Sometimes, the trend is not your friend.
The Dispatch→ Chile Elects Right-Wing President
Rising gang violence and immigration concerns drove Chilean voters to elect the right-wing candidate.
PolitiFact→ What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
PolitiFact→ Announcing PolitiFact Readers' Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year
2025 Lie of the Year: Readers’ Choice winner
PolitiFact→ A history of PolitiFact's Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025
Lie of the Year lookback, from 2009 to 2025
The Dispatch→ Ban Social Media for the Youth | Interview: Rahm Emanuel
Who is the highest-ranking Jew in America?
The Dispatch→ A Dangerous Détente With China
In its national security strategy, the Trump administration takes a naïve approach to China’s ambitions.
The Dispatch→ The Brother I Lost
What a deathbed confession and a long-disappeared sibling taught me about a woman’s right to choose.
The Dispatch→ Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
There are no shortcuts to trimming the federal budget.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Site Said IT Professional ‘Edward Crabtree’ Disarmed Bondi Beach Shooter — NOT Actual News Site
Did an actual news site report a 43-year-old IT professional named "Edward Crabtree" disarmed a terrorist during a terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Australia on December 14, 2025? No, that's not true: That name and description came from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say Jesus Told Him God’s ‘Happy That You’re Making America Great Again’ — It’s A Fake Post
Did President Trump post on his Truth Social account that Jesus told him that "my father is happy that you're making America Great Again"? No, that's not true: There is no post on Donald Trump's Truth Social timeline in which the phrase "
The Dispatch→ America ‘Looking for Jesus’
What a decades-old Advent display could teach the U.S.
The Dispatch→ Jane Austen’s Novels Aren’t Just Romantic
Why some have regarded the writer as the last great classical ethicist.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spam Stories About Celebrities Opening ‘100% Free Homeless Hospital’ Are NOT Real — Foreign AI Clickbait
Did Patti Labelle, Novak Djokovic, Cardi B, James Hetfield, Morgan Wallen or a long list of other celebrities just open "America's first 100% free homeless hospital" because they wanted to leave a legacy behind? No, that's not true: Viral
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Doing the Work That Needs to Be Done
Essays on our fiscal woes, the problems with populism, and the juvenility of political violence.
The Dispatch→ Trump Is Taking the Easy Way Out | Ruminant
A process guy in an outcomes world.
The Dispatch→ Conservatives, Stop Bashing Video Games
Rote dismissal gets the genre wrong.
The Dispatch→ A Flaccid Case for a Crisis of Masculinity
Is liberalism making men less virile? A new book fails to convince.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump’s Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned — POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner
Has Tina Peters been "fully pardoned" by Donald Trump, wiping out her prison sentence for giving unauthorized access to Mesa County, Colorado, voting machines in 2021, when she was county clerk? No, that's not true: Trump's "pardon" of Pe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phil Collins Did NOT Announce A 2026 World Tour With 32 Dates, Nor Have Trace Adkins, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana And Many Other Artists In Clickbait AI-Generated Tour Posters
Did Phil Collins "send the internet into orbit" when he announced the 32 dates of his 2026 World Tour? No, that's not true: Phil Collins has not announced a 2026 world tour. His name, and those of many other artists such as Trace Adkins,
The Dispatch→ ‘Rich’ Ain’t What It Used to Be
Arguments about the poverty line are really about status.
The Dispatch→ The Pence Dividend
Why Indiana Republicans defied Trump on redistricting.
PolitiFact→ Who decides when genocide has occurred? The long legal process hinges on proving intent
What courts rule on genocide?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Increase ‘MONTHLY Pension’ Of Living Medal Of Honor Recipients ‘From $16,880 To $67,500’ — Increase Is Annual
Did Donald Trump raise the monthly pension of Medal of Honor recipients to almost $70,000? No, that's not true: The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed to Lead Stories that those figures show the annual change, not monthly. According
Full Fact→ No, UK airports aren’t introducing £10 toilet fees
Videos circulating on social media claim passengers at major UK airports will be required to pay a £10 fee to use the toilet. But both Heathrow and Gatwick airports have confirmed this isn’t true.
Full Fact→ False claims Sadiq Khan cancelled non-existent royal ‘garden bridge ceremony’ circulate online
Videos claiming that the Mayor of London has clashed with King Charles after the cancellation of an event has been viewed over 100,000 times on Facebook.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Reveal Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Tyler Robinson’s ‘Shocking’ Courtroom Conversation — A Comic Made It
Is a "shocking" video of Charlie Kirk murder defendant Tyler Robinson and his lawyer talking in court before a hearing in the case real? No, that's not true: The news media feed from the same moment and the same camera captured an inaudib
Full Fact→ Around 250,000 Brits emigrated last year, not 695,000
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims 695,000 British nationals left the UK last year.
Full Fact→ Quote wrongly attributed to Labour MP still circulating online
A quote about grooming gang victims wrongly attributed to Labour MP Naz Shah is still being shared on Facebook.
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump’s Economic Speech
FactChecking Trump's Economic Speech jbhicks Fri, 12/12/2025 - 07:15 Read more about FactChecking Trump's Economic Speech In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Donald Trump honed a message of "lower price
The Dispatch→ Europe’s Free Speech Problem
The U.K. averages 12,000 arrests a year for online speech while the EU and tech giants spar over platform rules.
The Dispatch→ Horseshoe Theory in Minnesota | Roundtable
Everyone should be ashamed of themselves.
The Dispatch→ Congress Closes the Book on Two Wars
Repealing the military force authorization for the Gulf and Iraq wars is not just symbolic.
The Dispatch→ The Making of a Moral Superpower
The Spanish-American War solidified the U.S.’s role as a force for global good.
The Dispatch→ Pareto Punishment
The Trump movement in its death throes.
The Dispatch→ The Man-Children of the Revolution
Zohran Mamdani, Luigi Mangione, and the gentle parenting of violence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama, Trump, Rubio Did NOT ‘Cut Ribbon’ On A $150M Free Education And Health ‘Promise Campus’ In Chicago Or Miami — Fake Stories From Clickbait Factories
Did Barack Obama, Donald Trump or Marco Rubio "just cut the ribbon on a $150 million free education and health campus, entirely funded "by his own pocket", without a single tax dollar."? No, none of them did: The made-up stories are amon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Showing President Trump Using Walker Is NOT Real — Gemini AI Made It
Is a photo showing President Donald Trump using a walker to assist him real? No, that's not true: The image has the SynthID watermark that indicates it was created by Google's AI tool, according to an analysis by Google's Gemini chatbot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Videos Show Women Told To Leave Courtrooms Because Of How They Dress
Are videos of women being kicked out of court for outfits described as "inappropriate" real? No, that's not true: Multiple low-quality viral videos following the same script and posted by the same creators show signs of AI. Evidence of AI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Minneapolis Warehouse With Tiny Indoor Houses For Homeless — Avivo Project Is Real
Does an image show an actual Minneapolis warehouse with tiny indoor cottages for homeless people? No, that's not true: The image used is AI generated. There is, however, a warehouse in Minneapolis that holds boxy private dwellings for hom