Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 14, 2025
Portugal's outgoing defense minister said his country must consider the United States' reliabili ...
Written by: Rae Deng
March 14, 2025
An audio clip purported to show Trump saying that when the clocks move forward, "Granny's dead, ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
March 14, 2025
China raised tariffs on beef imported from the U.S. in March 2025 after the Trump administration ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 13, 2025
Musk claimed he left the country in part because he didn't want to join the army of an apartheid ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
March 13, 2025
The woman whose photograph is featured in the story was “Scotland’s oldest woman” and died in 2015.
Written by: Rae Deng
March 13, 2025
"We gave you $350 billion for military equipment," Trump said to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 13, 2025
The claim originated from a social media account known to spread disinformation.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
March 12, 2025
According to a meme, the quote was a pointed response to Trump claiming Sheinbaum had agreed to ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 12, 2025
Elon Musk, the public face of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, purportedly ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
March 12, 2025
Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in late February 2025.
Written by: Jack Izzo
March 12, 2025
Nate Vance spoke with several news outlets in early 2025 following JD Vance's comments about Ukr ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
March 12, 2025
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok caused confusion when it erroneously told X users the p ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 12, 2025
Howard Buffett has warned against U.S. "fatigue" in supporting Ukraine.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 12, 2025
There are more than 50,000 known spider species worldwide.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
March 11, 2025
And no, it wasn't on a Sunday, as many posts claimed.
Written by: Amelia Clarke
March 11, 2025
Social media users shared screenshots of a post from the president's Truth Social account in Mar ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
March 11, 2025
Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, was a negotiator for pro-Palestine protesters ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
March 11, 2025
Tariffs on U.S. dairy products imported into Canada depend on whether the U.S. has exceeded quot ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 10, 2025
The rumor followed a similar false claim, in which Amazon founder Jeff Bezos also purportedly bi ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
March 10, 2025 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2025)
Context seems to suggest he was referring to 2024 election. What’s unclear is who he meant did t ...
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