The politics of consumer choice are about as old as the republic itself.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence For Story About Steph Curry’s Mother At Ferrari Dealership — Mentioned Initiative Nowhere To Be Found
Was basketball player Steph Curry's mother Sonia denied service at a Ferrari dealership and did this lead to the creation of a campaign named "Respect in Every Space" in collaboration with Under Armour? No, that's not true: The viral soci
The Dispatch→ The Monthly Mailbag With David M. Drucker
Our senior writer answers your questions.
Internet Archive→ State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash : CNNW : April 27, 2025 9:00am-10:00am PDT
Jake Tapper and Dana Bash bring together Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sec. Brooke Rollins to tackle pressing domestic issues and diplomacy on the global stage..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CNNW.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JS
The Dispatch→ After Francis, What Now for the Catholic Church?
Plus: How to remember Pope Francis and an interview with George Weigel.
The Dispatch→ How to Remember Pope Francis
Proper remembrance takes time and will help us think about the future.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Bad Week for Pete Hegseth
Morale is low at the Pentagon as fallout from the Signal chat scandal continues.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Mugshot Of Judge Hannah Dugan Crying While Wearing Orange Jumpsuit Is NOT Real
Is a mugshot showing Judge Hannah Dugan crying while wearing an orange jumpsuit authentic? No, that's not true: The image of the judge who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly obstructing ICE agents appears to have been generated using A
The Dispatch→ For Spite
What do you call a Canadian 401k?
The Dispatch→ Don’t Wait for Your Teacher
Why young people should self-teach the great books.
The Dispatch→ The Brave New World of Book Publishing
The state of the industry is making some authors strike out on their own. Can they succeed?
The Dispatch→ AI Will Speed Up the Sex Wars
Technology already has a way of breaking things. At light speed, that breakage might be even more pronounced.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pantsless Pose NOT Authentic Photo of Former New Mexico Magistrate Joel Cano, Charged With Hiding Illegal Alien
Does a social media post include an authentic photo of former New Mexico Magistrate Judge Joel Cano standing pantsless in flip-flops with Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, the Venezuelan man he is accused of hiding from U.S. immigration officials?
The Dispatch→ Pay to Play
What should a Democratic House do about Trump’s crypto scam?
The Dispatch→ Hogg Wild
All power, no principles, and the problem with our politics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of JD Vance Talking About ‘Parodies’ AND ‘Accusations’ In Aftermath Of His Last Meeting With Pope Francis Is NOT Authentic
Does a viral video authentically portray U.S. Vice President JD Vance talking about "parodies" and "accusations" after visiting the Vatican hours before the death of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The original sound was digitally repl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Unveil ‘Trump 2028’ Hat Framed To Be Displayed In The Oval Office
Did U.S. President Donald Trump show a Fox News host a Trump 2028 hat placed on the wall in the Oval Office? No, that's not true: The viral video was digitally altered. The original Fox News segment showed Trump unveiling the Declaration
Full Fact→ Posts claiming police need help to identify stabbing victim are false
The same picture has been posted in Facebook community groups for different locations across the UK.
Full Fact→ Video of police officers being assaulted is from Australia, not England
Misleading claims that the footage showed an incident in the UK have been circulating on social media.
Lead Stories→ A Pope’s Death Fosters Conspiracy Theories… Again
My first memory of the passing of a pope is a traumatic one: someone murdered him. Or at least, that's what everyone around me seemed to believe. I was just 13, but I had a sense that something was amiss: Albino Luciani had been Pope Jo
Full Fact→ David Lammy has not personally spent half a million pounds on food and drink expenses as foreign secretary
The £521,525 referenced in social media posts is the amount of food and drinks spending over £500 expensed by the entire Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office over a four month period.
Full Fact→ Video of Pope’s ‘final public address’ is actually from 2023
Misleading claims that a clip of Pope Francis speaking about the conflict in Gaza is from his final speech before his death on 21 April have been circulating on social media.
Full Fact→ Teaching on conspiracy theories should start in primary schools
Early intervention is crucial to breaking a cycle where one in four UK adults struggle to distinguish between true and false information.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cardinal Robert Sarah Did NOT Say ‘The Jewish People Have Slain Our Messiah’
Did Cardinal Robert Sarah once say "The Jewish people have slain our messiah -- I shall never forget that"? No, that's not true: Contrary to a meme that was shared widely in April 2025, we could find no record of the Guinean cardinal havi
The Dispatch→ Unpacking the State Department Overhaul
America’s overseas arm is getting a MAGA makeover.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Times Article Did NOT Fail to Mention Nascimento Blair’s Kidnapping Conviction and Prison Sentence
Did the New York Times fail to mention Nascimento Blair's kidnapping conviction and prison sentence in an April 2025 article about his deportation from the United States to Jamaica? No, that's not true: the authors mentioned the convictio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video About Sale of Princess Diana’s Dress To Zelenskyy’s Wife Was NOT Published By The Sun
Did The Sun publish a video claiming Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle sold Princess Diana's iconic revenge dress to Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska for $2.9 million in April 2025? No, that's not true: There is no such story or video on
The Dispatch→ They Never Believed Any Of It
‘A lot of people in politics don’t believe in anything.’
The Dispatch→ Hard Choices on Medicaid Loom for Lawmakers
To reach its spending cut requirements, the GOP must target a popular social program.
The Dispatch→ My Presidential Candidacy
If nominated, I will consent to be elected, but don’t expect me to do much else.
The Dispatch→ Carpe Diem, Harvard
This moment is what all that money is for.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Team of Losers
The president has hired lots of people who couldn’t win their own elections.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claims about Gas, Egg Prices
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Several times over the last week, President Donald Trump has assured Americans that the prices of eggs and gasoline are down significantly. But he has made false claims about the co
The Dispatch→ Déjà Vu
How Trump’s Ukraine peace plan resembles his trade war.
PolitiFact→ RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research
RFK Jr.’s explanation for autism rates clashes with science
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post On Truth Social He’s Renaming New Mexico As New America
Did President Trump say in a Truth Social post on April 23, 2025 that he would sign an order to change the name of New Mexico to New America? No, that's not true: The post does not exist on Trump's Truth Social timeline and there is no ev
The Dispatch→ Claims That the FDA Has Approved Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19 Are False
The drug is approved only for treating parasitic diseases.
Health Feedback→ Journalist Alex Berenson misrepresents German study on COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
REVIEW At the end of March 2025, journalist Alex Berenson published a Substack post claiming that a German study showed COVID-19 mRNA vaccines changed “a crucial part of the macrophage chromosome called the histone” and that these changes are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post "JD KILL POPE" Acrostic To His Truth Social Account — @TrumpDailyPosts X.com Screenshot Is Phony
Did President Donald Trump hide an acrostic message - spelling out "JD KILL POPE" - in an April 18, 2025 post to his Truth Social account three days before the death of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The paragraph, marked in red to sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Africans Were Denied Entry Into St. Peter’s Basilica To View Pope’s Body
Does a video of a Black man being escorted from St. Peter's Basilica show that Africans were banned from viewing the body of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The man seen in the video was ejected after he jumped the long line of people