The military under nationalism.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump says FBI agents may have been Jan. 6 agitators. Investigations don’t support that.
On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump 2020 Graphic Was NOT Edited Onto Shirt Of LDS Church Shooting Suspect Thomas J. Sanford — Digital Edit Took The Graphic Off
Was a Trump 2020 graphic digitally added to a family photo of Michigan LDS church shooting suspect Thomas J. Sanford? No, that's not true: The picture with the Trump 2020 graphic is the original, posted publicly on Facebook in 2019 and un
PolitiFact→ Amy Klobuchar – Would rural residents get hit twice as hard by expiring ACA subsidies?
People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: India’s Telemarketers Did NOT Threaten To Go On Strike To Protest Trump Tariffs
Did "all of India's telemarketers" threaten "to go on strike permanently" if the U.S. places increased tariffs on imports from that country? No, that's not true: No media organizations reported that. The viral post that resurfaced at the
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Behind Comey Indictment Is Unclear
James Comey, a former director of the FBI, was indicted on two criminal counts on Sept. 25 by a federal grand jury in Virginia. But the barely two-page indictment provides very little information about the underlying evidence for the charges of lying
The Dispatch→ Selective Prosecutions
‘Everything about this was reeking of politicized prosecution.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Music Lessons Have NOT Been Banned In Hamburg Because Muslims Consider Them Haram — The German News Report Is About A Joint Statement Against Intolerance and Exclusion
Did the public school system in Hamburg, Germany ban music lessons to avoid offending Muslims who view them to be forbidden or 'haram'? No, that's not true: The Hamburg public schools did no such thing. A German language news report has b
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Project 2025 and Immigration
Project 2025 and President Donald Trump are largely in sync on immigration. U.S. soldiers at the Mexican border on May 8. Photo by Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images. That’s hardly surprising. Ken Cuccinelli, who served as an acting dire
Full Fact→ Video of woman claiming her baby is transgender is satirical ‘rage bait’
A viral clip is recirculating on social media and once again being shared as though it is genuine - but it’s not.
Full Fact→ Baseless claim that Declan Rice donated millions to Tower Hamlets Council spreads on social media
Posts sharing the claim about the footballer have been shared thousands of times on social media, but the council has confirmed it isn’t true.
Full Fact→ No, the government is not introducing a £100 annual pet fee from October
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told Full Fact this is “completely false”.
Full Fact→ Miscaptioned video shows Turkish football fans, not the Gaza aid flotilla
The footage has been shared widely on social media with misleading captions claiming it depicts the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Full Fact→ Amazon is not giving away laptops for £3
An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the offer being shared on social media is not legitimate.
Full Fact→ No, people who have more than £500 in the bank will not be placed on a national monitoring register
HMRC told us this is “completely false”.
PolitiFact→ Dan Koh – Congress gets paid during a government shutdown. What about the janitors?
“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Full Fact→ Thank you for the lasagne r/ukpolitics
Wembley lasagne, swans and AI fakes, just another day as a fact checker. Chris Morris (no, not that one) took r/ukpolitics inside the fight against bad information, the need for good stats and keeping an eye on government promises.
Full Fact→ No new £2,000 fine for unmarried couples who don’t declare their status
Videos circulating on social media claim you need to tell the government if you’ve been living with your partner for more than a year, or you’ll face a £2,000 fine. But this isn’t true.
AllSides→ Trump, Project 2025 and the ‘Dismantling’ of the ‘Administrative State’
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trump-project-2025-and-the-dismantling-of-the-administrative-state/ D
Full Fact→ Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme?
Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.
Full Fact→ No, a Met Police video of the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally didn’t show a 2020 protest
The AI chatbot Grok and some social media users wrongly claimed the footage was years old and from an anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Politicized Justice Department
In just eight months, the Trump administration has transformed the DOJ.
The Dispatch→ A Permission Slip to Be a Person
Women’s natural selves are often seen as defective from the start.
The Dispatch→ Health Care Subsidies Are a Political Shortcut, Not a Lasting Policy Solution
Congress should focus on lowering the cost of care, not just subsidizing insurance enrollment.
The Dispatch→ Argentina First? Why Trump Is Betting $20 Billion on Javier Milei.
History indicates an economic bailout plan for the South American country is unlikely to succeed.
The Dispatch→ What Kamala Harris Has to Say for Herself
And why we probably haven’t heard the last of her.
The Dispatch→ The F-Word
A hit dog will holler.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man In Union Jack Underpants Throwing Water Over Palestinian Protest Speaker
Is a video that shows a man in Union Jack underwear throwing water over a Palestinian protester authentic? No, that's not true: The video appears to be AI generated using a still image of British MP Zarah Sultana that has been publicly av
PolitiFact→ Hakeem Jeffries – Donald Trump’s cuts to medical research would be steep, but Hakeem Jeffries exaggerates them
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does Show Suspected Michigan Church Shooter Thomas Jacob Sanford Wearing Trump Shirt
Does a viral image show the man suspected of the September 28, 2025, Michigan church attack? Yes, that's true: The photo originated from an old page on Facebook documenting the medical condition of the man's son, who was diagnosed with a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show ISIS Parading Caged Yazidi Women In Mosul Before Burning Them To Death – It’s A 2013 Street Protest In Egypt
Does a viral photo document ISIS militants parading caged Yazidi women through Mosul, Iraq in 2016 before burning them to death? No, that's not true: The photo was taken in Alexandria, Egypt in 2013. It appeared in the Sharkia Today news
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of ‘Richard Miller’ And Nine Adopted Daughters Is NOT Authentic, Does NOT Document Real-Life Story
Does a viral image authentically show "Richard Miller" surrounded by "nine Black girls that nobody wanted" 46 years after he adopted them? No, that's not true: According to three AI detectors and Lead Stories' manual review of the picture
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dairy Queen Possibly Visited By Tyler Robinson After Charlie Kirk Shooting Has NOT Shut Down — Still Serving Blizzards
Has the Dairy Queen where a photo possibly shows Tyler Robinson visited hours after he allegedly shot Charlie Kirk to death been suspiciously shut down? No, that's not true: A photographer sent by Lead Stories to the DQ in Orem, Utah, con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grand Blanc, Michigan Church Shooter Was NOT The Same Thomas Sanford Listed In FEC Records Of ActBlue Donations
Did Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton Michigan, who was identified as the Grand Blanc, Michigan LDS church shooter, regularly donate to the American Democratic Party ActBlue political action committee? No, that's not true: A screenshot circu
Full Fact→ Police have said there’s ‘no evidence’ images show migrants stealing a swan to eat
Social media posts imply the pictures show migrants stealing a swan —but police say it appears the person pictured was trying to take a picture with a swan.
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Project 2025 and the ‘Dismantling’ of the ‘Administrative State’
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 – a policy manual for “the next conservative President” that was produced by the Heritage Foundation and written by veterans of the first Trump administratio
Full Fact→ Argos is not giving away HP laptops
Social media posts claim people can get a free laptop by filling in an online form, but this is a fake offer
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer has not announced a 32-hour working week from 2026
We’ve spotted several videos circulating on social media using inauthentic audio of the Prime Minister making these claims.
Full Fact→ Will ‘all UK citizens’ have to have digital ID?
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to claim last week that all UK citizens will have to have digital ID—but that’s only true for people who are working in the UK.
AllSides→ Q&A on Changes to Recommendations for Combined MMR and Chickenpox Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/qa-on-changes-to-recommendations-for-combined-mmr-and-chickenpox-vaccine/