Hate speech. Government speech. Twitter speech.
The Dispatch→ Nuking the Overton Window on Gaza
Trump plan weighs annihilation fantasies against prosperity.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ring is not alerting customers about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities
Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published
Did Katherine Long, the reporter who broke a news story about the resignation of a DOGE employee work for USAID when the story was published in February 2025? No, that's not true: The reporter in question was previously employed by an org
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Reporter Did NOT Ask House Speaker About ‘Unelected Billionaires’ Deciding Policy
Did a reporter ask House Speaker Mike Johnson during a February 5, 2025, news conference if the politician thought "unelected government officials are dangerous, but unelected billionaires making policy decisions is fine"? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anderson Cooper Did NOT Endorse Supposed Elon Musk ‘Crypto Trading Secrets’
Did CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper appear on Canada's CBC News to endorse a set of "crypto trading secrets" supposedly launched by Elon Musk? No, that's not true: A CNN spokesperson told Lead Stories that a video which appeared to show t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man Flipping Off Trump During 2025 Super Bowl — It Was Taken In 2023
Does a photo on social media show a man flipping off President Donald Trump during the 2025 Super Bowl game? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found evidence of the photo being posted online since 2023. Social media posts of the photo ind
Lead Stories→ FACT CHECK: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Has NOT Been Charged In Trump Assassination Attempt
Is Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro being charged with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler on July 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The district attorney of Butler County told Lead Stories that Shapiro "HAS NOT been charged
Full Fact→ Royal Mail is not selling ‘lost parcels’ for £1
Facebook posts linking to a website claiming to be a scheme where undelivered items are resold for low prices are not genuine.
The Dispatch→ Zombie Dick Gephardt
A hawkish brand of protectionism from the 1980s makes a comeback.
Full Fact→ Bill Gates did not write an article about using ‘forced vaccines’ for depopulation
We can find no evidence that Mr Gates has written or said anything about reducing the population with forced vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs ‘Focused on DEI Nonsense’ and Eagles Got ‘USAID Money Flowing’ — No Such Post
Did President Donald Trump react to the Super Bowl in a post on Truth Social saying that the Chiefs were "too focused on DEI nonsense" and the Eagles got "USAID money flowing in like water"? No, that's not true: Images of such a post circ
The Dispatch→ The U.S.-China Tech Race Accelerates
Despite Chinese advances, victory in the competition for AI is still up for grabs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Video Captioned ‘Boo The Bastard’ Does NOT Show Trump Being Booed At 2025 Super Bowl — Old Video, Audio Added
Did a video captioned "BOO THE BASTARD" authentically show President Donald Trump being booed at the Super Bowl in 2025? No, that's not true: The video was uploaded to TikTok days before the 2025 Super Bowl with a caption encouraging view
The Dispatch→ The Birth of the American Military
How Americans overcame their traditional opposition to standing forces.
The Dispatch→ The Horseshoe Politics of Higher Education
Illiberal ideologues, both left and right, need to do better.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNBC Did NOT Publish Headline Saying Luigi Mangione Was Found Dead In His Jail Cell
Did CNBC publish a story with a headline that read "JUST IN: Luigi Mangione Found Dead In Jail Cell"? No, that's not true: The story did not appear on CNBC's website at the time of writing and a screenshot showing such a headline appears
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: President Donald Trump’s Super Bowl LIX interview with Fox’s Bret Baier
In an interview that aired during the Super Bowl pregame coverage, Trump misled about the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and alluded to a list of “ridiculous” spending by USAID. We fact-checked the president’s comments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas — Company Denies Rumor
Is there evidence the Coca-Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this claim
PolitiFact→ Tommy Tuberville – Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: Sen. Tommy Tuberville ‘did not recruit me’
As head football coach at Texas Tech University, “I recruited (Patrick Mahomes)...I’ve got to be very good friends with him.”
PolitiFact→ Kristi Noem – US has held migrants at Guantánamo Bay before, but Trump’s approach is different
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post About Education Department Developing Fork & Spoon Hybrid — Fake Screenshot
Did President Donald Trump post on Truth Social that the Department of Education spent millions developing a hybrid of the fork and the spoon (commonly known as a spork) on February 8, 2025? No, that's not true: A screenshot of such a pos
The Dispatch→ Why J.D. Vance Is Wrong About the Catholic Church’s Mission
Plus: Ross Douthat wants to make religion great again.
The Dispatch→ The Future of Compassionate Conservatism
Will DOGE kill compassionate conservatism?
The Dispatch→ Something Spiritual This Way Comes
In a new book, Ross Douthat wants to make faith normal again.
FactCheck.org→ Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have h
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the DOGE Days of Winter
Elon Musk takes Washington.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Elizabeth Warren Quote About Constitutional Right to See What Happens With Tax Dollars Is Real
Is there evidence Senator Elizabeth Warren said "There is nothing in the constitution that says ordinary Americans have a right to see what we're spending tax dollars on." on January 30, 2025? No, that's not true: A review of news sites,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show USAID Money Found At Zelenskyy’s House — Shows 2007 Mexico Drug Bust
Does a photo of stacks of banknotes sitting in a room or basement show USAID money found in the house of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy? No, that's not true: The photo has been online since 2007 and shows money discovered in a dr
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
Trump administration officials have misled about how the aid agency is spending its funding, in an effort to cite widespread “waste.”
The Dispatch→ Democrats Are Out of Ideas
Partisanship is a helluva drug.
The Dispatch→ The Work of Celebration
The ‘mental load’ that’s worth it.
The Dispatch→ An Ethics of Inquiry
The philosopher Agnes Callard wants you to ask questions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Helping Child — Clickbait Story With Fictional Origin
Did an article accurately report that Elon Musk bought a gift for a child whose mother, a Starbucks cashier, was "struggling to buy a gift for her daughter"? No, that's not true: An article linked in the post that made this claim included
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tel Aviv University Did NOT Get $581 Million From US Taxpayers; Official Data Shows Under $6 Million
Did Tel Aviv University get $581 million from American taxpayers? No, that's not true: The school received less than $6 million in U.S. government funds, an official website shows. A nonprofit data expert told Lead Stories that most of th
The Dispatch→ The Democrats’ Dilemma
Their problems run deeper than messaging.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Elon Musk reposted a comment that said he “toppled” the USAID. He didn’t originally post it
“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall In DC — It’s In New Jersey
Was the George Floyd statue removed from the National Mall in Washington in February 2025? No, that's not true: The National Park Service told Lead Stories that it had never erected a statue of Floyd on the National Mall. The image used i
The Dispatch→ The Elon Opportunity
Democrats inch toward a strategy.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump claimed ‘60 Minutes’ replaced Harris’ interview answers. That’s not what the transcript shows.
CBS News and “60 Minutes” “replaced” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview answers “with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview.”