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05/05  'Gold Rush' star Parker Schnabel wasn't sentenced to life in prison
A false rumor shared in early 2025 claimed a purported "crushing verdict" for Schn...
05/05  DOD denies content on WWII icon Ruby Bradley will be removed, despi...
The Department of Defense shut down online rumors it would delete the decorated U....
05/05  Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fra...
The new academic standards promote U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies' gro...
05/05  Fact Check: Video Does NOT Capture Canada's Carney Authentic Speech...
Does a viral clip show Canada's PM Mark Carney announcing phasing out "all vehicle...
05/05  Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Capture Real Cop 'Losing H...
Did a video shared on social media authentically capture a real-life scene showing...
05/05  Fact Check: Photo Of Man In SS Uniform Is NOT George Soros -- It's ...
Does a viral post of a man in a Nazi SS uniform document the young life of financi...
05/05  Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley's Service History: What We Know
Was the service history of Colonel Ruby Bradley, an American nurse captured in the...
05/05  Trump’s Stock Market Blame-Shifting
President Donald Trump said the faltering stock market "is Biden’s Stock Market, n...
05/05  Fact Check: SATIRE Page Created Fake Karoline Leavitt Post About Th...
Did White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt make a request on X for opinions ...
05/05  Trump says he has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz as federal prison
The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National P...
05/05  Yes, Trump posted an AI image of himself as pope on Truth Social
Later, the White House X account shared the image.
05/05  25 fact checks about Keanu Reeves, the 'Internet's Boyfriend'
The internet features a matrix of misinformation regarding the actor.
05/05  Why Mississippi refused to air 'Sesame Street' in 1970
When state officials eventually approved "Sesame Street," a newspaper credited par...
05/05  AG Pam Bondi didn't announce people would spend 15 years in El Salv...
According to the fake Fox News chyron, Bondi announced that the administration wou...
05/05  Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy'...
The conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor is set to start on Wednesday, May 7,...
05/05  Fact Check: White House Posted AI Generated Image Of President Trum...
Did the official X account of The White House post an AI generated picture of Pres...
05/04  Yes, FDR warned of 'selfish men who would clip the wings of the Ame...
Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Fr...
05/04  NYPD never confirmed Trump's height and weight to the public
According to numerous posts, Trump was reportedly listed as 5 feet, 10 inches tall...
05/04  9 rumors involving fake news chyrons that we've debunked
You might believe some of the quotes were really displayed on TV news programs, bu...
05/04  US deported more than 3M people during Obama presidency. Most did n...
Social media posts claimed "75–83%" of people deported during the Obama administra...
05/03  Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say She Was In Therapy Because S...
Did Michelle Obama reveal in a podcast interview that she was in therapy because s...
05/03  No, Pope Francis did not say, 'The walls of hospitals have heard mo...
In the last days of Pope Francis' life, speaking became increasingly difficult.
05/03  Claim that US has secret $150T 'trust fund' is exaggerated
Financial commentator Jim Rickards claimed Trump's mineral policies and a recent S...
05/03  Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy'...
The conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor is set to start on Wednesday, May 7,...
05/03  10 rumors we've investigated about FEMA
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, which President Jimmy Carter establi...
05/03  Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Jewish Settlers Splashing...
Does a viral online image authentically show "Jewish settlers" pouring a "hit liqu...
05/03  NIH director said RFK Jr. plans to launch an 'autism registry' — th...
The National Institutes of Health director said they were launching an autism regi...
05/03  Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed...
Did American President Donald Trump post a picture of himself in which he appeared...
05/02  Time magazine didn't publish cover showing Mark Carney giving Trump...
Numerous social media users shared the image of the Canadian prime minister suppos...
05/02  Karoline Leavitt didn't organize fundraiser for janitor at her old ...
The rumor claimed Leavitt reunited with a "Mr. Reynolds" at Concord, New Hampshire...
05/02  Social media posts omit key details of Texas bill claimed to crimin...
House Bill 366 would introduce a requirement for certain groups of people to discl...
05/02  Chief Justice Roberts didn't fine US Rep. Crockett $200K
YouTubers promoted a fabricated story about U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John ...
05/02  Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir shares days before ICE award...
Greene sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security, the department that overs...
05/02  Unpacking claims Trump admin cut fines of Wells Fargo executives in...
Fines for two former Wells Fargo execs were reduced by a combined $8.35 million.
05/02  Fact Check: Video Did NOT Capture Real-Life Fight
Does a video watermarked "ZXHK EDITX" authentically show a fight involving multipl...
05/02  Fact Check: Miley Cyrus Before-And-After Uses FAKE Image To Ask 'Wh...
Does a set of before-and-after pictures authentically depict Miley Cyrus in May, 2...
05/02  Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Princess Anne Publicly Said 'I Wil...
Does a video on social media show Britain's Princess Anne's authentic public state...
05/02  Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As Pr...
Did U.S. gas prices drop below $1.98 a gallon as President Trump claimed in a May ...
05/02  FactCheck.org Wins National Headliner Award
We are honored to have won a 2025 National Headliner Award for online beat reporti...
05/02  13 rumors about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth we've fact-checked
The former Fox News presenter has been subject to numerous claims, true and false,...
05/02  Fact Check: Indians or Pakistanis Did NOT Set Fire to a Church in W...
Did Indians or Pakistanis set fire to a church in Wales in April 2025? No, that's ...
05/02  Fact Check: AI Clip Of Trump Saying He Will 'Erase Pakistan' If It...
Is a video of President Trump threatening to "erase Pakistan" if it attacks India ...
05/02  Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post 'I'm Running for President o...
Did former Vice President Kamala Harris declare in April 2025 that she intended to...
05/02  Photo of gravestone for twin sisters who died over 100 years apart ...
Emily and Minnie Dodsworth were born in 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
05/02  Fact Check: Chuck Schumer NASA Shell Company Hoax Story Originated ...
Were there real media reports about Senator Chuck Schumer getting $16 million from...
05/02  Trump showed 'assassination trading card' to group of kids at White...
The card showed a picture of Trump with blood running down his face in the afterma...
05/01  No, Port of Seattle isn't 'empty' due to Trump's tariffs, though ca...
"We are seeing some vessels come in with 30% less cargo than anticipated," the Nor...
05/01  Allegations Shri Thanedar abandoned animals at testing lab resurfac...
A business management consulting firm took over running six of Thanedar's companie...
05/01  Yes, Pam Bondi claimed fentanyl seizures under Trump have saved 258...
That number is equal to roughly 75% of the U.S. population.
05/01  Fact Check: Brittney Griner Was NOT Investigated For 'Gambling On ...
Was American basketball player Brittney Griner being investigated for "gambling on...



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