Do federal judges have too much power—or do presidents?
The Dispatch→ Separating Snake Oil From Science
When the lines between expert and huckster are increasingly blurry, how do we determine what’s authoritative?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé $200,000 For A Campaign Rally Appearance — Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait
Did a legitimate news report reveal the Kamala Harris presidential campaign was making an illegal $200,000 payment for travel expenses to music mogul Beyoncé for appearing at a campaign rally in 2024? No, that's not true: A satire site c
The Dispatch→ The Other Coup
How will Democrats handle the Joe Biden cover-up?
PolitiFact→ In context: Joe Biden’s 2022 cancer remarks resurface with 2025 prostate cancer diagnosis
In Context: Biden’s 2022 cancer remarks
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Graph Does NOT Show Romanian Presidential Candidate Nicușor Dan Winning 98% Of Votes
Does a viral graph accurately represent the outcome of the 2025 Romanian presidential election? No, that's not true: The graph showed the odds of Nicușor Dan's victory, not the actual share of the votes he earned. The image originated fr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Tesla Cybertruck Not Destroyed When ‘A Ton Of Rock’ Dropped On It
Does authentic video show a Tesla cybertruck is not destroyed when a boulder described as a ton of rock is dropped on it? No, that's not true: The video originates from a social media account that specializes in generative AI fake videos.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 — It’s USA Aid In 2024
Does a video show China air-dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza in May 2025? No, that's not true: The video is from March 2024, when U.S. military planes dropped food and supplies onto a beach in Beit Lahiya, Gaza. Other videos posted at
Internet Archive→ Key Capitol Hill Hearings : CSPAN3 : May 19, 2025 3:32pm-6:00pm EDT
Hearings, speeches and political coverage from around the United States..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
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Growing Exaggeration of U.S. Investments
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Since his first full day back in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the value of announced financial investments in the U.S. and taken credit for attracting them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kentucky Weather Service DID Send Out Tornado Warning Despite Trump Funding Cuts
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Fighter Jets And Cargo Plane Flying Over Giza Pyramids On Way To Gaza Air Drop
Does a video show Chinese fighter jets escorting a Chinese cargo plane over Egypt's Giza pyramids en route to an air-drop of food and supplies to Gaza? No, that's not true: The video shows a May 4, 2025 joint training drill between China
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Was NOT Met With ‘A Strong Chorus Of Boos’ At Atlanta Rock Fest — It’s Trolling
Was Bruce Springsteen booed off the stage at the Atlanta Southern Fried Rock Fest in May 2025? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer. The owner of the page is known for tricki
Full Fact→ Fake ‘£2 for two’ Wetherspoons offer shared on Facebook
No, Wetherspoons isn’t offering “£2 for two” dinner vouchers to Facebook users who complete an online survey.
Full Fact→ What’s been agreed between the UK and the EU on fishing?
The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlin
Internet Archive→ White House Press Secretary Briefs Reporters : CSPAN2 : May 19, 2025 9:10am-9:43am EDT
[LIVE] White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters and responds to questions on the Trump administration's policy agenda. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN2.This item has files of the following types: Captions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Secret’ Recording of Prince Was NOT Played in Court at Diddy’s Trial
Did prosecutors in the sex trafficking trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs play in court a "secret" recording of the voice of Prince "naming names"? No, that's not true: The rumor appeared in a YouTube video whose description labeled the claim "f
The Dispatch→ Husbandry Matters
On family, finances, and black mobility.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Billy Joel Did NOT Cancel Non-Existent Concerts With Bruce Springsteen Over Trump Criticism — Story is Satire
Did Billy Joel cancel a series of concerts with Bruce Springsteen in May 2025, during the fallout from criticism by Springsteen of President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on a Facebook page that describes its ou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Billy Joel Did NOT Cancel Non-Existent Concerts With Bruce Springsteen Over Trump Criticism — Story is Satire
Did Billy Joel cancel a series of concerts with Bruce Springsteen in May 2025, during the fallout from criticism by Springsteen of President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on a Facebook page that describes its ou
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Syria Reset
Sectarian violence threatens to unravel the president’s plans for the country.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About LeBron James Calling Karoline Leavitt ‘KKK Barbie’ Originated On Spoof Facebook Page — Not Real
Did basketball player LeBron James call Karoline Leavitt "KKK Barbie" in an interview and did she respond that her family "fought to end slavery" while his "came from Jamaica"? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About LeBron James Calling Karoline Leavitt ‘KKK Barbie’ Originated On Spoof Facebook Page — Not Real
Did basketball player LeBron James call Karoline Leavitt "KKK Barbie" in an interview and did she respond that her family "fought to end slavery" while his "came from Jamaica"? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
The Dispatch→ What Remains of Conservatism
How much can Trump get away with?
The Dispatch→ Temptation as a Public Policy Problem
Pot, porn, and burritos are part of an ever-growing temptation economy. What do we do about it?
The Dispatch→ How Trump Can Avoid Another Bad Iran Nuclear Deal
Shoring up American credibility would go a long way.
The Dispatch→ The Empty Ecstasy of Digital Crowds
How new systems of meaning-making are making meaning impossible.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Cruise Ships Dumping Sewage Into The Ocean — Fake Footage
Does a viral video authentically show several cruise ships dumping raw sewage into the sea using huge pipes? No, that's not true: According to several AI detection tools the video was generated using artificial intelligence. It also conta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antifa Did NOT Hang Jeffrey Epstein Banner Next To Donald Trump’s On Department of Agriculture Building — Parody
Did Antifa hang a Jeffrey Epstein banner next to Donald Trump's banner on the Department of Agriculture building in Washington? No, that's not true: Epstein's image was added with digital manipulation of a real photo of the front of the A
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week of Trump’s Middle East Trip
Plus, Jonah Goldberg on the challenge of defining ‘conservatism.’
The Dispatch→ The Mainstream of Yore
Sandcastles in the sand.
The Dispatch→ Before Trump Sought to Annex Canada, Washington Took the Expos
How baseball ‘reshored’ the team that became the Nationals 20 years ago.
The Dispatch→ Why You Shouldn’t Have Kids—And Why You Should Anyway
Having kids is difficult in ways easy to talk about and great in ways difficult to talk about.
The Dispatch→ Why Conservatives—and Everyone Else—Should Read Novels
The apex form of the English language has something to teach everyone.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Misleading Line on the Chickenpox Vaccine
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t vaccinate children against chickenpox because a study
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – HHS Secretary RFK Jr. tussled with Sen. Chris Murphy about measles vaccine safety. Who was right?
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s South Africa ‘Genocide’ Spin
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Asked by a reporter why he was welcoming white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees, President Donald Trump said there was “a genocide that’s taking place” again
The Dispatch→ Deals and Duds, All the Way Down
If it’s not a deal he made himself, Donald Trump doesn’t want it.