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Fact Checks

Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.

No, Jimmy Kimmel didn't kick Karoline Leavitt off his show after 'fiery clash'

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 30, 2025 (Updated: May 1, 2025)

"What was supposed to be a casual late-night chat turned into a battlefield," one viral YouTube ...

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Video shows real moths convincingly disguised as twigs

Written by: Madison Dapcevich Tom Steele

April 30, 2025

Buff-tip moths feed on birch, oak and hazel trees.

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Vaseline founder Robert Chesebrough attributed his long life to ingesting 'more than a teaspoon' daily

Written by: Caroline Wazer

April 30, 2025

Some internet users claimed Chesebrough also cured himself of a lung condition by having a nurse ...

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Yes, Trump signed memorandum targeting Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 29, 2025 (Updated: April 30, 2025)

The Trump administration is calling for investigations into unlawful “straw donor” campaigns and ...

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Online images don't prove Trump fell asleep during Pope Francis' funeral

Written by: Jack Izzo

April 29, 2025

The president's eyes were closed at some moments during the funeral, but so were first lady Mela ...

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Karoline Leavitt didn't say 'Go back to Africa' to US Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 29, 2025

YouTube creators shared a false claim that the White House press secretary was "caught" whisperi ...

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No evidence Canada is making its national suicide hotline available to US citizens

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 29, 2025 (Updated: June 19, 2025)

The claim followed revelations that the Trump admin planned to eliminate specialized services fo ...

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No proof Germany arrested Russian spies who had Pete Hegseth's number in their cellphones

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 29, 2025 (Updated: April 30, 2025)

Online claims drew context and quotes from the arrest of two suspected German-Russian spies in 2 ...

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A factory says Anheuser-Busch, Inc. "Come visit us" is written below. A blue sign that says ALLOD has been edited onto the image.

Anheuser-Busch forced to close iconic St. Louis brewery after Bud Light controversy?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 29, 2025

A rumor about Anheuser-Busch closing facilities in Missouri received thousands of shares on Face ...

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People watch watches as a mammoth skull and tusks are hoisted from the excavation pit.

Picture shows mammoth skull unearthed in Michigan farmer's field?

Written by: Madison Dapcevich Nick Hardinges

April 29, 2025

Paleontologists theorized that the skeleton was brought to the area by ancient humans who stored ...

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An ad says, "A brake system invented in Yugoslavia is activated by muscles above the driver's eyebrow. It cuts the reaction time required by a foot-brake system by 75 percent. A silver electrode over each brow picks up the slight current generated in the moving muscle. The impulse goes to amplifier (above), where the voltage gain is sufficient to activate electromagnet. The magnet pulls the brake pedal." Pictured is the alleged device.

Vintage magazine article depicts invention linking car brakes to a driver's eyebrows

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 29, 2025

The invention was the subject of a short write-up in a 1965 issue of Popular Mechanics.

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A white man wearing a dark blue suit appears in front of an image of another white man who is bald. The chyron at the bottom of the screen says, "SENTENCED TO LIFE."

No, 'Pawn Stars' personality Rick Harrison wasn't sentenced to life in prison

Written by: Caroline Wazer

April 29, 2025

Some videos about the claim had disclaimers noting that the information did not reflect reality.

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Rumors that Trump threatened Obama with Hatch Act originated as satire

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 28, 2025

Social media posts falsely claimed Trump "officially warned" Obama to "stay out of America's for ...

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No evidence Stephen Curry's mother, Sonya, was 'humiliated' by Ferrari salespeople

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 28, 2025

The rumor said Stephen Curry launched an anti-discrimation initiative after Ferrari staff mistre ...

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Hitler quote about removing judges credited to Trump was a prank. Here's the history of the passage

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 28, 2025

Users shared the quote in April 2025 following the FBI's arrests of a Milwaukee judge, as well a ...

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Yes, Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein accuser, posted she was not suicidal in 2019

Written by: Taija PerryCook

April 28, 2025

The family of Giuffre, who also accused Prince Andrew in a sex-trafficking scandal, announced th ...

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A brown dog lies besides a grave that says FRANCISCUS. Above, a red arrow points to the dog, with white text saying, "REFUSE TO LET GO!"

Don't fall for heartwarming — but fake — story about Pope Francis' dog not leaving his gravesite

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 28, 2025

Multiple AI-generated YouTube videos made up a tall tale to tug at the heartstrings in the wake ...

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Photographers snapped Pope Francis riding subway — just not in 1998

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 28, 2025

At the time, he was known simply as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

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Close-up image of the sun is not NASA photo. Here's the real story

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

April 28, 2025

A caption described the image as the “most clearest picture of the sun.”

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Yes, photo shows Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap founder Emanuel Bronner

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 27, 2025

The photograph is featured on the company's official website.

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