Las Vegas chapels of love that use Elvis Presley's likeness could find themselves becoming Heartbreak Hotels.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What steps do election officials take to prevent fraud?
Falsehoods continue to flow about voter fraud and election security. We explain the answers to voters’ questions about how officials take steps to deliver a secure election.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Was the Georgia Gubernatorial Primary Rigged?
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)After Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp beat former Sen. David Perdue in the gubernatorial Republican primary last week, voter conspiracy theories began circulating on social media. Perdue, who was endors
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arkansas DA Did NOT Get Court Order To Exhume Vince Foster’s Body — It’s Satire
Did an Arkansas district attorney get a court order to exhume the body of former deputy White House counsel Vince Foster? No, that's not true: The claim, which suggests that former first lady Hillary Clinton was responsible for Foster's d
Snopes→ Egypt Displays Trove of Newly Discovered Ancient Artifacts
Egypt displayed a trove of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country's antiquities authorities said were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About the Border Patrol and the Uvalde School Shooting
Viral social media posts claim that the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was killed by an off-duty Border Patrol agent “who charged in the school with his dad shirt and jeans on.”The shooter was killed by Border Patrol agents. Early reports in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Law Enforcement Raided Arizona Nonprofits In ‘2000 Mules’ Ballot Trafficking Investigation
Is there proof of law enforcement raids on multiple Arizona nonprofit organizations in a "2000 Mules"-driven ballot trafficking investigation? No, there's no evidence that's true: Reporting by The Arizona Republic puts two uniformed offic
Snopes→ Jury Sides with Depp on Lawsuit, Heard on Counterclaim
Jury members found Depp should be awarded $15 million in damages, while Heard should receive $2 million.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Finland Did NOT Move Troops To The Border With Russia — Trains Moved In The Opposite Direction
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that Finland transferred tanks to the Russian border at the beginning of May 2022? No, it's not true: A video showing trains carrying military equipment captured the Finnish army heading to a scheduled mili
Snopes→ Hinckley Nears Full Freedom 41 Years After Shooting Reagan
A federal judge is set to preside over an important hearing for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Video of Pfizer CEO was deceptively edited to make false claim
"Pfizer CEO says it’s their dream to reduce the population by 50% in 2023.”
Snopes→ Biden’s Ex Daughter-In-Law Opens Up About Marriage to Hunter
Kathleen Buhle describes her ex-husband's drug addiction, her response to his infidelity — including an affair with her widowed sister-in-law — and her challenges integrating into the Biden family.
Full Fact→ EU rules didn’t ‘ban’ crown symbols on pint glasses
18 years after the EU ordered us to remove Crown symbol from our pint glasses, Boris brings them back for Jubilee. Mail on Sunday, 29 May 2022 . A Mail on Sunday front page article claims that the crown symbol on pint glasses will be reintroduced by t
Snopes→ BTS Visits White House to Discuss Combating Hate Crime Surge
K-Pop sensation BTS visited the White House to talk with President Joe Biden about combating the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans — bringing superstar sizzle to an otherwise sad and scary topic.
AllSides→ Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/ask-scicheck-files-the-relationship-between-mental-health-and-mass-shootings/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicago High School Will NOT Use Race-Based Grading System During 2022-23 School Year
Will a suburban Chicago high school use a race-based grading system during the 2022-2023 school year? No, that's not true: According to Oak Park and River Forest High School, such a policy has neither been proposed nor implemented at the
PolitiFact→ Emerald Robinson – The Pants on Fire claim that ‘nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes’
“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
Snopes→ Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law on Social Media Censorship
A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Full Fact→ The Queen was not involved in disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian school
A Facebook post falsely claims that the Queen was found guilty in a missing children case. The post states that a whistleblower was “incarcerated” for “daring to ask superiors about Queen Elizabeth’s outstanding arrest warrant&r
Logically→ The Texas school shooter was trans.
