Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 19, 2026
While this claim began as a joke, the president did call a U.S. skier "a real loser" for speakin ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 18, 2026
While the date of the parades lined up with Presidents Day in the U.S., several German cities ac ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 18, 2026
For years, the former child actor has defended the late pop star from child sexual abuse allegat ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 18, 2026
Stories of ICE agents arresting various Black judges in different American cities circulated onl ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 18, 2026
Social media users who shared the clip suggested it showed Obama previously echoing Trump's stan ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 18, 2026
It was unclear why the DOJ included these emails in its January 2026 release of Epstein-related ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Feb. 17, 2026
The child's father, Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick, told a radio host, "I don't see what other ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 17, 2026
Rep. Thomas Massie said the email was sent to Dubai tycoon Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, a detail th ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 17, 2026
The now-U.S. attorney general adopted a St. Bernard named Master Tank in October 2005. Then his ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 17, 2026
No other credible source has reached the same conclusion. The Seattle Police Department says its ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 16, 2026
The claim appeared following comments Watters and other Fox News hosts made downplaying the seve ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Feb. 16, 2026
Roses are red, violets are blue, and we have rated this claim as true.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 16, 2026
The files do contain references to cannibalism and ritualistic sacrifice, but they are not linke ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 16, 2026
A Facebook page manager explained the exact text prompt they submitted to Grok, the AI tool that ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 16, 2026
The claim spread after the Trump administration revoked a scientific finding that carbon dioxide ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 16, 2026
One social media user dared "someone" to say a photo didn't show Trump. We took up the challenge.
Written by: Rae Deng
Feb. 16, 2026
The image was created using Google AI tools.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Feb. 16, 2026
Connery was actually a several months younger than Brodie-Sangster in the photos, based on evidence.
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 15, 2026
The data repeatedly shows that transgender people aren't more likely to commit mass shootings th ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 15, 2026
In February 2026, social media users resurfaced an AI-generated video that animated an authentic ...
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