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  • Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO

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    Did U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer threaten to close U.S. bases at Lakenheath, Mildenhall and elsewhere, and demand rent if President Donald Trump withdraws from NATO? No, that's not true: Contrary to a viral screenshot claiming Starmer posted such a threat on X, there is no evidence he actually did that. Neither news reports nor Starmer's X account support the…

    • Mar 19, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Ruins Of Amazon Data Center In The Middle East

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    Does a viral video purporting to show the ruins of an Amazon data center in the Middle East document a real scene? No, that's not true: The video contained multiple signs pointing to AI, including an incorrectly spelled company's name and a person who appears headless and then grows a head in less than a second. According to Google, the…

    • Mar 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Ruins Of Amazon Data Center In The Middle East AI Video
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence U.S. Soldiers Are Refusing Orders To Deploy To Iran 'En Masse'

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    Are U.S. soldiers "openly refusing orders" to deploy "en masse" to Iran as a viral Facebook post claimed? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that large numbers of American service members are refusing deployment orders. Claims circulating on social media misrepresent online activity, and the hashtags #SoldiersRefuse and #NoWarWithIran are not trending No. 1 worldwide with 18 million…

    • Mar 17, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence U.S. Soldiers Are Refusing Orders To Deploy To Iran 'En Masse' No News Orgs
  • Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Charlie Kirk Wrote Erika Kirk Out Of His Will After Suspected Affair With JD Vance

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    Does a viral video prove that Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk removed his wife from his will shortly before his murder? No, that's not true: The rumor originated from a self-described satire account. No professional media organization reported the purported change in the will. The claim initially appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok on January 30,…

    • Feb 4, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Charlie Kirk Wrote Erika Kirk Out Of His Will After Suspected Affair With JD Vance Satire Label
  • Fact Check: Parody X Post Telling J.D. Vance To 'Go F*ck A Couch' Not From Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's Actual X Account

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    Did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tell Vice President J.D. Vance to "go fuck a couch" in an X post? No, that's not true: Vance did quote a real post from Frey on X in a discussion about law enforcement and other people needing to feel safe calling 911, but the reply suggesting intercourse with a piece of furniture came from…

    • Jan 29, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Parody X Post Telling J.D. Vance To 'Go F*ck A Couch' Not From Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's Actual X Account Parody
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call 'Mother Of All Deals' Pact Between India And EU A 'High School Science Project' On Truth Social

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    Did U.S. President Donald Trump call the 'mother of all deals' trade agreement between India and the EU. a 'high school science project' on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A viral image with those words did not show an actual social media post by President Trump. It had a satire disclaimer near the bottom and was initially published by…

    • Jan 27, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call 'Mother Of All Deals' Pact Between India And EU A 'High School Science Project' On Truth Social Satire Label
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ICE Raiding Home Without A Warrant After Man Shouted They Shouldn't 'Smack' His Neighbor -- It's Columbus SWAT In 2019

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    Does a video show ICE agents raiding a man's home without a warrant after he shouted about ICE's treatment of his neighbor, saying they "ain't supposed to smack him like that"? No, that's not true: The video shared in January 2026 with claims it showed ICE agents was recorded by Nick Pettit from the porch of his Columbus, Ohio, home…

    • Jan 26, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ICE Raiding Home Without A Warrant After Man Shouted They Shouldn't 'Smack' His Neighbor -- It's Columbus SWAT In 2019 Not ICE
  • Fact Check: Image Of Usha Vance Dressed In The Same Fabric As Couch Is NOT Real

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    Does a viral image really show Usha Vance in plaid clothes matching the fabric of the couch she sits on? No, that's not true: According to a facial recognition tool, the picture widely shared after the announcement of Usha Vance's fourth pregnancy did not even show her. Additional analysis strongly suggested that the viral image was AI generated. The claim…

    • Jan 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Of Usha Vance Dressed In The Same Fabric As Couch Is NOT Real Not Her
  • Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT 'Reveal' Donald Trump's 1970 Wharton Aptitude, IQ Tests

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    Did Stephen Colbert "reveal" Donald Trump's "1970 Wharton IQ test"? No, that's not true: This claim and its variations originated from accounts that warned their audiences that they do not post factually accurate content. The rumor spread in variations that contradicted each other on the name of the TV host, school, test type and even the name of the person…

    • Jan 19, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT 'Reveal' Donald Trump's 1970 Wharton Aptitude, IQ Tests Fiction
  • Fact Check: There Were NOT Antifa and "Transgender Surgeries Performed In This Car" Stickers On Renee Good's Honda Pilot -- AI-Generated Image Originally Posted in 'Comedy' Account Riff On Minneapolis ICE Shooting

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    Was there an Antifa sticker and another one claiming "transgender surgeries performed in this car" on the Honda Pilot Renee Good was driving when she was shot and killed on a Minneapolis street by an ICE agent? No, that's not true: The image of a cluster of car stickers is labeled as AI-generated. The TikTok account that first used the…

    • Jan 9, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: There Were NOT Antifa and "Transgender Surgeries Performed In This Car" Stickers On Renee Good's Honda Pilot -- AI-Generated Image Originally Posted in 'Comedy' Account Riff On Minneapolis ICE Shooting Satire And AI
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