The AI industry needs "more energy than the entire country produces right now ... In fact some people say almost double."
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer at PMQs: five times we fact checked the outgoing PM
As Sir Keir Starmer prepares to face his final Prime Minister’s Questions, we’ve collected some of the most memorable claims we fact checked during his time at the despatch box.
Full Fact→ Is the national roll-out of gigabit broadband on track?
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: FAKE AI Sandra Bullock Videos Try To Seduce You With Congeniality At Speed — Gravity Of These Scams On The Net Is Infamous
Have you seen viral videos showing Sandra Bullock asking for personal information of followers? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. They do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Russia Hit Skyfall Facility Visited By Lindsey Graham
Do viral posts prove that Russia destroyed the Skyfall drone production facility in Ukraine visited by late Senator Lindsey Graham hours before his death? No, that's not true: The posts don't cite any sources. No credible media outlets re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Man Catching Wife ‘In The Act’ Kissing Another Man — It’s Skit With Actors
Is a video of a man catching his wife "in the act" of kissing another man and walking away instead of getting upset authentic? No, that's not true: The video shows a sketch with actors who are creating a scenario. The TikTok account that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Did NOT Decide Against Releasing CCTV Footage Of M.P. Ann Widdecombe Murder Suspect To Hide His Race, Ethnicity
Did police in the United Kingdom decide not to release CCTV footage of a suspect in the murder of Conservative Member of Parliament Ann Widdecombe to hide his race or ethnicity? No, that's not true: When Devon and Cornwall Police announce
FactCheck.org→ Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes
Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors money for work done on his presidential library in Chicago? A: Some subcontractors have said they were not paid for their work. The Obama Foundation told us that the construction project
PolitiFact→ X posts – Social media users spread conspiracy theories about Mitch McConnell after photo release
A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Garbled Newspaper Text Does NOT Appear In Mitch McConnell’s Proof Of Life Photo
Does zooming in on the newspaper pictured in a July 12, 2026, press release from Sen. Mitch McConnell's office show that the photo was AI-generated? No, that's not true: The fake close-up image of the newspaper text is the result of an AI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitch McConnell Photo Released In July 2026 Has NOT Been Publicly Available Since 2023
Has a photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, released by his office on July 12, 2026, been publicly available since 2023? No, that's not true: A reverse image search found no evidence that the image had been published three years earl
PolitiFact→ FIFA President Gianni Infantino potentially faces investigations over Trump’s World Cup involvement
FIFA President faces allegations of U.S. favoritism
FactCheck.org→ FactCheck.org Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact-Checking
FactCheck.org has won the 2025 Sigma Delta Chi award for fact-checking from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is our fourth win in the fact-checking category and our fifth award from SPJ overall. Our winning entry of three stories by Se
Full Fact→ Vaccines funded by Bill Gates did not cause autism to increase in Vietnam
A viral video suggests vaccines caused autism in Vietnam, but this idea has been widely debunked.
Lead Stories→ Warning: Google Gemini SynthID AI Watermark Detector Appears To Mix Up Results In Same Chat — Consistently Shows False Positives And Negatives Under Certain Conditions
While investigating a video for a recent fact-check, Lead Stories encountered a bizarre issue with the SynthID AI detector in Google's Gemini chatbot. Over several chats it appeared to contradict an earlier detection result for the same v
PolitiFact→ What are kratom’s uses and risks and how are states regulating it?
What is kratom and where is it illegal in the US?
Full Fact→ Harry Kane didn’t refuse to wear a rainbow symbol in matches
Claims being shared online that the England captain stated he will not wear the LGBT rainbow symbol in upcoming matches are false.
New York Times→ Trump Justifies $2 Billion Made as President With Inaccurate Claims
President Trump has wrongly attributed the $2 billion windfall he gained during his second term to a hot stock market and claimed that he was the only president to donate his salary.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UNSOURCED Wikipedia Page Does NOT Prove Egypt-Argentina Match Referee Francois Letexier Grew Up In ‘Orthodox Jewish Family’
Do viral screenshots of a Wikipedia article about French soccer referee François Letexier confirm that he is Jewish? No, that's not true: The edits made after the 2026 Egypt-Argentina FIFA World Cup game didn't link to credible sources s
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Making Phone Call During Egypt-Argentina Match — He Was At A Different Game
Did a caption accompanying a viral image correctly claim it showed FIFA President Gianni Infantino making a phone call after Egypt took a 2-0 lead over Argentina? No, that's not true: Infantino did not attend this World Cup game in Atlant
Full Fact→ HAARP can’t cause heatwaves
We’ve seen false claims circulating online that the research project HAARP is behind the recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe.
