Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Dec. 26, 2025
The president began his holiday wishes by saying, "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sl ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Dec. 26, 2025
The Apple co-founder's $2 bills are real, but he isn't actually printing them.
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 26, 2025
At Congress' behest, the U.S. Department of Justice released hundreds of files related to Epstei ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 26, 2025
In 1995, Kenneth Petty was convicted on a charge of attempted rape in the first degree.
Written by: Emery Winter
Dec. 25, 2025
Shouts of "goo goo g'joob" would likely have been just as unwelcome to the walrus as the pops an ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 25, 2025
The provocative song comes from Sus Records, a YouTube channel known for using AI to make musica ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Dec. 25, 2025
The story points to Austrian mechanic Erwin Perzy in 1900, but records show snow globes existed ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 24, 2025
A 2020 email from a federal prosecutor, released by the Department of Justice, said Trump flew o ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Dec. 24, 2025
Coca-Cola may have helped popularize Santa's look, but his modern image was already taking shape ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 24, 2025
The rumor didn't line up with any actual events.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Dec. 23, 2025
Bari Weiss, CBS' editor-in-chief, reportedly held the story about abuses in the facility because ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Dec. 23, 2025
The correspondence in question is present in the Department of Justice's files on Epstein, but i ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 23, 2025
A startup company presented a pilot project in 2022 in Södertälje, Sweden, but the municipality ...
Written by: Megan Loe
Dec. 23, 2025
Claims that poinsettias can cause serious health problems or death in pets greatly exaggerate th ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 23, 2025
Caprio died in August 2025. A video of him apparently telling a story about sentencing the young ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 22, 2025
Social media users shared alleged photos of Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern meeting ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Dec. 22, 2025
The slain director was the latest celebrity to be targeted in the regularly peddled AI-generated ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 22, 2025
A meme showed alleged quotes from the pair, including one with the famous singer telling the Whi ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 22, 2025
Under international law, Venezuela has control over its own oil — but its efforts to nationalize ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 22, 2025
The court document was part of a batch the U.S. Department of Justice published in December 2025 ...
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