Do the ship's logs of the USS Constitution reveal that the sailors on board had consumed a tremendous amount of alcohol in about seven months' time from July 27, 1798, to February 20, 1799? No, that's not true: Although this story sounds
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Did NOT Prove SARS-CoV-2 Is A Bioweapon Nor That DARPA Funded Virus Gain-Of-Function Project
Did this videotape of a speaker at an anti-vaccine conference prove COVID-19 is a bioweapon created by government officials to kill Americans and put the world's people under the dominion of a globalist cabal? No, there's no evidence the
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Jimmy Carter Help Stop a Nuclear Reactor from Melting Down?
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s first-hand encounter with nuclear power received newfound attention in December 2021 — thanks, as usual, to social media. When he was 28 years old, Carter — at that point a scientist in the U.S. Na
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President George W. Bush Was NOT Arrested On Veterans Day, Denied Tribunal Extension
Was former President George W. Bush arrested on November 11, 2021 -- which was Veterans Day -- and denied an extension after being indicted in a military tribunal? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Bush was arrested. Real Raw
Snopes→ Did 3 Men Die After Being Trapped 16 Days in Sunken Pearl Harbor Battleship?
Navy personnel reported hearing tapping sounds apparently coming from the forward hull of the sunken vessel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anita Dunn Was NOT Arrested By U.S. Marine Corps On November 20, 2021
Was Anita Dunn, former senior advisor to President Joe Biden, arrested on November 20, 2021, by the U.S. Marine Corps? No, that's not true: officials told Lead Stories the political strategist was not apprehended. Plus, the website where
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Story about SEALs rescuing children in cargo ship is false
“NAVY SEALs raid cargo ship full of smuggled children.”
Truth or Fiction?→ 2021 USPS Veterans Day Acknowledgement
On November 11 2021, social media users shared a purported United States Postal Service (USPS) card, acknowledging their dedication to “pubic service”: This is what Louis DeJoy had distributed to Veterans at the Postal Service today. Seem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Awaken From Vaccine Coma And Was NOT Held At GITMO
Did Gavin Newsom awaken from a vaccine coma at GITMO? No, that's not true: California Gov. Newsom was not in a coma at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp after receiving the COVID-19 booster shot on October 27, 2021. While he was not seen
FactCheck.org→ FEMA Staff and Contracted Medical Workers Are Required to Follow Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying contracted medical workers to understaffed hospitals, where they are required to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. But social media posts falsely claim that “doctors and nu
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A List of Failed Amendments’
On October 19 2021, Twitter user @radicalpragmat1 shared a somewhat unnerving list of purported failed proposed amendments to the Constitution, an image which quickly migrated to Imgur and Reddit: Well this is a fascinating list of amendments that we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Commands 50,000 Secret Troops And Deputized Them As U.S. Marshals
Were "50,000 secret USA troops" just deputized by Donald Trump? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any service members have been deputized by former President Donald Trump and made "Federal Marshals." A parody Twitter account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Hanged At Gitmo
Was Hunter Biden hanged at Guantanamo Bay on October 15, 2021? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories, "this is false." Also, this claim was made on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Military Did NOT Convict Hunter Biden And He Did NOT Receive The Death Penalty
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps convict Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of sexual assault against six women and then sentence to him to death for said crimes? No, that's not true: An on-duty public information o
The Dispatch→ Did Fox News Call Arizona for Biden With ‘Less Than 1 Percent’ of the Vote In?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence To Substantiate Article’s Claim That Bill Clinton Was Found Dead At Guantanamo Bay
Was Bill Clinton found dead in his jail cell located at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: No publicly available evidence supports the claim, made on Real Raw News, a satirical website that publishes articles like this one for entertain
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking the Claim That ‘The Guy Who Killed Bin Laden Is on Delta’s No-Fly List’
A viral Facebook post claims that on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and “the guy who killed bin Laden is on Delta’s no-fly list.” a.image2.image-link.image2-610-482 { padding-b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Program Has NOT Killed More Active-Duty Military Than The Virus
Has the COVID-19 vaccine program killed more active-duty military than the virus? No, that's not true: There had not been any deaths from the vaccine as of September 14, 2021, and no fully vaccinated service members had died from COVID-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Convict Bill Gates
Did a military tribunal convict Bill Gates? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories the claim is "completely false." Also, the claim originated from a self-described satirical website with a disclaimer that includes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Defense Secretary Did NOT Send Text To All Active Military Telling Them To Get COVID Vaccine Or Be Court-Martialed
Did the Secretary of Defense send a text to all active military personnel telling them to get the COVID-19 vaccine by 10 a.m. or they would be court-martialed, and did 12 F-22 pilots walk off the job because of the text? No, that's not tr
FactCheck.org→ What We Know About the Claims of Military Dogs Left in Kabul
