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The letter President Donald Trump sent to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre — first published by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin and widely reprinted — contains a blunt opening linking Trump’s ...
Claims that Dr. Ben Carson is “making a remedy for dementia with honey” are not supported by available fact‑checking and news reports. Major fact‑checkers and reporting show repeated, fabricated endor...
Multiple reputable fact‑checks and primary biographies reject the claim that Michelle Obama is a man named Michael Robinson: Full Fact and AFP say the “Michael/Michelle” story is false and based on al...
Claims that Dr. Ben Carson has “found a cure” for dementia or Alzheimer’s are false: multiple fact‑checks say the headlines and ads are fabricated and there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s diseas...
Multiple fact‑checks and medical journals show there is no credible evidence that Dr. Mehmet Oz has promoted a legitimate cure for diabetes; viral videos and ads claiming otherwise have been identifie...
Claims that a product called "Memory Lift" (or similar miracle supplements/sprays) is “truth” or was developed or endorsed by Dr. Ben Carson are unsupported by available reporting; multiple fact‑check...
Claims that California “legalized infanticide up to 28 days after birth” misrepresent the legislative record: reporting and fact-checkers say AB 2223 was amended to cover “perinatal death due to a pre...
Available reporting shows repeated instances where Ben Carson’s name and image have been used in online ads or promotions for brain and other supplements without his consent; Carson’s representatives ...
Claims that “Dr. Oz” is promoting or has discovered a fast, guaranteed cure for diabetes are false and trace to manipulated or deepfaked videos and viral marketing, not to any verified medical endorse...
Ads and social posts claiming “Dr. Carson” discovered or endorses a memory drug such as “Neurocept” are unsupported by available reporting: multiple fact-checkers found fabricated headlines and no evi...
Dr. Ben Carson has repeatedly been linked in social media and promotional claims to memory “cures,” supplements, diets, nasal sprays or brain-zapping techniques — but available reporting shows he has ...
There is no reliable, documented evidence in the supplied reporting that New York Police Department officers have arrested ICE agents; viral footage claiming such arrests has been debunked as AI-gener...
Multiple news reports and legal filings show that an anonymous plaintiff has long alleged she was raped at age 13 at parties involving Jeffrey Epstein and has at times named Donald Trump in those clai...
There is a straightforward but nuanced answer: yes—paid protesters exist in specific, documented cases and commercial services sometimes organize compensated participants—but sweeping claims that most...
Video and social posts claiming Minneapolis protesters were being paid have circulated widely, but reporting shows a mix: an AI-generated clip falsely shows a man admitting $20/hour (AFP) while an on-...
The claim that Michelle Obama is a man is false and has been repeatedly debunked by multiple independent fact‑checking organizations and official records; the rumor stems from digitally altered images...
California’s AB 2223 has been repeatedly misrepresented as a law that “allows infanticide up to 28 days after birth.” Multiple fact‑checks and legal experts say the bill’s purpose is to prevent prosec...
Dr. Mehmet Oz has repeatedly and officially disavowed the viral “miracle diabetes cure” ads that misuse his name and image, warning consumers that those endorsements are fake and have been generated o...
Advertisements and social posts that tie Dr. Ben Carson to a product called MemoryLift (or similar “brain” supplements and sprays) have been repeatedly debunked; Carson’s representatives say he has no...
Multiple fact‑checking organizations have found that social‑media ads claiming Dr. Ben Carson discovered a “blue honey” or CBD‑gummies cure and that he endorsed products are fabricated and described a...