In 2025, Snopes readers turned to us to make sense of rumors involving Trump, slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and ...

Every tribe has its myths, and journalists are no exception. In America, one common story goes like this: once, in the prelapsarian era before social media—or before smartphones, or the Internet—there ...

Here is a record of 100 fact-checks PolitiFact reporters have written in the Trump administration’s first 100 days. Some of these fact-checks have a Truth-O-Meter rating, which means a group of ...

Which are more important: true words, or beautiful words? “The Lifespan of a Fact,” a book by John D’Agata, a writer, and Jim Fingal, a former intern and fact-checker at The Believer, purports to ...

PolitiFact has developed many strategies for fact-checking over the years. But one simple tool remains tried and true: the checklist. We find that using a checklist — a simple yet consistent list of ...

Since fact-checkers present themselves as arbiters of truth, it's only fair that readers wonder if we're being, well, truthful. So it's no surprise that "Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?" is a ...

The Guardian newspaper did not publish an op-ed headline that suggested Britons were inconsiderate to Muslims for celebrating ...

No, Tesco has not been selling a bag of carrots grown in Chernobyl. No, a picture of the Prime Minister strolling down the street in a pink hijab isn’t real. And no, Bill Gates isn’t making ‘maggot ...

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) ...

My inbox often includes a “PolitiFact Truth Rundown.” I have been critical of the fact-checking industry as unsound, but still look at their offerings. A recent one on Dan Crenshaw, a member of ...

Images shared online of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu seated at the hospital bedside of Anthony Joshua after the British ...

Fact: Sea otters hold hands when they sleep. They do that because it keeps them from floating away from each other while they sleep. Here are some other fun facts about animals. Their names were Wayne ...