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Fact Checks

Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.

Posts correctly claim Trump was at golf club during dignified transfer of U.S. soldiers' remains

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 8, 2025

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the ceremony on behalf of the Trump administration.

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Musk didn't become guardian of abandoned newborn baby

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 8, 2025

Thousands of Facebook users reposted a story featuring a supposed photo of Musk proudly holding ...

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An image shows three white men. Above them, text says, "JESSE WATERS: "YOU WERE NEVER ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S JET, WERE YOU?" Below, text says, "RFK, JR.: "I WAS ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S JET TWO TIMES."

RFK Jr. said he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's jet twice. Here's context

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 8, 2025

He said he flew on Epstein’s jet once in 1993 and again one or two years later "before anybody k ...

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Documents don't show CIA confirmed Hitler left Germany for South America after WWII

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 8, 2025

The Nazi leader died by suicide in 1945.

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Trump's June 2020 protest remarks misrepresented as comment on 2025 'Hands Off!' rallies

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 7, 2025

Over 1,200 locations in all 50 U.S. states featured "Hands Off!" rallies on April 5, 2025, prote ...

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National Park Service removed — then restored — details about Harriet Tubman on an 'Underground Railroad' webpage

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 7, 2025 (Updated: April 8, 2025)

The webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/W ...

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Don't believe fake Trump post about George Soros paying protesters

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 7, 2025

According to the screenshot, people who protested Trump in cities nationwide April 5 were paid a ...

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A group of people sit and stand around a sign that says "LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR SHALL NOT TOUCH OURS."

Photo of women allegedly supporting Prohibition is not what it seems

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 7, 2025

An image depicting teetotaler women protesting the consumption of alcohol actually has origins a ...

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TikTok user posted manipulated Tesla logo that resembled KKK hood

Written by: Taija PerryCook

April 7, 2025

Users shared the image as Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in the news for his work with President Donald ...

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On the left: A black-and-white image of a person with a facial disfigurement, largely impacting the profile and structure of their nose. On the right: An image of the same person, but wearing a prosthetic mask and glasses. The mask gives him the appearance of a structured nose without disfigurement.

Yes, these WWI-era facial prosthetics are real — but the sculptor credited for the work didn't do it alone

Written by: Rae Deng

April 6, 2025

While the work is often attributed solely to sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd, she led a team of artis ...

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18th-century English gambling dens employed people to swallow dice in case of police raids?

Written by: Amelia Clarke

April 5, 2025

One newspaper reported that people who were given the responsibility "must have had a good diges ...

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A large statute of Jesus appears to be being built outside the White House.

Trump didn't install a 200-foot statue of Jesus outside the White House

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 5, 2025

Errors in the footage make it clear the video is AI-generated.

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Rep. Keith Self quoted Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels at congressional hearing. Here's the context

Written by: Jack Izzo

April 4, 2025

Self later posted on X calling a video's framing of his remarks "completely misleading."

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No, Rep. Jasmine Crockett didn't collect dead grandmother's Social Security checks

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 4, 2025

A network of Facebook pages and websites describing its output as satirical in nature originated ...

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Fox News didn't show live stocks ticker after Trump's tariffs announcement — markets were closed

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 4, 2025

Also, the right-leaning cable news channel has never had a continuous live stocks ticker.

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An image of a Latino man with short curly black hair shaved on the sides and a short mustache and beard smiling at the camera.

Vance was wrong: Maryland father accidentally deported to El Salvador isn't 'convicted MS-13 gang member'

Written by: Rae Deng

April 4, 2025 (Updated: April 16, 2025)

A confidential police source claimed he was an MS-13 gang member — but other cited "evidence" co ...

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A white man wearing a dark suit is pictured next to a white woman wearing a white top.

Video of Danish parliament laughing at Trump's Greenland comments isn't real

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 4, 2025

A 2019 video of the Danish parliament was doctored to add audio of Trump talking about acquiring ...

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Yes, the IRS allows tax deductions on some pet expenses, like service animals

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 4, 2025

Claims shared online about "exciting news for pet owners" regarding potential tax deductions for ...

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At least 4 school shooters sentenced to death since 1940, but not one has yet been executed

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 4, 2025

The claim that "zero" school shooters have ever been sentenced to death is false.

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Trump tweet from 2012 demanding impeachment if Dow drops 1,000 points isn't real

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 3, 2025

The purported screenshot circulated in early April 2025, following the imposition of U.S. Presid ...

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