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  • Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran ... Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025

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    Does a viral video document U.S. Army soldiers deploying to Iran on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: The post provides no evidence where those soldiers are going, nor when. No Army deployments have been documented by evidence-based news sites and neither the White House nor Congress have announced U.S. troops will be sent to Iran. The video was…

    • Jun 23, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran ... Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025 Recycled Video
  • Fact Check: FIFA Did NOT Move The World Cup 2026 From The United States Because Of Trump's Immigration Policies -- No Move Announced

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    Did the International Federation of Football (FIFA) move the World Cup 2026 from the United States because of President Trump's strict immigration policies? No, this is not true: As of June 4, 2025, FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, have not announced any changes to the hosting arrangement for the tournament, which will be held for the first time in…

    • Jun 4, 2025
    • by: Edwin Mesa
    Fact Check: FIFA Did NOT Move The World Cup 2026 From The United States Because Of Trump's Immigration Policies -- No Move Announced No Change
  • Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next

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    By Raffaella Menichini, Lead Stories Deputy International Teams Manager (Rome) and Lead Stories staff A nine-day mourning period has begun with the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, according to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office. The cause of death, declared by the Vatican's Directorate of Health…

    • Apr 21, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next
  • Fact Check: Leaked J.D. Vance Audio With Musk Criticism Is AI According To Detection Tools

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    Is "leaked" audio of Vice-President J.D. Vance in which he complains about Elon Musk authentic? No, that's not true: Several AI detection tools and Vance's Communications director both say the audio is fake. The TikTok video where the audio seems to have originated from misspelled Vance's name as "Vence". The oldest copy of the viral audio appears to be this…

    • Mar 24, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Leaked J.D. Vance Audio With Musk Criticism Is AI According To Detection Tools AI Audio
  • Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Someone Yelled 'Kill That Vice' At J.D. Vance Attending Concert At Kennedy Center

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    Does a viral video prove that someone in the audience at a Kennedy Center concert yelled "Kill that Vice!" at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance as he entered the concert hall? No, that's not true: The sentence in question is not clearly audible in the viral recording. When played at a reduced speed, it appears to end with "light" or…

    • Mar 14, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Someone Yelled 'Kill That Vice' At J.D. Vance Attending Concert At Kennedy Center Lights≠Vice
  • Fact Check: Apple Acknowledges 'Issue' Shown In TikTok Video of iPhone Replacing 'Racist' With 'Trump' -- Bug Is With 'R' Words

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    Does a TikTok video showing an iPhone replacing the word "racist" with "Trump" prove that Siri is anti-Trump? No, that's not true: Apple said it's fixing a speech recognition bug that sometimes briefly replaces words starting with "R", not just "racist," with other words that begin with an "R" consonant at the beginning of the word, not just "Trump." Users…

    • Feb 25, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Apple Acknowledges 'Issue' Shown In TikTok Video of iPhone Replacing 'Racist' With 'Trump' -- Bug Is With 'R' Words User Setting
  • Fact Check: Edited Clip Shows German Diplomat Crying Emotional Tears During Part Of Speech Ending His Munich Conference Chairmanship -- Over Five Minutes After His Remarks About J.D. Vance

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    Does a viral clip authentically show the outgoing Munich Security Conference Chairman, Christoph Heusgen, getting emotional while discussing U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance's remarks at the conference? No, that's not true: The video was edited. The altered version removed more than five minutes of Heusgen's address, separating the moment when he mentioned Vance and when he got emotional coming off…

    • Feb 17, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Edited Clip Shows German Diplomat Crying Emotional Tears During Part Of Speech Ending His Munich Conference Chairmanship -- Over Five Minutes After His Remarks About J.D. Vance Edited
  • Fact Check: Usha Vance Would NOT Lose Her US Citizenship Because of Trump Birthright Policy

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    Could second lady Usha Vance have her U.S. citizenship revoked because of the executive order President Donald Trump issued that seeks to ban automatic citizenship for some babies born to a parent with no permanent legal status in the United States? No, that's not true: Trump's order would apply only to children born after February 19, 2025. The wife of…

    • Jan 21, 2025
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: Usha Vance Would NOT Lose Her US Citizenship Because of Trump Birthright Policy Second Lady OK
  • Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Lie About Having Served In Afghanistan -- He Said He Visited That Country As Congressman

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    Does a video show Tim Walz lying about having served in a U.S. military deployment to Afghanistan? No, that's not true: Walz told the American Legion about a 2011 trip to Afghanistan he took as a member of Congress. He did not say he had served in Afghanistan as a soldier. The claim appeared in a post on X (archived…

    • Sep 3, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Lie About Having Served In Afghanistan -- He Said He Visited That Country As Congressman House Junket
  • Fact Check: 'Big Party' Excerpt From 'Hillbilly Elegy' Is NOT Real -- Follow-Up Post Confirms Fakery

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    Did Donald Trump's pick for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, write about a drunken party with embarrassingly graphic details on page 21 of his book "Hillbilly Elegy"? No, that's not true: The person who made the post on social media later clarified it was not real. Additional searches in the hard copy and digital copies of the book found no…

    • Jul 26, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Big Party' Excerpt From 'Hillbilly Elegy' Is NOT Real -- Follow-Up Post Confirms Fakery Fake Passage
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