We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
Conflict
A picture which appears to show the body of the Iranian Supreme Leader has been shared online—but it isn’t genuine. Read
World
We can find no evidence that President Sheinbaum warned US President Donald Trump that America will “beg us” to tear down a wall between the two countries. Read
Conflict
Captions shared with footage of a bomb being dropped above a cave misleadingly imply it shows Iran deploying its own version of these munitions. Read
United States
Images that appear to show the mayor of New York City when he was young alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are fake and were made with artificial intelligence. Read
United States
A still image which has been taken from a real video of the shooting of Alex Pretti has been enhanced with artificial intelligence, resulting in an agent kneeling on the ground missing a head. Read
United States
The video appears to show Donald Trump telling Keir Starmer to concentrate on governing the UK. But it isn’t real. Read
United States
We’ve fact checked posts sharing this fake quote several times before. Read
Politics
There’s absolutely no evidence for claims on social media that the Reform UK leader said Donald Trump’s comments about NATO troops were “correct”. He’s on the record as saying he disagreed with them. Read
United States
An image of President Trump and his mother is being shared on social media alongside an unsubstantiated quote in which she criticises him. Read
United States
Posts sharing the quote, allegedly taken from an email to the-then interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, have been shared on social media. But there’s no evidence it is real. Read
