at midnight ET, following...
PolitiFact→ Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes
What to know about the Strait of Hormuz oil trade route
PolitiFact→ X posts – Photo shows Chilean pilot, not Israeli pilot captured by Iran
Photo shows Israeli pilot Sarah Ahronot, who was captured by Iran.
PolitiFact→ False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake
How to verify footage amid US attack on Iran
News Facts Network→ Florida AG Petitions Supreme Court to Reinstate State Immigration Law
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has asked the Supreme Court to stay a federal judge’s...
News Facts Network→ Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Third-Country Deportation Policy
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court injunction that had blocked the Donald...
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates Tariff Revenue
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Treasury Department data show that revenue from tariffs on imported foreign goods increased substantially in April and May, setting monthly records. But the total is less than half
PolitiFact→ Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say
Are Iran nuclear sites ‘totally obliterated,’ as Trump said?
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?
Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon?
PolitiFact→ X posts – Viral video claims to show fire from Israel-Iran war, but it’s from an abandoned England college
Video shows “massive fire after Iranian missile made impact in Tel Aviv” in June 2025.
News Facts Network→ RFK Jr., Dr. Oz Unveil Health Insurance Reforms to Streamline Prior Authorization
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator...
The Dispatch→ Regime Change
‘Make Iran Great Again’?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘If we elect Trump, we will be at war within 6 months’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say "If we elect Trump, we will be at war within 6 months" as multiple viral memes claim she did? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available proof she said it. None of the multiple versions of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videogame Video Shows B2 Bomber Landing On Aircraft Carrier — Not Real, Not Recent
Did a video really show a B2 bomber landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: The video, which went viral in the wake of the U.S. bombing Iranian nuclear plants with such planes in June 2025, appeared on a TikTok ch
News Facts Network→ Iran Launches Missile Attack on U.S. Base in Qatar, Prompting Regional Alerts
Iran launched an attack on the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar following...
News Facts Network→ Trump Escalates Nuclear Rhetoric in Wake of Medvedev’s Threat
Donald Trump on Monday criticized former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for suggesting that Iran’s allies...
News Facts Network→ New AI Study Uses Media Bias Fact Check to Accurately Detect Political Bias in News
A groundbreaking study published in PLOS One demonstrates that machine learning can effectively detect political...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Do NOT Show Fires in Tel Aviv, Israel, After Iranian Strike — Pics Display Signs Of Generative AI
Do viral images authentically document fires in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the aftermath of Iranian strikes during the June 2025 escalation of the conflict? No, that's not true: The set that purported to show a badly damaged building of a gover
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran … Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025
Does a viral video document U.S. Army soldiers deploying to Iran on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: The post provides no evidence where those soldiers are going, nor when. No Army deployments have been documented by evidence-based new
Full Fact→ Fake ‘Grauniad’ grooming gangs column shared as if real on Facebook
A screenshot originally shared by a parody account has been shared on Facebook by several people who appear to believe it is real.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Iran attack on Ben Gurion airport
A clip is circulating on social media with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on the airport in Tel Aviv.
News Facts Network→ ICE Detains Breastfeeding Mother Married to Marine Veteran
ICE detained Paola Clouatre, the wife of Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre, last month in...
News Facts Network→ Missouri Moves Closer to Ending Racial Hair Bias in Education With CROWN Act
Missouri could become the 28th state to protect natural hair textures from discrimination, as Gov....
News Facts Network→ Pakistan Condemns U.S. Strikes on Iran After Nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Pakistan on Sunday condemned U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, just one day after nominating...
News Facts Network→ Judge Orders Release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Ahead of Smuggling Trial
A federal judge ruled Sunday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El...