Did Nancy Pelosi have an affair with John F. Kennedy for "7 long years"? No, that's not true: This meme, which features a real photo of a young Nancy Pelosi with John F. Kennedy, makes a false accusation alleging an affair, a claim that materialized in 2020 without evidence. This version of the claim offers no source. The claim has…

Did Time magazine name Rachel Levine "Woman of the Year"? No, that's not true: This magazine cover is not real, it was published by "The United Spot," a Facebook page that is clearly labeled as a satire site. The fake magazine cover does not have any satire labels, but does have the watermark of The United Spot. The meme appeared…

Has President Joe Biden taken down the southern border wall that former President Donald Trump built? No, that's not true: On Biden's first day in office, January 20, 2021, he ordered a "pause in construction and obligation of funds" relating to the expansion of the border wall Trump had decreed. Biden's order says nothing about tearing down the part of…

Are U.S. citizens in San Diego being displaced from a homeless shelter because asylum seekers are being moved in? No, that's not true: Although the post does not specify the San Diego Convention Center, that was the city's temporary shelter for homeless people during the COVID pandemic. When it was due to close, federal officials asked to use it as…

Are National Guard troops guarding the Capitol forced to sleep on the floor? No, that's not true. The men and women serving in the National Guard on the DC Mission have hotel rooms and other accommodations. The images Donald Trump Jr. used in the video of troop members on the floor are from January 13, 2021, and are not current…

Did the 16th century French astrologer Nostradamus write a quatrain that made a prediction there would be a plague and that afterward, "a feeble man would rule the Western World with a jezebel"? No, that's not true: There is no record of a prediction by Nostradamus that contains this collection of particular elements. One recent edition of the claim appears…

Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repeats allegations about Hunter Biden, Project Veritas and the ship stuck in the Suez Canal that are either not supported by publicly available…

Does Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi use an Air Force jet every Friday to fly "home from Washington D.C. to San Francisco, and then back to DC on Mondays"? No, there's no evidence that's true: When Pelosi began her current tenure as speaker in 2019, her deputy chief of staff said the California Democrat intended to use commerical flights…

Did CNN run a caption saying the shooter who killed 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, was factually Arabic but morally white? No, that's not true: the screenshot with the caption originated on a satire site but took on a life of its own when it went viral independently and was taken to be real by several…

Is the Colorado shooting suspect an "Islamic extremist"? Did Democratic senators demand a "ban on further cabinet appointments for white people" one day after that mass killing? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence the 21-year-old man identified as the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado, King Sooper shooting is an "Islamic extremist" and some evidence he was…

Is Vice President Kamala Harris disrespecting military personnel when she doesn't return their salute as she boards Air Force One? No, that's not true: The vice president is not in the military chain of command. As a civilian, she is not, by protocol, directed to salute, and one expert says a vice president saluting would be "incorrect." A Pentagon spokesman…

Is Richard Grenell the president of the United States and could you "prove" it by looking it up on Google? No and yes. No, Grenell is not and never has been the president. Yes, for a short time Google did prominently list Grenell as the president of the United States in a "knowledge panel" graphic appearing in search results. On…

Does the federal government spend $0 on housing homeless veterans? No, that's not true: The 2021 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) earmarks approximately $1.9 billion for homeless programs, including housing programs. One such program combines services and vouchers to help homeless veterans and their families find permanent housing. Another gives grants and per diem payments to nonprofits…

Did President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris fly together on Air Force One? No, that's not true. The president and vice president took separate planes to Atlanta on March 19, 2021. She flew on Air Force Two and he flew on Air Force One. When they landed, Harris boarded Air Force One to be briefed with the president…

Were the shootings at massage parlors and spas in or near Atlanta a planned "false flag" event to push gun control through Congress? No, that's not true. The shootings in Atlanta on March 16, 2021, that killed eight people happened when a 21-year-old man opened fire in three spas and massage parlors, according to law enforcement agencies and national news…

Did President Biden cause the early 2021 increase in the price of gasoline? No, that's not true: petroleum industry analysts agree that prices nearly doubled in less than a year for several reasons not under the control of any president: rising demand as more people travel due to a stronger economy and waning COVID concerns, a stagnant supply caused by…

Did 9,000 "illegals" enter the United States in all of 2020 versus 108,000 in the first three months of 2021? No, that's not true: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Lead Stories the agency's numbers are vastly different from those in a posted claim. In the 2020 calendar year 547,816 people were apprehended entering…

Does this video show a "green screen fail" that proves Joe Biden was deceptively edited into video of a quick exchange with reporters at the White House? No, that's not true. The 46th president was live and in person at the presidential home in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2021, and multiple news outlets independently published reports of his exchange with…

Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate speech some 27 years ago in support of a crime bill. There is no reference to race in the…

Did a March 2021 poll show that 70% of Georgians said they would vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024? No, that's not true: The March 7-9, 2021 poll by Trafalgar Group/InsiderAdvantage notes that only likely GOP primary voters were polled on Trump. That question was not asked of Georgians of all party affiliations. The claim appeared in a…