Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 27, 2025
The Vermont senator said, "I don't like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border and ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 27, 2025
The official 2022 portrait of Michelle Obama was hung in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White ...
Written by: William Kramer
Oct. 27, 2025 (Updated: Oct. 29, 2025)
No matter how much internet users root, root, root for them, the "Dancing Dutchman" and his rat ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 27, 2025
He did not say the words, "get it all on record now" because "down the track of history some b** ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 26, 2025
Former Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams once likened rape to bad weather, saying, ...
Written by: William Kramer
Oct. 26, 2025
It turns out that the mountain lion does not concern himself with catnip.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 25, 2025
Users' posts promoting the April 2018 story said, in part, "They didn't ask why. They just came."
Written by: Megan Loe
Oct. 25, 2025
The streaming service confirmed ICE recruitment ads ran as part of a broader U.S. government ad ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2025
Some people discussing the video online wondered whether it had been created with artificial int ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2025
A trending topic on Threads read, "Rachel Maddow reacts emotionally to White House renovation pl ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2025
Online users shared this story after the president posted an AI-generated video that used one of ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Oct. 24, 2025
In fact, the White House has one or two exemptions from the nation's historic preservation laws.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 24, 2025
Jones later called on people who "don't know the difference between figuratively and literally" ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Oct. 24, 2025
NBA player Terry Rozier was the most high-profile name in the FBI's announcement of an illegal s ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Oct. 24, 2025
Billionaires fund organizations on both the left and right. That doesn't mean they spent $300 mi ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 24, 2025
Posts echoed the calls of Blackout the System, a group that said it opposed the Trump administra ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Oct. 24, 2025
Snopes has reported on variants of this supposed act since 2009. As of 2025, it's still fake news.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 24, 2025
Baez and Leavitt allegedly clashed during an "ambush" on "The Tonight Show."
Written by: William Kramer
Oct. 24, 2025
The California governor said the knee pads would be signed by their "dear leader" since they "lo ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Oct. 23, 2025
A related rumor about ICE's purchases of "chemical weapons" was true. The agency has bought muni ...
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