Q: Did the U.S. abandon its military dogs during its withdrawal from Afghanistan? A: The Department of Defense maintains that none of its military service dogs were left behind. But animal welfare groups say some contract working dogs — which did no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Men In Photo NOT Killed in Afghanistan
Did a photo circulating online show the servicemen killed in Afghanistan in August 2021? No, that's not true: The men shown in this photo were killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi in 2017. The claim was in a Facebook post (arch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Is NOT Before A Military Tribunal
Is Bill Gates on trial before a military tribunal on charges of trafficking children? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories: "No." And Gates has been active on social media during the time of the supposed t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Images Do NOT Show Kabul After Taliban Took Control — They’re From Call Of Duty Video Game
Were images of a crashed helicopter and destroyed homes taken less than 24 hours after the Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city? No, that's not true: The images are stills of multiplayer maps from the video game Call
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘King George VI Having Fun’
On August 15 2021, the Facebook page “Classical Art Memes” shared an image titled “King George VI Having Fun”: Although the image was popular and generated engagement, no additional information was included alongside it. A rev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Was NOT Arrested By US Military On July 27, 2021
Did the U.S. military arrest entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates on July 27, 2021? No, that's not true: The claim was posted on a known satire website. Also, Gates' social media accounts were active in the days following the purpor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Video Does NOT Prove That Trump Is Still Commander In Chief
Does a video posted on Facebook prove that former President Donald Trump is still commander in chief? No, that's not true: Although the video makes the claim in its headline, nothing in the video substantiates the claim. The claim appeare
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Military Did NOT Execute Tom Hanks
Did a military tribunal find Tom Hanks guilty of pedophilia and child endangerment, and then execute him because of it? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer confirmed to Lead Stories that the claim was "completely false." The orig
Snopes→ Tourists Flee As Wildfires Threaten Turkish Beach Resorts
Residents and tourists fled the danger in small boats while the coast guard and two navy ships waited out at sea in case a bigger evacuation was needed.
FactCheck.org→ Barr Disputes U.S. Attorney’s Vote Fraud Claim
Former President Donald Trump says a former U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was forbidden by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate voter fraud in the presidential election. Barr says that’s false. A day after making the claim, Trump releas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: James Comey Did NOT Lose His Head To A Guillotine
Did James Comey lose his head to a guillotine? No, that's not true: There's no credible evidence the former FBI director was executed. The website that published the report is known for making false allegations and has a disclaimer warnin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List of Indictments, Arrests and Executions Is False — Michelle And Barack Obama, Other Celebs Were Not Killed
Does a list of indictments, arrests and executions reveal a number of politicians, celebrities and royals who have been executed including Barack and Michelle Obama? No, that's not true. This list is completely false. It is part of the ba
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Podesta Was NOT Executed At Gitmo
Was former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta executed at the U.S. government's prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? No, that's not true: The claim is "false," the Department of Defense told Lead Stories. The claim was published
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Did NOT Ignore Military, Their Families Over Memorial Day Weekend
Did Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make zero mention of the military who lost their lives and of their family members over the Memorial Day holiday weekend? No, that's not true: The president and vice president both attended a wreath laying
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest Adam Schiff
Did the military arrest Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: This is a completely made-up story, published by a website that posts false and fictionalized allegations. Lead Stories has previously debunked many of those. "This story is comple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of A Trunk Full Of Gas-Filled Garbage Bags Is NOT From The United States In 2021 — It Was Taken In Mexico In 2019
Does a photo show a trunk full of gas-filled garbage bags in the United States amid the gas shortage in 2021? No, that's not true. The photograph was lifted from several Mexican websites' articles in 2019 about stolen gasoline. It was not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Four-Year-Old Was NOT Kidnapped And Found Assaulted In Sam’s Club
Was a 4-year-old child kidnapped in an Omaha Sam's Club, only to be found assaulted in the store's bathroom stall? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the incident took place and police in Omaha have flagged the oft-recycled story a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Final Moves Against Deep State’ Claims NOT Proved By Video
Does a video prove that "final moves against the deep state" are happening now? No, that's not true: Many of the conspiracy theories claimed in the video are false. Donald Trump is not still president or "in charge," the London 2012 Olymp
AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in September 2020 — months before Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal
Multiple Facebook posts have shared an aerial image of containers spelling out THANK YOU alongside a claim that trafficked children were rescued from the Ever Given, a container vessel that got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for almost one week in Mar