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  • Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows USA and Canadian Women's Hockey Team Visited Canadian Prime Minister Carney

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    Is a photo that shows the US and Canadian women's Olympic hockey teams visiting Canadian Prime Minister Carney real? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image 99.9% likely to be AI generated, and there are telltale signs in the photo that it is not real. The claim appeared in a February 24, 2026 post on X…

    • Feb 25, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows USA and Canadian Women's Hockey Team Visited Canadian Prime Minister Carney AI-Generated
  • Fact Check: Sam Bankman-Fried Did NOT Offer AOC Bitcoin To Fund 2028 Presidential Campaign

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    Did Sam Bankman-Fried write a post on X, offering Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez money in bitcoins to fund a 2028 presidential run? No, that's not true: As of this writing, there was no such post on his account. No credible media organizations published reports about the purported entry. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on February 24, 2026.…

    • Feb 25, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Sam Bankman-Fried Did NOT Offer AOC Bitcoin To Fund 2028 Presidential Campaign No Such Post
  • Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did

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    Did Bruce Springsteen, Jason Kelce, and Snoop Dogg, along with other entertainment and sports celebrities, call Trump adviser Stephen Miller a "Nazi" and "the Goebbels of the cabinet"? No, that's not true: The claim that a celebrity "called Trump's homeland security official Stephen Miller a 'Nazi'" is made about at least 20 celebrities but the quote actually came just from…

    • Feb 24, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES 'John Barron' Caller Was Trump

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    Does a viral post prove that U.S. President Donald Trump called C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's decision making his previous sweeping tariffs on foreign goods illegal? No, that's not true: The caller who introduced himself as "John Barron" was not identified as Trump anywhere except for social media. The TV channel issued a statement refuting the rumor that…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES 'John Barron' Caller Was Trump C-SPAN: No
  • Fact Check: Seattle Seahawks Did NOT Decline a White House Invitation

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    Did the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks refuse an invitation to the White House? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the team has been invited to Washington for a reception with President Donald Trump or that the team has refused such an invitation. The White House has not responded to inquiries from Lead Stories about the matter. The Seattle…

    • Feb 19, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Seattle Seahawks Did NOT Decline a White House Invitation No Invite Yet
  • Fact Check: Thitikul, De Niro, Hanks, Penrod Did NOT Say 'Don't Touch My Family Or My Country' To Karoline Leavitt Or Whoopi Goldberg -- It's Vietspam

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    Did Thai golfer Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul say 'don't touch my family' at a news conference with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: No media outlets reported that about the golfer or any other celebrity, including actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks and gospel singer Guy Penrod, who was rumored to have made the identical statement…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Thitikul, De Niro, Hanks, Penrod Did NOT Say 'Don't Touch My Family Or My Country' To Karoline Leavitt Or Whoopi Goldberg -- It's Vietspam Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show The "Strange Behavior Of A Woman" At The White House

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    Does a video from the White House show a woman acting strangely? No, that's not true: The grainy images are from a slow-motion version of a video taken at a White House news conference in December 2025 announcing that Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Technologies, and his wife, Susan, would donate more than $6 billion to soon-to-be-opened Trump Accounts,…

    • Feb 17, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show The "Strange Behavior Of A Woman" At The White House Slow Motion
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'I Made A Mistake' Nominating Kevin Warsh As Federal Reserve Chairman -- Was Talking About Jerome Powell

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    Did President Donald Trump say "I made a mistake" about nominating Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair? No, that's not true: Trump was referring to Jerome Powell, whom he previously nominated as chair and has sought to remove. His reference to the mistake came as he was describing the process by which he had been persuaded to select Powell over…

    • Feb 10, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'I Made A Mistake' Nominating Kevin Warsh As Federal Reserve Chairman -- Was Talking About Jerome Powell About Powell
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Threaten A 250% Tariff On Norwegian Salmon Because 'Norway Is About To Win The Most Golds' At Winter Olympics

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    Did U.S. President Donald Trump threaten a 250% tariff on Norwegian salmon because "Norway is about to win the most golds" at the Winter Olympics? No, that's not true: The viral image of his supposed Truth Social post is not real. Lead Stories searched his account and news reports, but found no confirmation that he wrote what some on social…

    • Feb 9, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Threaten A 250% Tariff On Norwegian Salmon Because 'Norway Is About To Win The Most Golds' At Winter Olympics No Such Post
  • Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real -- From Satire Account

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    Is a viral image showing Bad Bunny burning a flag while preparing for the Super Bowl halftime show real? No, that's not true: The image, featuring the singer wearing a white, blue and pink striped dress and lighting an American flag on fire using a lighter, first appeared on a Facebook account that says it publishes satire. It also contained…

    • Feb 8, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real -- From Satire Account AI Flag Burn
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