A photo of an unrelated transgender woman from Georgia has been shared, with claims the image depicts the Texas school shooter.
Full Fact→ The Platinum Jubilee will not cost each UK household £38,000
A post on Facebook with a screenshot of a tweet says: “If the estimated £1 billion being spent on the jubilee was divided amongst the 26 million households in the UK, it would mean a windfall for each household of £38,000. Now that wo
Snopes→ After Mass Shooting, NYC Explores Gun Detectors in Subways
The technology to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons does exist, and is used now to screen people at places like sports stadiums and theme parks.
Logically→ The recent outbreaks of Monkeypox are cover-ups for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
This claim is based on several debunked conspiracy theories and misinterpretations of reported data.
Snopes→ Cosby Faces Sex Abuse Allegations Again As Civil Trial Opens
Bill Cosby will again be facing sex abuse allegations as attorneys give opening statements in a civil trial that's one of the last remaining legal claims against the comedian.
Logically→ The official Pride flag will include the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
The Ukrainian flag colors are not part of the current version of the Progress Pride flag. The widely shared image started out as satire.
Snopes→ Biden Talks Gun Control, Extremism with New Zealand’s PM
President Joe Biden praised New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her success in curbing domestic extremism and guns.
Poynter→ Armed campus police do not prevent school shootings, research shows
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has blamed others for politicizing the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, to advance discussions about gun access. To Cruz, the answer is simpler. “We know from past experiences that the most […] The post Armed c
Logically→ The World Economic Forum has its own paramilitary force.
WEF does not have a paramilitary force of its own. The Swiss Police forces wore a temporary WEF patch for the event in Graubünden, Switzerland.
Logically→ The Indian Ministry of Railways runs a subsidy program worth Rs 6000 in exchange for people’s details.
The Indian railway ministry has not launched any subsidy program in exchange for personal information.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Poland Plans To Occupy Western Ukraine
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that Warsaw is going to send troops to the western parts of Ukraine to repossess the lands Poland used to own in the distant past? No, it's not true. Claims about the allegedly planned Polish invasion of Uk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Considering Buying Keystone XL Pipeline — Claim Is From A Satirical Site
Is Elon Musk considering buying the Keystone XL pipeline? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a satirical website with a clear disclaimer on its About Us page. It is the work of Christopher Blair, a notorious liberal prankster who
Snopes→ Clinton 2016 Campaign Lawyer Michael Sussmann Acquitted of Lying to the FBI
The case against Michael Sussmann was the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham since his appointment three years ago to search for misconduct during the investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Snopes→ A National Database for Sudafed, but No Background Check for Ammo?
The Uvalde massacre in May 2022 focused attention, once again, on the ease of availability of guns and bullets in the United States.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Uvalde Victim Amerie Jo Garza Did NOT Have 2 ‘Different Fathers’ Speaking On 2 TV Networks — One Is Her Father, The Other Her Stepfather
Did two different television networks report on the same Uvalde school shooting victim with two different fathers? No, that's not true: Both the biological father and stepfather of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, gave interviews to different network
Snopes→ Texas Police: Teacher Closed Propped-Open Door Before Attack
An exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed by a teacher shortly before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers, leaving investigators searching to determine why, state police said.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Active shooter drills are common in American schools, not evidence of false flag attack
Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This off-duty Border Patrol agent didn’t kill the Uvalde school shooter
The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.”
Snopes→ Did Border Patrol Officer Jacob Albarado Kill the Uvalde School Shooter?
Albarado truly rushed to the scene when he heard that there was a shooting at his daughter's school, but social media posts got several details wrong about his involvement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado Killed Gunman In Texas School Shooting
Did Jacob Albarado, an off-duty Border Patrol agent, kill Salvador Ramos, the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school? There's no such evidence: Albarado, whose wife worked at the school and child atten
FactCheck.org→ Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings
In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks. But as we’ve explained before, having a mental illness isn’t predictive of who will perpetrate a