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  • Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions

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    Is the business featured in a recent video by Dr. Mehmet Oz related to hospice and home care fraud in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: The business is a family-owned and operated bakery and market and there is no evidence that implicates the business in any fraud prosecution or to the hospice and home care industry. Several other businesses…

    • Feb 5, 2026
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions It's A Bakery
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign A Law Eliminating Income Taxes On Anyone Earning Less Than $120,000

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    Did President Trump sign into law an income tax exemption for families making less than $120,000? No, that's not true: No such exemption has passed the U.S. House and Senate. There is no such exemption on the official list of laws signed by Trump. The claim appeared in a September 4, 2025 TikTok video (archived here) published by the AppalachianQueen5…

    • Sep 8, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign A Law Eliminating Income Taxes On Anyone Earning Less Than $120,000 No Such Break
  • Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal'

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    Did FBI Director Kash Patel declassify records detailing Hillary Clinton's and Vladimir Putin's ties to the 'James Comey Scandal'? No, that's not true: The viral rumor originated from a comedian's page. Neither the FBI nor credible media organizations said anything about the purported "trove" of "intelligence documents". The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on July…

    • Jul 11, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal' Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond 'Just like I took your wife' to Stephen Miller's 'We will take back America' Post On X -- Musk Denies

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    Did Elon Musk reply to Stephen Miller's "We will take back America" post on X with "Just like I took your wife"? No, that's not true: Musk addressed the claim, saying he never posted that comment and there's no record of it on Musk's account or Miller's. Such a post would have been very newsworthy and yet there are no…

    • Jun 9, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond 'Just like I took your wife' to Stephen Miller's 'We will take back America' Post On X -- Musk Denies Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023

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    Does video of a night air raid document India's May 6, 2025 attack on Punjab Province in Pakistan and Pakistan's portion of Kashmir, as was claimed on social media? No, that's not true: The clip exactly matches video posted to YouTube October 23, 2023, long before India's ballistic missile attack. In the original posted version of the video, multiple accounts…

    • May 6, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023 Not Pakistan
  • Fact Check: Obama Was NOT Caught 'Laundering Money In The Cayman Islands' In March 2025 -- 2014 Reports About USAID Program In Cuba Did NOT Allege It Enriched Former President

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    Was former U.S. president Barack Obama caught "laundering money through the Cayman Islands" for private gain in March 2025, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The viral post misrepresented the words of a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast. That person was talking about U.S. government funding of a "Cuban Twitter", not about Obama's direct involvement…

    • Mar 24, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Obama Was NOT Caught 'Laundering Money In The Cayman Islands' In March 2025 -- 2014 Reports About USAID Program In Cuba Did NOT Allege It Enriched Former President No Graft Found
  • Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Ads On Facebook Use FAKE Quotes From Karoline Leavitt And Elon Musk

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    Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announce on Fox News that tech billionaire Elon Musk left the U.S. after revealing "a secret at-home method that can reverse diabetes for good"? No, none of that is true: Paid ads circulating on Facebook used voice-cloning technology to mimic the speech of public persons. No credible sources reported the purported "news," and…

    • Mar 4, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Ads On Facebook Use FAKE Quotes From Karoline Leavitt And Elon Musk AI Sound
  • Fact Check: Image Of Netanyahu On Ventilator In Hospital Is NOT Authentic

    Fact Check

    Does an image on social media authentically show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a ventilator in a hospital? No, that's not true: The picture shows a person with a differently shaped ear. Lead Stories analysis found other inconsistencies that strongly suggested digital manipulation. The image has been on social media since at least 2023. The picture reappeared in a…

    • Nov 21, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Of Netanyahu On Ventilator In Hospital Is NOT Authentic Wrong Ear
  • Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire

    Fact Check

    Did "leaked reports" say George Soros paid ABC moderators $1 million each to fact check Donald Trump during the September 10, 2024, presidential debate? No, that's not true: The story came from a website whose satire disclaimer reads: "These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up." No credible evidence of "leaked reports" or such payments…

    • Sep 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh's Supposed 'Money-Making Scandal'

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    Did the Toronto Star, BBC and other major media cover a scandal involving Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh that supposedly "erupted" after he left his microphone on while on TV? No, that's not true: Searches for coverage of this supposed money-making scandal on these news sites led to no results. The post on X that said this linked to a fake…

    • Aug 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh's Supposed 'Money-Making Scandal' No Scandal
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