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  • Fact Check: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Did NOT Point Out US Nuclear Weapon Use In Response To Trump

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    Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni publicly point out to President Donald Trump that, out of the nine countries with nuclear weapons, the United States is the only one that has used them? No, that's not true: The quote is completely made up. There is no evidence or actual credible news reports of Meloni making such a comment. The video…

    • Jun 22, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Did NOT Point Out US Nuclear Weapon Use In Response To Trump Never Said
  • Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Trump And Other World Leaders Meeting With Nordic Aliens In Red Uniforms -- AI-Generated Science Fiction

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    Did Donald Trump and other world leaders meet with several mysterious red-uniformed entities with long blond hair and pale skin? No, that's not true: There is no reliable reporting or photographic evidence such meetings ever happened or that these uniformed entities are real. Images of meetings between world leaders and aliens appeared on X in a video montage watermarked "Planeta…

    • Jun 17, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Trump And Other World Leaders Meeting With Nordic Aliens In Red Uniforms -- AI-Generated Science Fiction Sci-Fi By AI
  • Fact Check: FBI Records Published By Judicial Watch Did NOT Name Deputy Kinlee Hoyle In Email Exchanges With Butler Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks

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    Did an FBI document published by Judicial Watch name Butler County, Ohio, Deputy Kinlee Hoyle as the officer who exchanged emails with the shooter in the 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The FBI document in question mentions interviews with "5 Deputies of the Butler County Sheriff's Office" in Pennsylvania but does not…

    • Jun 6, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FBI Records Published By Judicial Watch Did NOT Name Deputy Kinlee Hoyle In Email Exchanges With Butler Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks Butler Mixup
  • Fact Check: Newsweek Article Did NOT Report That Dr. Oz Gives Trump The 'Cough Test' Every Day

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    Did Newsweek report that Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gives President Donald Trump the "cough test" every day? No, that's not true: The quoted passage does not appear anywhere in the article reviewed by Lead Stories, and no credible evidence shows that Oz made such a statement. The alleged quote is fabricated.…

    • Jun 3, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Newsweek Article Did NOT Report That Dr. Oz Gives Trump The 'Cough Test' Every Day Fake Oz Quote
  • Fact Check: FAKE Quote By Muslim Man Saying 'Christians, You're No Longer Allowed To Say 'Merry Christmas''

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    Is the quote attributed to an unidentified Muslim man that says, "Christians, you're no longer allowed to say Merry Christmas, it's offensive to Muslims" real? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool concluded that a video of the man saying Christians are no longer allowed to say Merry Christmas because it is offensive to Muslims likely contained AI-generated content.…

    • May 29, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Quote By Muslim Man Saying 'Christians, You're No Longer Allowed To Say 'Merry Christmas'' AI-Generated
  • Fact Check: Edited Audio Has Fart Sounds NOT In Original Video Of Trump's Return To White House After Arlington Memorial Day Ceremony

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    Does a real video contain "new audio" which reveals President Donald Trump has "worsening incontinence"? No, that's not true: The audio track of a video was edited to add farting noises and text captioning which are not part of the original video. The altered video was first published on TikTok by a joke account where it is no longer publicly…

    • May 29, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Edited Audio Has Fart Sounds NOT In Original Video Of Trump's Return To White House After Arlington Memorial Day Ceremony Audio Edited
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Touching And Kissing Man's Belly -- Originated From Known Parody Account

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    Does a real video show Trump touching and kissing the belly of a man in the middle of an announcement in the Oval Office? No, that's not true: This video has been digitally altered using AI. The video shows the grouping of people who were actually present in the Oval Office, but the scene with the man's belly is fake.…

    • May 22, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Touching And Kissing Man's Belly -- Originated From Known Parody Account AI-Edited
  • Fact Check: No Male Prostitute Was Found Dead In Home Of Mike Pence -- Fake Story From Facebook 'Comedian'

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    Did police find a male prostitute dead in the Indiana home of Mike Pence? No, that's not true: There is no news reporting of an incident such as this. This false news story originated from a Facebook page that lists its category as "comedian". The story has spread to other social media platforms without the comedy disclaimer. The story originated…

    • May 21, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: No Male Prostitute Was Found Dead In Home Of Mike Pence -- Fake Story From Facebook 'Comedian' Satire Source
  • Fact Check: Jack Dorsey Has NOT Joined Anthropic -- Trending Joke Is Using Names Of Many Notable People

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    Did Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and chairman of Block, join the AI company Anthropic? No, that's not true: There have been no news announcements that Dorsey has joined Anthropic. After the true announcement that Andrej Karpathy, the co-founder of OpenAI, was joining Anthropic, a trend of copycat joke announcements popped up on social media. Among the copycat posts…

    • May 20, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Jack Dorsey Has NOT Joined Anthropic -- Trending Joke Is Using Names Of Many Notable People Joke Meme
  • Fact Check: FAKE Declassified 1966 UFO Footage Shows Octopus-Like Creature With 10 Tentacles -- AI-Generated

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    Does a real video show declassified 1966 UFO footage of an octopus-like creature with 10 tentacles bouncing on the sea and flying off at great speed? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence of such a historic sighting, and no reputable outlets have reported it. An AI detection tool also assessed the clip and concluded that "the video…

    • May 11, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Declassified 1966 UFO Footage Shows Octopus-Like Creature With 10 Tentacles -- AI-Generated Bogus Video
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