Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union address

ABC NEWS, Abcnews.com

Throughout Trump's remarks Tuesday, ABC News is live fact-checking some of the president's statements for exaggerations, falsehoods and points that need more context.

Fact-checking Trump's claims about his 1st year back in the White House

CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump likes to throw out a lot of figures during speeches to his base that he says prove how successful his first year back in office has been. But given Trump's proclivity for spreading misinformation, we wanted to see how many of these…

The White House Publishes Manipulated Photo of Protester Being Arrested

Matt Growcoot, PetaPixel

The official X account for The White House published a digitally altered photo of a protester being arrested in Minnesota. [Read More]

20 surprisingly true rumors we verified in 2025

Megan Loe, Snopes.com

Looking back on 2025, we fact-checked multiple rumors that seemed unbelievable but were true. Snopes reporters picked these examples.

Fact Check: Why false claim Trump was flown to hospital spread online

Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com

Posts claimed the White House "live cameras" had been turned off while Trump's helicopter headed to the hospital.

White House tracker calls out 'media offenders'...

Roshni Majumdar, DW (English)

White House tracker calls out 'media offenders'... (Second column, 9th story, link) Related stories:How big tech creating own friendly bubble to 'win narrative battle online'... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become …

Fact Check: Photo shows Melania Trump, but it wasn't captured on Epstein's plane

Yahoo Entertainment

Fact Check: This Melania Trump photo is real, but it wasn't taken on Epstein's plane

Yahoo Entertainment

X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coord…

Don't fall for this video of Trump and Epstein watching young girls at party

Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com

The AI-generated video recirculated after the November 2025 release of thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Fact Check: Real photo of Trump and Bill Clinton shared with false claim about groping

Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com

The two presidents were photographed together at the U.S. Open in 2000.

BBC Plans Apology Over “Dishonest” Trump Edit, As UK Minister Says Incident Is “Incredibly Serious”

Jake Kanter, Deadline

The BBC’s chairman is planning to apologize after a documentary edited Donald Trump‘s January 6 speech to make it appear as if the president was encouraging the 2021 Capitol riot. On Monday, Samir Shah will write to UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Co…

Fact checking Nancy Pelosi statements over the years

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Pelosi has been falsely accused of drunkenness and treason, but she has also made a few questionable statements herself.

Fox News Fell For AI-Generated Rage Bait, Rewrote Story To Pretend It Didn’t

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Fox News has a problem: when you build your entire editorial model around feeding your audience’s biases, you stop asking whether the stories feeding those biases are actually true. Case in point: last week, they published—and then quietly rewrote—a story abo…

Symbolic Strength More Important Than Facts When It Comes To Misinformation

Randy Stein and Abraham Rutchick, Techdirt

Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another to actively stick with something that’s obviously wrong. Our new research, published in the Journal of Social Psychology, suggests that so…

Can The Media Regain Trust In Age Of AI And Misinformation? NAB Grapples With Loaded Question

Dade Hayes, Deadline

The NAB Show is known in large part as a bonanza for tech geeks and engineers, and its New York edition last week was no exception. But the broadcast industry lobbying group made a statement by foregrounding discussion of a central challenge for its members: …

Joe Rogan Falls for Fake Trump Tweet About the No Kings Protest

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Rogan is not a bright man.

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israeli parliament

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Trump made several claims about the Middle East conflict and other global peace deals that were not entirely true.

Trump Just Promoted One of the Nation’s Cruelest Conspiracy Theories

Molly Olmstead, Slate Magazine

Why did the president post a fake video of himself shilling a fake medical cure? Let's get into it.

Trump Gets Instant Fact Check Over 'Proud' Brag At The UN: 'Does He Just Not Know?'

Yahoo Entertainment

Are Rock Stars Eulogizing Charlie Kirk in Memes? Spoiler Alert: No

David Browne, Rolling Stone

Are Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan really paying tribute to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk? No, but these fake AI images might fool you

Trump didn't say US and Italy have been allies 'since the time of Ancient Rome'

Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com

The rumor traces back to a speech Trump delivered during a 2019 joint press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

How false rumours of Trump’s untimely ‘death’ spread on social media

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Amid speculation and misinformation about his health, President Donald Trump is well and playing golf.

Fact Check: Trump didn't score 73 on IQ test in 1st year at New York Military Academy

Laerke Christensen, Snopes.com

U.S. President Donald Trump did, however, once claim to have "a very high IQ" and "strong common sense."