Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 18, 2025
Photographs showed the facial differences between twins, one of whom allegedly smoked and tanned ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 17, 2025
The U.S. president's posts appeared to defend heads of state defying the rule of law.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 17, 2025
Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney's bill would make June 14 a joint federal holiday, marking Flag D ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 17, 2025
A man in his 40s experienced "asymptomatic yellowish nodules on his palms, soles, and elbows" fo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 17, 2025
For years, people have wrongly attributed this quote to the former British prime minister.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Feb. 16, 2025
Some social media posts said the bones were discovered in North America, while others suggested ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 15, 2025
The photograph was allegedly captured in the 1970s.
Written by: Amelia Clarke
Feb. 14, 2025
A picture from a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi purportedly showed Trump's mug ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 14, 2025
Fake Truth Social post notwithstanding, the U.S. president did promise during his campaign to "d ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Feb. 14, 2025
The supposed memo apparently originated from an X account that posts satirical content.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 14, 2025
While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the ex ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2025
In 1712, Sweden decided that two leap days would be better than one.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2025
Online users, either knowingly or unknowingly, shared an untrue rumor about Malia Obama originat ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 13, 2025
The good news: They're not going to explode.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 13, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management processes thousands of federal employee retirement claims eve ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 12, 2025
A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigra ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 12, 2025
Karoline Leavitt, U.S. President Donald Trump's White House press secretary, promoted this false ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 12, 2025
Republican officials pointed to the $2 million grant as a waste of federal spending.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 12, 2025
The statue will be sold at auction for the benefit of an organization that says it fights human ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Feb. 12, 2025
A video posted to social media purported to show celebs like Scarlett Johansson and Jerry Seinfe ...
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