Plans come as a ground invasion of Lebanon continues against a weakened Hezbollah.
The Dispatch→ The Supreme Court Is Legitimate, Actually
'Attacks on the court's legitimacy are dangerous, undermining public confidence in the court, and imperiling the rule of law.'
The Dispatch→ When Walz Met Vance
Piggly Wiggly punditry.
The Dispatch→ Hamas is Monstrous. Most Gazans Agree.
Fraudulent polls gave the world a mistaken impression of Palestinian civilians’ beliefs.
The Dispatch→ The Antitrust Case Against Google’s Ad Business, Explained
The government’s latest case against the tech giant centers on its alleged dominance of online advertising.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Speaking From Prison In 2024 — It’s 2010 Tape About Haiti’s Earthquake
Does a video authentically show Sean "Diddy" Combs speaking from prison in 2024? No, that's not true: The video clip in this social media post is from 2010. The primary topic of the full video was the impact of the 2010 earthquake in Hait
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Plan for National Hurricane Center in Project 2025
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Project 2025 proposes dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some social media posts misleadingly claim the project calls for closing the Nat
The Dispatch→ The Mr. Nice Guy Maneuver
J.D. Vance won last night. It probably won’t help Trump much.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Will Smith Said He ‘Gave’ His Son Jaden To ‘Diddy’ For His ‘Freak Offs’
Did Will Smith admit to giving his son Jaden Smith to Sean "Diddy" Combs for his "freak off" parties? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Will Smith ever said that he gave his son to Combs, who was recently arrested for alleged
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Non-US Citizens CANNOT Get Driver’s Licenses And Use That To Vote In 2024 Presidential Election
Can non-U.S. citizens use a driver's license to vote in U.S. elections as an X post suggested Haitian immigrants in Springfield are doing? No, that's not true: Only U.S. citizens who are older than 18 and have registered to vote can vote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens Did NOT Sign $400 Million CBS Deal For Morning Show To Rival ‘The View’
Did conservative talk show hosts Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens sign a $400 million deal with CBS for a morning show to rival "The View," as posts on social media claimed? No, that's not true: This first appeared on a website that publishe
The Dispatch→ The Happy-Face Killer
A subdued J.D. Vance made Trumpism look—almost—normal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Mother ‘Angrily Calling Her Child’s Teacher For Misgendering’ Is NOT Authentic — It’s Reenactment With Professional Actress
Does a viral video authentically capture a heated phone exchange between the mother of a 14-year-old transgender girl and her child's teacher who insists on using an incorrect pronoun to address the student? No, that's not true: The woman
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Firefighters Rescued By Helicopter NOT From North Carolina Floods But From Czech Republic
Does a video on social media show firefighters being rescued by helicopter during the North Carolina floods in late September 2024? No, that's not true: The video is actually from September 15, 2024, in the Czech Republic, not the United
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ryan Routh At Kamala Harris Charlotte Rally
Was Ryan Routh filmed at a Kamala Harris rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, three days before he was arrested for allegedly plotting to assassinate Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The man in the video posted on social media has multip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patent Application Does NOT Prove Hurricane Helene Was Created Artificially
Does the existence of a patent application for a so-called "hurricane and tornado control device" prove Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters are created artificially, as posts on social media suggest? No, that's not true: The pate
The Dispatch→ Six-Plus Years of Incoherent, Ineffective China Policy
Tariffs on blankets and tiki torches? Really?
The Dispatch→ Fact-checking Vance and Walz in the Vice Presidential Debate
A rundown of the true, out-of-context, and false claims made by Trump’s and Harris’ running mates.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – That burger is safe to eat: Human remains were not found at McDonald’s meat supplier
Video shows “FBI finds human remains at a McDonald’s meat supplier.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Running To Bunker To Escape Iranian Missiles In October 2024
Does a video circulating on social media show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running to a bunker to take shelter from an Iranian missile attack? No, that's not true: The video was posted to Netanyahu's Twitter account in Decemb
PolitiFact→ Trump renews voter fraud claims as voting by mail begins. Here's why they are still false.
As Americans prepare to cast ballots, Trump has renewed his falsehoods about voter fraud and rigged elections. We want to help voters understand why these claims are still false.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video doesn’t show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs speaking from prison
Video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs speaking “from prison.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, this isn’t a real Hurricane Helene meteorologist; he’s a comedian
“Weatherman loses it live on air” during broadcast about Hurricane Helene.
Full Fact→ Conservative leadership speeches: fact checked
Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat set out their stalls in a series of speeches at the 2024 Conservative party conference.
The Dispatch→ J.D. Vance Shines, Tim Walz Stumbles
The Republican vice presidential candidate jettisoned his harsh tone on the debate stage Tuesday.
Full Fact→ Video of Lebanese citizens ‘celebrating Hezbollah leader’s death’ is actually from 2020 protest
The video is unrelated to the recent death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Full Fact→ Lack of trust in the Conservatives was a significant factor in the party’s electoral defeat
New research reveals that voters who helped deliver the last Conservative parliamentary majority in 2019 are now significantly more distrusting of politicians than the UK public as a whole.
The Dispatch→ Iran Launches Ballistic Missile Attack at Israel
Plus: J.D. Vance and Tim Walz face off in the veep debate.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presi
The Dispatch→ Pope Fiction
Jonah’s confessions.
The Dispatch→ What the Birth Dearth Means for Public Schools
Fewer students and increased competition will require public institutions to be dynamic and responsive.
The Dispatch→ Hooray for Price-Gouging, Boo for Monopoly
Natural disasters and labor strikes both highlight the necessity of competition.
The Dispatch→ The Ugly Logic Behind Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric
And why his normie backers bear some responsibility for it.
The Dispatch→ Video: Veep Contenders Face Off
Watch the video of our livestreamed conversation.
PolitiFact→ VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration
We fact-checked the first debate between Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC CEO Did NOT Hint At Potential Cancellation Of ‘The View’ — From Satire Site
Did the CEO of ABC hint that the network may cancel "The View," saying "It's time to end a show that's lost its relevance"? No, that's not true: The website that originally reported this comes with a satire label. Neither ABC itself nor n
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Trump surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Georgia, but not from deep floodwaters; this image is fake
Image shows a photo of former President Donald Trump wading through floodwater after Hurricane Helene.
Internet Archive→ CBS News: America Decides: Vice Presidential Debate : KPIX : October 1, 2024 6:00pm-8:00pm PDT
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PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Why Donald Trump’s claim that Kamala Harris ‘let in’ 13,099 convicted killers is False
Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 500,000 Immigrant Convicted Criminals, Including Rapists And Murderers, Were NOT Allowed Into US By Biden-Harris Administration; They’re Also NOT ‘Roaming The Country’
Did Kamala Harris let 500,000 criminals, including 15,000 rapists and 13,000 murderers, into the United States and they are now "roaming the country"? No, that's not true: A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Lead Stories t