Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Emery Winter
Nov. 3, 2025
The agency swept Jackson Oswalt's home for radiation in 2018 after he became the youngest person ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Nov. 2, 2025 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2025)
A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another out ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Nov. 2, 2025
Social media users accused Gates of softening his long-standing commitment to mitigating the eff ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Nov. 2, 2025
Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received appro ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Nov. 2, 2025
Social media posts framed as a "police warning" directed towards women were vague chain messages ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 1, 2025
The historical fact spread online in October 2025 as Republicans claimed Democrats shut down the ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Nov. 1, 2025
The video was posted by Branson Area Breaking News, a satirical Facebook page.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Oct. 31, 2025 (Updated: Dec. 8, 2025)
The vice president's comments occurred during an interview for a New York Post podcast.
Written by: Rae Deng
Oct. 31, 2025 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2025)
Following the incident, DHS head Kristi Noem denied a request from Democratic Illinois Gov. JB P ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Oct. 31, 2025
We've heard stranger things.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 31, 2025
Republican senators joined the Democrats' effort to end President Donald Trump's tariffs on Cana ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 31, 2025
Senators repeatedly failed to pass a continuing resolution that would fund federal agencies and ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 31, 2025
According to the rumor, Hegseth mocked Jagger's activism and sneered that he was "an out-of-touc ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 31, 2025
The video from September 2025 recirculated in October as the Trump administration continued its ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Oct. 30, 2025
Posts claimed the suspects in the 2025 burglary also stole the hearts of French housewives every ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Oct. 30, 2025
The U.S. hasn't conducted nuclear explosive tests since 1992.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 30, 2025
Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 30, 2025
Political analyst and commentator Bill Kristol shared the claim.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 30, 2025
Years later, while running for South Carolina governor, she posted, "Adam and Eve, not Adam and ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 30, 2025
The story was just one of hundreds of inspirational tales that depicted prominent figures perfor ...
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