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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove U.S. Military Tanks 'Patrolled' Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2025

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    Does a widely-shared video prove that U.S. military tanks patrolled the streets of Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2025? No, that's not true: The person who recorded it told Lead Stories that the 10-second clip showed an armored vehicle that was in the nation's capital to participate in a military parade on June 14, 2025. That account was consistent with…

    • Jun 12, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove U.S. Military Tanks 'Patrolled' Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2025 Parade≠Patrol
  • Fact Check: Photo of Sleeping Troops, Shared by Gavin Newsom, Do NOT Show Afghanistan in 2021

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    Did a photo of troops sleeping on a floor, shared amid President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard in California in June 2025, in fact date to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021? No, that's not true: the AI chatbot ChatGPT made a mistake in identifying the photo as having first been published on a U.S. military website…

    • Jun 10, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Photo of Sleeping Troops, Shared by Gavin Newsom, Do NOT Show Afghanistan in 2021 AI Error
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 -- It's USA Aid In 2024

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    Does a video show China air-dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza in May 2025? No, that's not true: The video is from March 2024, when U.S. military planes dropped food and supplies onto a beach in Beit Lahiya, Gaza. Other videos posted at the time show the same scene, and news reports documented the event. There is no evidence that China…

    • May 19, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 -- It's USA Aid In 2024 USA 2024
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With 'Trump 2024' Flag, Then Deported -- Different People

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    Did online posts accurately show a woman dancing with a "Trump 2024" flag, then being deported? No, that's not true: The posts combined two clips that showed entirely different people. The first was Lenette Saunders, who posted "Latinos celebrating Papi Trump's victory" in November 2024. The second woman was Alejandra Juarez, who was deported in 2018. The claim appeared in…

    • May 13, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With 'Trump 2024' Flag, Then Deported -- Different People Not the Same
  • Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley's Service History: What We Know

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    Was the service history of Colonel Ruby Bradley, an American nurse captured in the Philippines during World War II, removed from official military websites on orders of U.S. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or DOGE? As of this writing, some pages describing her life were still available on government online resources. Yet, in at least two instances, those…

    • May 5, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley's Service History: What We Know What we know
  • Fact Check: Taliban Did NOT Hand Over Bagram Air Base to US, As Of April 8, 2025

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    Did the Taliban return Bagram Air Base base in Afghanistan to the United States? No, that's not true: On April 8, 2025, the Pentagon refuted the claim, replying to Lead Stories' questions. Two AI detectors found a significant presence of generative AI in an article that started the rumor. The claim originated from a story published on Medium on April…

    • Apr 9, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Taliban Did NOT Hand Over Bagram Air Base to US, As Of April 8, 2025 Pentagon: No
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Publicly Declare He Would Implement Martial Law on April 20, 2025

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    Did U.S. President Donald Trump publicly declare that he would implement martial law in the United States on April 20, 2025? No, that's not true: As of April 9, Trump had not publicly given any such order, or made any such declaration. Rumors that Trump would announce or implement martial law on April 20 stemmed from an executive order relating…

    • Apr 9, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Publicly Declare He Would Implement Martial Law on April 20, 2025 No Such Order
  • Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Send 'Three US Aircraft Carriers' To Iran On March 17, 2025 -- There Was Only One Carrier In That Region

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    Did the United States send three aircraft carriers to Iran on March 17, 2025? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. Navy told Lead Stories that, as of March 18, 2025, there was just one U.S. military ship of this class deployed in the region. As of this writing, the U.S. Department of Defense issued no public statements…

    • Mar 18, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Send 'Three US Aircraft Carriers' To Iran On March 17, 2025 -- There Was Only One Carrier In That Region
  • Fact Check: DoD Website Removes And Then Restores Article About Medal Of Honor Recipient Charles Calvin Rogers -- DoD Responds

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    Did the website of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) remove an article about Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam? Here's what we know: The 2021 article now appears on the DOD website again, but for a while the link did redirect to a 404 page hosted at the…

    • Mar 17, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: DoD Website Removes And Then Restores Article About Medal Of Honor Recipient Charles Calvin Rogers -- DoD Responds 404 Not Found
  • Fact Check: Secretary Of Defense Says US Is NOT Shutting Naval Base In Alexandroupoli, Greece, Trump Says Report Of Closure 'Not A Correct Story'

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    Is the United States shutting down a Naval base in Alexandroupoli, Greece, as reported in February 2025? No, that's not true: A defense official told Lead Stories there is no "US base in Alexandroupolis." Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied the claim on February 24, 2025, saying at the White House, "It's a no," according to the White House press…

    • Feb 24, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Secretary Of Defense Says US Is NOT Shutting Naval Base In Alexandroupoli, Greece, Trump Says Report Of Closure 'Not A Correct Story' Trump Says No
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