Audio shows a BBC reporter making a vulgar comment about an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mooresville PD Did NOT Warn About Fentanyl Zip Ties Placed On Tire Rims By Traffickers — Urban Legend
Did Mooresville police warn about zip ties laced with fentanyl being placed on tire rims by sex or drug traffickers as claimed in several viral Facebook posts? No, that's not true: The Mooresville Police Department denied the rumor in a F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane That Crashed In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Was NOT A ‘Modified Cessna Golden Eagle’ Registered To Little-Known ‘Echelon Air Logistics’
Was the plane that crashed in the parking lot of a retirement facility near the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Airport a "modified Cessna Golden Eagle" registered to a "shell company in Delaware" named Echelon Air Logistics? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Tourist Becky Burke WAS Detained By ICE At US-Canada Border
Did ICE detain British national Becky Burke on the Canadian border? Yes, that's true: A spokesperson for the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, asked by Lead Stories specifically about Burke, confirmed a "British national"
Internet Archive→ Live: Public Affairs Events : CSPAN3 : March 10, 2025 2:00pm-3:30pm EDT
Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON, MPEG1, Metadata, SubRip, TV Clips JSO
Full Fact→ Viral clip shows Israeli tanks in the West Bank, not Syria
The clip has been shared with the incorrect claim it shows Israeli forces advancing into Syrian territory.
Full Fact→ Viral clip shows filming of a music video, not Ukrainian soldiers ‘faking combat’ to secure US funds
One post sharing this claim has more than 4,000 shares.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Wildfires weren’t deliberately set to make way for Myrtle Beach’s smart city plans
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area fires were intentional to build a “smart city.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mixed Reality Video Showing Air Force One Flying Past Aircraft Carrier Is NOT Real — Digital Art Creation
Does a viral video really show President Trump's Air Force One doing several flyovers of an aircraft carrier to honor the Navy personnel on it? No, that's not true: The video was digitally created by an online artist who goes by the name
The Dispatch→ The Souls of Serfs and Subjects
Justice Amy Coney Barrett and ‘loyalty.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Quote About Illegal Border Crossings Down ‘More Than 100 Percent’ WAS Published By White House
Did the White House publish a quote by President Trump in which he said "illegal border crossings have plummeted" by "much more than 100 percent" in just over one month? Yes, that's true: The quote appeared in a publication titled "REMARK
The Dispatch→ Trump Creates a ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’
The announcement sparked mixed reactions—even among crypto enthusiasts.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post About ‘Gender Critical Feminists’ In ‘Serious Altercation’ In Public Bathroom Goes Viral Again — Transgender Fight NOT Real
Did a story about two "gender critical feminists" being treated in hospital after a "serious altercation" in a public bathroom originate as real news? No, that's not true: A satire account made it up as a joke and claimed it happened beca
The Dispatch→ When the Left Became an Online Mob
‘The alternative to Zionism is a second Holocaust.’
The Dispatch→ Republicans Want to Change the Culture. Can They?
History shows that culture resists legislation.
The Dispatch→ PEPFAR Funding Problems Persist Despite Rubio’s Waivers
Organizations administering the anti-HIV/AIDS program are still struggling to access money to operate.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again
Did Donald Trump admit in an Oval Office ceremony on March 7, 2025, that the 2024 election was rigged so that he could become president again? No, that's not true: President Trump was claiming the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Bid
The Dispatch→ Documentary: Why Are Young Conservatives Converting to Catholicism?
Watch our documentary here.
Internet Archive→ State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash : CNNW : March 9, 2025 6:00am-7:00am PDT
Jake Tapper and Dana Bash bring together major newsmakers, analysts and experts to tackle pressing domestic issues and diplomacy on the global stage..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CNNW.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON,
The Dispatch→ Make Asceticism Great Again?
Plus: Why the Bible is both a sacred anchor and evolving artifact.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline Says France Is Demanding $150 Trillion In Interest For Funding U.S. Independence — Macron Did Not Say This
Did French President Macron demand "$150 trillion in interest" for funding US independence, also known as the American Revolution, claiming France's support was a loan? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot with that headline showing an
The Dispatch→ Sacred Anchor, Evolving Artifact
Bruce Gordon’s history of the Bible argues that it’s both.
The Dispatch→ Learning the Wrong Lessons About Lent From the Desert Fathers
‘Sanctification is a lifelong process.’
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week of Trump’s Address to Congress
The president delivers a partisan speech to a divided chamber—and nation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet ‘The USA Needs To Hold An Election. Trump Would Lose By A Landslide’ — Fake Screenshot
Did Elon Musk tweet "The USA needs to hold an election. Trump would lose by a landslide." on March 7, 2025? No, that's not true: The post in question does not appear on Musk's X account and it was not indexed by Google. A viral screenshot
The Dispatch→ The Present Creates the Past
All sorts of Russians in the Pine Barrens.
The Dispatch→ Taking Sin Seriously
A new book chronicles the collapse of American confession.
The Dispatch→ Is Empathy a Sin?
A yes-or-no answer doesn’t serve us.
The Dispatch→ How Mickey 17 Values (and Devalues) Human Life
Satire calls out our problems. But it doesn’t fix them.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Delivers Remarks from Oval Office : CSPAN : March 7, 2025 8:40pm-9:17pm EST
President Trump delivered remarks from the Oval Office on the jobs report and the economy. He also took questions from the press on various topics including tariffs, hostages in Gaza, and a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine....This item belongs to:
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump on February job numbers: manufacturing, auto industry and native-born workers
President Donald Trump touted February monthly job gains, mentioning manufacturing, the auto industry and jobs for native-born workers. Some of his talking points were accurate, while others were missing important context.
PolitiFact→ Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading
DOGE said it’s ending the lease on an Illinois site that houses records and artifacts for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. The federal agency using the site had already announced in August 2024 it was ending the lease. It’s unclear how much m
The Dispatch→ End-Around
Trump targets Perkins Coie.
The Dispatch→ A Unified Field Theory of Trump
This will not end well.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Rep. Nancy Mace With Exaggerated Features
Does a photo shared to X authentically depict Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina? No, that's not true: The image in question has been edited to exaggerate the politican's eyes, mouth, and facial features. Her official portr
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say
A measles outbreak in West Texas had sickened at least 198 people as of March 7. It began with Texas residents, but the origin of the outbreak is unknown, state health officials said.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles
In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatment
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Durban, South Africa In March 2025 — It Was Shot In 2021 After Protests
Does a video show conditions in Durban, South Africa in March 2025? No, that's not true: The video in the post was recorded in the aftermath of protests and unrest in July 2021. The same video was posted on X on July 15, 2021 carrying the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Korea mRNA Warning Story NOT Confirmed By Cited Source — NO Mention Of ‘6 Billion People’ With ‘VAIDS’
Did South Korea issue a warning about mRNA vaccines, saying "6 billion people now have VAIDS" as a viral article claimed? No, that's not true: VAIDS is not a real condition and the story making originated on a notoriously unreliable websi
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Apple didn’t remove International Women’s Day from its calendar app — it was never there
"Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”