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What we know about claims Trump admin wanted UK to remove LGBTQ+ protections before trade deal
U.S. Vice President JD Vance chastised European leaders for lacking commitment to free speech during an address in Germany in ...
Yes, RFK Jr. said autistic children will never pay taxes, hold a job, play baseball or write a poem
The U.S. health secretary was giving a press briefing about CDC findings on the growing number of autism diagnoses, calling ...
Karoline Leavitt didn't debate Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show'
In mid-April 2025, claims ( archived) circulated online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had a heated debate with Stephen Colbert on his late-night talk show. The claim mainly ...
Don't believe fake Atlantic headline claiming 'rise in sexual assaults by migrants price worth paying to end racism'
Claims circulating on social media in early 2025 purported to show an authentic screenshot of an article published by the ...
No evidence US Institute of Peace funded 'multiple terrorist organizations'
"Any government institution is most likely to be the opposite of its name," Elon Musk, the public face of DOGE, claimed on X.
Yes, this ad marketing refurbished iPhones for 'every member of your polycule' is real
This was a real advertisement. As many commenters appeared to understand, the ad was not from Apple, the company that ...
No, family of 17-year-old stabbing suspect Karmelo Anthony did not buy house, car with donated funds
GiveSendGo, the donation platform used by the Anthony family, confirmed that no funds have been withdrawn from the family's ...
Trump admin may have floated giving each Greenlander $10K per year to replace $600M in Danish subsidies
The Trump administration is also studying financial incentives for Greenlanders, including the possibility of replacing the ...
Fake photo shows Blue Origin passengers with 'botoxed' faces
Following the successful flight by space technology company Blue Origin on April 14, 2025, in which six prominent women ...
Real photo shows tied-up, stripped men in Salvadoran prison — just not the one receiving US deportees in 2025
The photograph does show a prison in El Salvador — but not CECOT, the detention center where U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
No evidence Tom Cruise, Young Thug and Kendall Jenner will be on next Blue Origin flight
A rumor that a number of celebrities — Young Thug, Kendall Jenner, Tom Cruise, Jameis Winston, Drew Desbordes and Angel Reese ...
Breaking down claims that China halted all its orders of Boeing planes
On April 15 and 16, 2025, a claim ( archived) circulated online that China had halted or canceled all its orders of airplanes ...