Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 28, 2025 (Updated: Sept. 2, 2025)
On Aug. 27, 2025, Border Patrol arrested two members of a contract crew for being in the country ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 28, 2025
Users shared posts in August 2025 claiming "antifa thugs" altered a new "American Workers First" ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 28, 2025
There is nothing to suggest the Supreme Court's chief justice said the phrase publicly.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Aug. 27, 2025
A 1989 Supreme Court case ruled that burning the American flag is a form of speech protected by ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Aug. 27, 2025
The banners repeated a first-term promise by the president to put American workers first.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 27, 2025
Videos falsely claimed "millions saw it live" and that "Obama's quiet, razor sharp reply flipped ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 27, 2025
“Restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people,” ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 27, 2025
Mexican artists painted a mural on the Mexican side of the border wall in Friendship Park in Tij ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 27, 2025
The chart's subhead claimed it showed the "Share of people in each country who say homosexuality ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 27, 2025
Fraudulent websites and videos falsely claimed Winfrey endorsed a so-called "pink salt trick," r ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 26, 2025
The claim originated with the long-running satirical column The Borowitz Report.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 26, 2025
The latest death hoax appeared online in late August 2025.
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 26, 2025
Reps. Ro Khanna, a Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Republican, organized the news conference to c ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 26, 2025
But the president has made errors when referring to the 1941 attack from Japan.
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 26, 2025
The claim originated from multiple YouTube videos posted in early and mid-August.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 26, 2025
Miami's only daily high of 100 degrees Fahrenheit was in 1942. Tampa's first 100-degree day was ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 26, 2025
The rumor appeared to originate with Leavitt's claims about judicial overreach during a May 2025 ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Aug. 25, 2025
The rumor originated with Duffel Blog, a self-proclaimed satire news outlet.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 25, 2025
Online users shared this rumor about Oprah Winfrey and the 2023 Hawaii fires without realizing i ...
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 25, 2025
MacWaters' alleged resume attached to an X post also listed roles at Jaguar Land Rover UK, Bud L ...
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