Facts Check

Quick Take A meme circulating online falsely claims that there is a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that bars lawmakers from exempting themselves from having to comply with existing laws. There is no such amendment. Full Story There are 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, but a meme circulating online […]

President Donald Trump repeated a slew of false claims to an international audience at the annual NATO summit: The overwhelming majority of captured Islamic State fighters are from Iraq and Syria. They are not, as Trump claimed, “mostly from Europe.” Although about half of the territory once held by the […]

Quick Take A popular social media meme erroneously claims Fox News posted a “fake picture” of U.S. soldiers cheering President Donald Trump during his recent visit to Afghanistan. The image used in the meme was doctored to make it appear that the event had been staged. Full Story  A meme […]

Quick Take A self-described satirical website made up a story about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi being kicked out of an event after a “drunken outburst.” That bogus story since has been posted on other websites without being labeled as satire. Full Story House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is, yet again, the […]

President Donald Trump said the impeachment inquiry should be “case over” because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters “very strongly that President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong.” But that’s not what Zelensky said. In an interview with Time magazine and three European news outlets published on Dec. 2, Zelensky was […]

Quick Take A doctored photo circulating on Facebook purports to show Rep. Adam Schiff with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The original photo shows Schiff with his father. Full Story  A viral photo shared on Facebook has been manipulated to show Rep. Adam Schiff sitting on a […]

Quick Take Ukrainian prosecutors said they have expanded their investigation involving Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma, a gas company in Ukraine. But no “indictment” has been announced, as false headlines circulating on social media claim. Full Story  A lot has been written in recent months about Burisma, a Ukrainian […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren misleadingly told a group of school-choice activists that her children “went to public schools,” not private ones. Warren’s campaign later clarified that her daughter attended public school, while her son mostly attended private school. The subject of where Warren’s children went to school came up after the […]

Q: Did President Barack Obama immediately fire all Bush-appointed ambassadors “the day he was elected office”? A: No. As is the custom, Obama immediately replaced most — not all — of Bush’s politically appointed ambassadors. Obama did not remove any of the career appointees to ambassadorships. FULL QUESTION Subject: Ambassadors […]

During a White House event honoring a now-famous military dog, President Donald Trump repeated a false talking point on how much Islamic State-held land had been recaptured under his presidency. Trump recognized Conan, a combat canine who was injured during the late October U.S. raid that resulted in the death […]