Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 15, 2025
People who can show documentation they lost money because of two separate AT&T data breaches may ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 15, 2025
ICE released plans in August 2025 to buy a license for iris-scanning, biometric technology that ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 15, 2025
A single translation well after the Victorian-era ended included the insult, but it wasn't exact ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Aug. 15, 2025
Internet users shared a letter beginning, "I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of yo ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 14, 2025
"You butter believe it," said the tagline from Gates' blog post about the concoction.
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 14, 2025
The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 14, 2025
Trump nominated E.J. Antoni two weeks after firing Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of rigging job ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 14, 2025
Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 14, 2025
Rumors of such a name change have circulated on the internet since at least 2012.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 14, 2025
The alleged video news report was shared widely on social media.
Written by: Megan Loe
Aug. 14, 2025
Brian Sanders — aka "Lupus Moonhowl" — was said to be crawling on all fours in full faux-fur att ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 14, 2025
Texas lawmakers overturned a law that banned the suspension of homeless students except in extre ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 14, 2025
A heart transplant recipient married his heart donor's wife and then committed suicide in the sa ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 14, 2025
The rumor has persisted online for months but originated on a satirical website.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 13, 2025
Rumors spread online that rabbits infected with a virus that creates a tentacle-like growth on t ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 13, 2025
Online users discussed and shared a video about a story set in 1892, telling a tale of a man nam ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 13, 2025
Online users shared a made-up story after news broke the U.S. Supreme Court was formally asked t ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 13, 2025
A program called the "Snowball Express" has operated through the Gary Sinise Foundation since 2017.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 13, 2025
The rumor spread as Trump called on the National Guard to relocate the homeless in Washington, D.C.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 13, 2025
Bryan Bedford was confirmed as head of the Federal Aviation Agency in July 2025.
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