Full Fact→ Sample size matters—so World Cup stats aren’t always as impressive as they sound
When you hear stats about a country’s World Cup history, remember it probably comes from a few dozen games at most.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE France 24 Video Does NOT Accurately Summarize UPA-Related Monument Legislation
Does a real English-language France 24 video factually describe a Ukrainian bill about construction of a monument aimed at commemorating national heroes? No, that's not true: The head of France 24 English told Lead Stories that the French
PolitiFact→ What Trump’s communism claims miss about Democrats and democratic socialists
Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism
PolitiFact→ Paul Renner – FL governor’s race: Did Jay Collins sponsor a bill giving permanent tax breaks to AI data centers?
Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: REAL Email In Epstein Files Contains Joke About Mitt Romney’s Wife And Barack Obama
Is an email from the Epstein files with a joke about Mitt Romney's wife and Barack Obama real? Yes, that's true: The email appears among the Epstein files on the Justice Department website. It was sent to Jeffrey Epstein by Emirati busine
FactCheck.org→ Alaska Senate Race Ads Mislead on Peltola’s Votes on Military Pay Raise
Ads in the Alaska Senate race are trading competing claims about former Rep. Mary Peltola’s votes on military pay raises. In late 2023, Peltola, a Democrat, voted in favor of a compromise defense bill that included a 5.2% pay increase for mem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Trump Posted as ‘Retribution’ Against Iran Does NOT Show July 2026 U.S. Bombing — It Is June 2025 Israeli Attack
Does an image posted by President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account as evidence of "retribution" against Iran show a U.S. bombing in July 2026? No, that's not true: The photo shows a previous attack on Iran by Israel that took plac
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos — AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames
Have you seen the viral videos showing mass protests in the streets of British cities? Lead Stories has spotted several such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real peo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FIFA’s Infantino Reaction To Egypt Scoring Goal During World Cup In July 2026
Does a viral video show FIFA President Gianni Infantino reacting to Egypt's goal during a July 2026 World Cup game? No, that's not true: The video clip was miscaptioned. The video had been online days earlier, before that match, and showe
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate
Fact-checking campaign finance claims in MI Senate debate
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest
Fact-checking Markey, Moulton in Massachusetts Senate debate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Looking Anxious After Messi Missed Penalty Against Egypt — Predates The Match
Did a caption below a viral image correctly describe it as showing FIFA President Gianni Infantino looking anxious after Argentine forward Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick during a World Cup match against Egypt? No, that's not true: The
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Lawmakers Question If Trump Is Mystery Recipient of Drug
Q: Is President Trump the anonymous 79-year-old man getting a still-unapproved obesity drug via a Food and Drug Administration program? A: A news article, and subsequently Democratic lawmakers, questioned whether Trump is receiving the Eli Lilly we
PolitiFact→ What was the United States’ first capital? The cases for New York City or Philadelphia
What was the United States’ first capital?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of PM Giorgia Meloni Saying She Is A Christian Daughter Of Italy Who Will Not Allow Sharia Law In Her Country
Does a viral video actually show Italian PM Giorgia Meloni saying that she will not allow the implementation of Sharia law in her country? No, that's not true: The content of the video was replaced using AI. Unlike in the viral clip, Melo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE "Breaking News" Video Shows Furries Chasing Patriot Front Member In Downtown D.C. — AI Media Account Origin
Does a real "live" news broadcast show footage of a group of furries chasing a member of Patriot Front in downtown Washington D.C.? No, that's not true: The video originated from an account that declares in both its username and tagline t
Full Fact→ How many majorities has Labour won?
Sir Keir Starmer claimed in an interview that his party has only ever won three majorities—but that’s not actually correct.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Mitch McConnell On Life Support Was Generated Using OpenAI
Does a real photo show Mitch McConnell on life support? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the image depicts an actual moment involving the senior U.S. senator from Kentucky in a hospital. An online AI detection tool found a SynthI