Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 25, 2025
Online users shared a rumor claiming the three U.S. progressive voices joined forces in summer 2025.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 25, 2025
The gel treatment for osteoarthritis has been on the market since 2013 but social media posts pr ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 25, 2025
A fabricated story about the U.S. military bugle call "Taps" long predates the creation of the i ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Aug. 24, 2025
No credible news sources reported that the U.S. defense secretary invested in a “dogtopia."
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 24, 2025
The Nobel Committee has no process for "removing" a Peace Prize nominee, because no public nomin ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Aug. 23, 2025
Engineers moved the more-than-650-ton Kiruna Church over two days in August 2025.
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 22, 2025
The idea that vaccines can "overwhelm" a child's immune system betrays a fundamental misconcepti ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Aug. 22, 2025
When the incident occurred in 2017, ICE said it did not "make arrests in sensitive locations lik ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 22, 2025
Social media claims that Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett was "fired" by a new Texas congression ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 22, 2025
Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, made the statement during an interview wit ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 22, 2025
The apology came after an X user claimed the app "let #trans ideology infect a language lesson," ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 22, 2025 (Updated: Aug. 26, 2025)
Online users claimed a body-camera video showed police arresting a 16-year-old autistic employee ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 22, 2025
In August 2025 the retail chain announced it would not open stores in California because of "ris ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 22, 2025
Social media posts claimed in August 2025 that orcas near Spain sank 1,000 boats in a campaign o ...
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 22, 2025
There are real viruses that can cause wartlike growths called fibromas in deer. But there's no n ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 21, 2025
A constitutional amendment would be required to change or abolish the role of the Electoral Coll ...
Written by: Cindy Shan
Aug. 21, 2025
A quote attributed to Tom Nichols described Trump as "scared of women, terrified of more powerfu ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 21, 2025 (Updated: Aug. 22, 2025)
The rumor spread widely on Facebook, proclaiming Jagger said, “Rock ’n’ roll is not for sale.”
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Aug. 21, 2025
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Aug. 7, 2025.
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 21, 2025
Posts claimed the country music star "abruptly" left the set after a "tense, on-air clash" with ...
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