Rumor Newsom laundered money through wife doesn't add up
While the office has received about $1 million a year from the Legislature, the money went toward staff salaries, according to a records request.
NFL did not ban rainbow gear and prompt a response from Eagles coach Nick Sirianni
The rumor circulated with an image supposedly showing Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni wearing a rainbow Eagles hat.
Rumor about Patti LaBelle fighting Karoline Leavitt on TV is fake
The story is circulating via Facebook posts with images of the women.
Real drawing in Epstein 'birthday book' appears to show him giving candy to children
The drawing also depicted late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein receiving a massage from multiple women.
Posts falsely claim Trump called Black children 'natural born killers' and 'born criminals'
While Trump did make comments about some people who were "born to be criminals" during a briefing, he didn't explicitly mention Black children.
Image shows real mountain that looks like turtle?
The purported photo, which has been shared online for years, emerged again in 2025.
Story about missing Alaska hikers Steve and Natalie Brody doesn't check out
Facebook posts claimed the bodies of the two hikers who went missing in Denali National Park were found years later in a glacier crevasse.
Unraveling claims about Bass Pro Shops not paying federal taxes
Social media users accused the popular outdoor sports shops of being classified as "museums," thereby not being required to pay federal taxes.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce didn't announce pregnancy, seriously
The pop star and NFL player announced their engagement in August 2025, but the ultrasound images shared with the rumor trace back months earlier.
'Phillies Karen' wasn't identified, fired from New Jersey school district job
A post from the district joked that someone who worked there would "obviously have caught the ball bare-handed in the first place."
LA Holocaust Museum apologized for Instagram post 'misinterpreted by some to be a political statement'
The alleged post was no longer publicly available as of this writing, but the museum's apology post was.
Did AI robot suffer PTSD after it was scared by lion?
There was no evidence a story about an AI robot fearing a lion was real. An image shared with the claim in September 2025 was AI-generated.
Trump posted meme about Chicago that said, 'I love the smell of deportations in the morning'
"Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR," the meme shared on Trump's Truth Social account added.
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Disproving claim Chicago used salt trucks to block ICE from city
Videos of salt trucks in Chicago circulated as the Trump administration stationed hundreds of federal agents near Illinois' largest city.
House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Trump was FBI informant in Epstein case. Here's what we know
Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, made the comment in September 2025.
Inspecting claim Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed Epstein had 'secret tapes' of Trump, Clinton
Maxwell's reported comments trace back to a book recounting an alleged 2016 conversation.
20 claims about Gavin Newsom we've fact-checked
From rumors about his personal life to claims about California's response to wildfires, these stories about the governor have circulated over time.
Did Pope Leo XIV say, 'You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings'?
The Vatican confirmed that – given the circulation of quotes without sources – all the pope’s speeches are publicly available on the Vatican website.